Joe Cook Award (PIHA)
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The Joe Cook Award is awarded to the Professional Inline Hockey Association player who leads the league in points at the end of the regular season.
[edit] History
The Joe Cook Award is named after Joe Cook, who was a professional inline and ice hockey player and coach. Cook played defense for five years and was on two Murphy Cup winning teams with the Anaheim Bullfrogs in 1993 and 1997 of Roller Hockey International. He was also a member of Team USA and competed in international tournaments winning several medals.
Brian Yingling was the winner of the first Joe Cook Award awarded at the conclusion of the 2002 PIHA season. He also won the award a record 4 times to date, becoming the first player to win the award twice with two different teams. There has only been 4 different winners of the Cook Award— Brian Yingling, Brian Fischer, Jim Vivona and Sean Sullivan.
The Philadelphia Growl have had two different scoring champions; Brian Fischer in 2003 and Sean Sullivan in 2006. During the 2007 season, the Growl had 3 former winners on their roster; Fischer, Sullivan and Jim Vivona (who won the trophy while a member of the Morristown Minutemen).
In the 2007 PIHA season, 20-year-old Sean Sullivan became the youngest player in the PIHA history to win the Joe Cook Award.
Players for the York Typhoon, Philadelphia Growl and Colorado Springs Thunder have won the trophy more than players for any other team, having won 2 times each. Morristown Minutemen and Colorado Springs Thunder have won the trophy once.
[edit] Joe Cook Award winners
| Season | Winner | Team | Pts | Win # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Brian Yingling | York Typhoon | 1 | |
| 2003 | Brian Fischer | Philadelphia Growl | 83 | 1 |
| 2004 | Jim Vivona | Morristown Minutemen | 122 | 1 |
| 2005 | Brian Yingling | York Typhoon | 2 | |
| 2006 | Sean Sullivan | Philadelphia Growl | 92 | 1 |
| 2007 | Brian Yingling | Colorado Springs Thunder | 94 | 3 |
| 2008 | Brian Yingling | Colorado Springs Thunder | 120 | 4 |
[edit] See also
- List of PIHA players
- List of PIHA statistical leaders
