| Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy | |
|---|---|
| MVP award of the Mann Cup | |
| Country | Canada |
| First award | 1941 |
| Current holder |  Ryan Smith(2025; 1st award) |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Lloyd Wootton John Tavares Paul Gait Anthony Cosmo Shawn Evans (3 awards each) |
| Team with most awards | Peterborough Lakers (17) |
The Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player of the Mann Cup competition. [1]
The trophy is named after Michael Edward Francis "Mike" Kelley who was the owner and manager of the Hamilton Tigers lacrosse club in the early 1930s - and later the president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Association.
For some unknown reason, Kelley's name was misspelled and perpetuated as "Kelly" until the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame was notified in 2014 of the error by the grandson of Mike Kelley. The Canadian Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Foundation were notified during the 2015 Mann Cup series and corrections to the spelling would be made moving forward.
The Mann Cup is the senior men's lacrosse championship of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion. [2]
| Year | Player | Team | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Blackie Black | Richmond Farmers | 1 |
| 1942 | Bert Large | Mimico-Brampton Combines | 1 |
| 1943 | Bill Wilkes | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1944 | Ike Hildebrand | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1945 | Frank Lee | Vancouver Burrards | 1 |
| 1946 | Doug Favell Sr. | St. Catharines Athletics | 1 |
| 1947 | Bob Lee | New Westminster Adanacs | 1 |
| 1948 | Doug Favell Sr. | Hamilton Tigers | 2 |
| 1949 | Don Matheson | Vancouver Burrards | 1 |
| 1950 | Lloyd "Moon" Wootton | Owen Sound Crescents | 1 |
| 1951 | Lloyd "Moon" Wootton | Peterborough Timbermen | 2 |
| 1952 | Lou Nickle | Peterborough Timbermen | 1 |
| 1953 | Ross Powless | Peterborough Trailermen | 1 |
| 1954 | Lloyd "Moon" Wootton | Peterborough Trailermen | 3 |
| 1955 | Geordie Johnson | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 1956 | Derry Davies | Nanaimo Timbermen | 1 |
| 1957 | Jack Northup | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 1958 | Norm Mckay | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1959 | Jack Bionda | New Westminster O'Keefes | 1 |
| 1960 | Dave "Porky" Russell | Port Credit Sailors | 1 |
| 1961 | Bill Barbour | Vancouver Burrards | 1 |
| 1962 | Jack Bionda | New Westminster O'Keefes | 2 |
| 1963 | Gordie Gimple | Vancouver Carlings | 1 |
| 1964 | Bob Allan | Brooklin Merchants | 1 |
| 1965 | Les Norman | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1966 | John Davis | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 1967 | John Davis | Brooklin Redmen | 2 |
| John Cervi | Vancouver Carlings | 1 | |
| 1968 | Joe Tomchishen | Brooklin Redmen [3] | 1 |
| 1969 | Bill Squire | Brooklin Redmen | 1 |
| 1970 | Paul Parnell | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1971 | Bob McCready | Brantford Warriors | 1 |
| 1972 | Paul Parnell | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 2 |
| 1973 | Pat Baker | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 1974 | Ken Winzoski | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1975 | Ron Pinder | Vancouver Burrards | 1 |
| 1976 | Dave Durante | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1977 | Doug Hayes | Vancouver Burrards | 1 |
| Mike Smith | Vancouver Burrards | 1 | |
| 1978 | Tim Barrie | Peterborough Red Oaks | 1 |
| 1979 | Ivan Thompson | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 1980 | Barry Maruk | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 |
| 1981 | Wayne Goss | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1982 | Jim Wasson | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 1983 | John Crowther | Victoria Pay Less | 1 |
| 1984 | John Grant Sr. | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 1985 | Wayne Colley | Brooklin Redmen | 1 |
| 1986 | Geordie Dean | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1987 | Jim Meredith | Brooklin Redmen | 1 |
| Eric Cowieson | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 | |
| 1988 | Bill Thomas | Coquitlam Adanacs | 1 |
| 1989 | Ben Hieltjes | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1 |
| 1990 | Paul Gait | Brooklin Redmen | 1 |
| 1991 | Geordie Dean | New Westminster Salmonbellies | 2 |
| 1992 | John Tavares | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 |
| 1993 | John Tavares | Brampton Excelsiors | 2 |
| 1994 | Darris Kilgour | Six Nations Chiefs | 1 |
| 1995 | Paul Gait | Six Nations Chiefs | 2 |
| 1996 | John Tavares | Six Nations Chiefs | 3 |
| 1997 | Gary Gait | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 1998 | Pat O'Toole | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 |
| 1999 | Gary Gait | Victoria Shamrocks | 2 |
| Paul Gait | Victoria Shamrocks | 3 | |
| 2000 | Nick Trudeau | Brooklin Redmen | 1 |
| 2001 | Andy Ogilvie | Coquitlam Adanacs | 1 |
| 2002 | Josh Sanderson | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 |
| 2003 | Andrew Turner | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 2004 | John Grant Jr. | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 2005 | Anthony Cosmo | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 2006 | Dan Carey | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 2007 | John Grant Jr. | Peterborough Lakers | 2 |
| 2008 | Anthony Cosmo | Brampton Excelsiors | 2 |
| 2009 | Shawn Williams | Brampton Excelsiors | 1 |
| 2010 | Shawn Evans | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 2011 | Anthony Cosmo | Brampton Excelsiors | 3 |
| 2012 | Mike Thompson | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 2013 | Cody Jamieson | Six Nations Chiefs | 1 |
| 2014 | Brandon Miller | Six Nations Chiefs | 1 |
| 2015 | Corey Small | Victoria Shamrocks | 1 |
| 2016 | Dan Dawson | Six Nation Chiefs | 1 |
| 2017 | Shawn Evans | Peterborough Lakers | 2 |
| 2018 | Shawn Evans | Peterborough Lakers | 3 |
| 2019 | Mike Poulin | Peterborough Lakers | 1 |
| 2020 | Not awarded due to Covid-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | |||
| 2022 | Curtis Dickson | Langley Thunder | 1 |
| 2023 | Cody Jamieson | Six Nations Chiefs | 2 |
| 2024 | Lyle Thompson | Six Nations Chiefs | 1 |
| 2025 | Ryan Smith | Six Nations Chiefs | 1 |
Source: [4]
