James Gatschene Memorial Trophy
The James Gatschene Memorial Trophy was an International Hockey League (IHL) ice hockey trophy that lasted from 1945 to 2001. It was awarded annually to the best player. Outstanding skills and qualities in the regular season games formed the selection criteria for the league's coaches, who determined the winner from the proposed players.
In the 1946/47 season, the trophy was donated by workers at the Chrysler plant in Windsor, Ontario , in memory of James Gatschene , the late colleague and ice hockey star of the Detroit-Windsor region. Gatschene was with the Canadian Forces and was a victim of World War II .