The Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award is awarded annually by the Hockey Hall of Fame in recognition of distinguished members of the hockey writing profession whose words have brought honor to both journalism and the sport.
The inaugural Elmer Ferguson Award class was selected in 1984 when 17 titans of the industry were inducted, including the award’s legendary namesake, who covered the Canadiens for the Montréal Herald and Montréal Star from 1910 until his death in 1972. The process continues each spring when a panel of Professional Hockey Writers Association members select that year’s winner.
Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award media honorees are separate from honored members, but have their plaque displayed alongside them in the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Great Hall.
| 1984 | Jacques Beauchamp | Montréal-Matin / Le Journal de Montréal |
| 1984 | Jim Burchard | New York World-Telegram |
| 1984 | Red Burnett | Toronto Star |
| 1984 | Dink Carroll | Montréal Gazette |
| 1984 | Jim Coleman | Southam Newspapers |
| 1984 | Ted Damata | Chicago Tribune |
| 1984 | Marcel Desjardins | La Presse |
| 1984 | Jack Dulmage | Windsor Star |
| 1984 | Milt Dunnell | Toronto Star |
| 1984 | Elmer Ferguson | Montréal Herald / Montréal Star |
| 1984 | Tom Fitzgerald | The Boston Globe |
| 1984 | Trent Frayne | Toronto Telegram / The Globe and Mail / Sun |
| 1984 | Al Laney | New York Herald Tribune |
| 1984 | Joe Nichols | The New York Times |
| 1984 | Basil O’Meara | Montréal Star |
| 1984 | Jim Vipond | Toronto Globe and Mail |
| 1984 | Lewis Walter | Detroit Times |
| 1985 | Charlie Barton | Buffalo Courier-Express |
| 1985 | Red Fisher | Montréal Star / Gazette |
| 1985 | George Gross | Toronto Telegram / Sun |
| 1985 | Zotique Lespérance | Le Journal de Montréal / La Petit Journal |
| 1985 | Charles Mayer | Le Journal de Montréal / La Patrie |
| 1985 | Andy O’Brien | Weekend Magazine |
| 1986 | Dick Johnston | The Buffalo News |
| 1986 | Leo Monahan | Boston Daily Record / Record-American/ Boston Herald American |
| 1986 | Tim Moriarty | UPI / Newsday |
| 1987 | Bill Brennan | The Detroit News |
| 1987 | Rex MacLeod | Toronto Globe and Mail/Star |
| 1987 | Ben Olan | New York Associated Press |
| 1987 | Francis Rosa | Boston Globe |
| 1988 | Jim Proudfoot | Toronto Star |
| 1988 | Scott Young | Toronto Globe and Mail/Telegram |
| 1989 | Claude Larochelle | Le Soleil (Quebec) |
| 1989 | Frank Orr | Toronto Star |
| 1990 | Bertrand Raymond | Le Journal de Montréal |
| 1991 | Hugh Delano | New York Post |
| 1993 | Al Strachan | Globe and Mail/Toronto Sun |
| 1995 | Jack Gatecliff | St. Catharines Standard |
| 1997 | Ken McKenzie | The Hockey News |
| 1998 | Yvon Pedneault | La Presse/Le Journal de Montréal |
| 1999 | Russ Conway | The Eagle-Tribune |
| 2000 | Jim Matheson | Edmonton Journal |
| 2001 | Eric Duhatschek | Calgary Herald / The Globe and Mail / The Athletic |
| 2002 | Kevin Dupont | Boston Globe |
| 2003 | Michael Farber | Montreal Gazette / Sports Illustrated |
| 2004 | Jim Kelley | The Buffalo News |
| 2005 | Helene Elliott | Los Angeles Times |
| 2006 | Scott Morrison | Toronto Sun / Sportsnet |
| 2007 | Dave Fay | Washington Times |
| 2008 | Neil Stevens | The Canadian Press |
| 2009 | Dave Molinari | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / DK Pittsburgh Sports |
| 2010 | Marc de Foy | Le Journal de Montréal |
| 2011 | Terry Jones | Edmonton Sun |
| 2012 | Roy MacGregor | The Globe and Mail / National Post / Ottawa Citizen / Toronto Star / Maclean’s |
| 2013 | Jay Greenberg | Philadelphia Daily News / Toronto Sun / New York Post |
| 2014 | Kevin Allen | USA TODAY |
| 2015 | Bob McKenzie | TSN / Toronto Star / The Hockey News |
| 2016 | Bob Verdi | Chicago Tribune |
| 2017 | Cam Cole | Edmonton Journal / National Post / Vancouver Sun |
| 2018 | Larry Brooks | New York Post |
| 2019 | Frank Brown | Associated Press / New York Daily News |
| 2020 | Tony Gallagher | The Vancouver Province |
| 2022 | Al Morganti | Philadelphia Inquirer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution / ESPN |
| 2023 | Mark Mulvoy | Sports Illustrated |
