Winners
Winner by season
- Key
- ‡ = Eventual Calder Cup champions
| Awarded for | Year | Team | Win | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Division playoffs champion | 1990 | Rochester Americans | 1 | |||
| 1991 | Rochester Americans | 2 | ||||
| 1992 | Rochester Americans | 3 | ||||
| 1993 | Rochester Americans | 4 | ||||
| 1994 | Cornwall Aces | 1 | ||||
| 1995 | Cornwall Aces | 2 | ||||
| Southern Conference playoffs champion | 1996 | Rochester Americans‡ | 5 | |||
| 1997 | Hershey Bears ‡ | 1 | ||||
| Western Conference playoffs champion | 1998 | Philadelphia Phantoms ‡ | 1 | |||
| 1999 | Rochester Americans | 6 | ||||
| 2000 | Rochester Americans | 7 | ||||
| 2001 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 1 | ||||
| 2002 | Chicago Wolves ‡ | 1 | ||||
| 2003 | Houston Aeros ‡ | 1 | ||||
| 2004 | Milwaukee Admirals ‡ | 1 | ||||
| 2005 | Chicago Wolves | 2 | ||||
| 2006 | Milwaukee Admirals | 2 | ||||
| 2007 | Hamilton Bulldogs ‡ | 1 | ||||
| 2008 | Chicago Wolves‡ | 3 | ||||
| 2009 | Manitoba Moose | 1 | ||||
| 2010 | Texas Stars | 1 | ||||
| 2011 | Houston Aeros | 2 | ||||
| 2012 | Toronto Marlies | 1 | ||||
| 2013 | Grand Rapids Griffins ‡ | 1 | ||||
| 2014 | Texas Stars‡ | 2 | ||||
| 2015 | Utica Comets | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | Lake Erie Monsters ‡ | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | Grand Rapids Griffins‡ | 2 | ||||
| 2018 | Texas Stars | 3 | ||||
| 2019 | Chicago Wolves | 4 | ||||
| 2020 | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
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