Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
# Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award

The Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award is given each year to the player in the American Hockey League determined to be the most outstanding rookie. The award is based on voting by the media and the players. It was named after Dudley "Red" Garrett, who played in the AHL before fighting and dying in World War II.

## Winners

| Season | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1947–48 | Bob Solinger | Cleveland Barons |
| 1948–49 | Terry Sawchuk | Indianapolis Capitals |
| 1949–50 | Paul Meger | Buffalo Bisons |
| 1950–51 | Wally Hergesheimer | Cleveland Barons |
| 1951–52 | Earl Reibel | Indianapolis Capitals |
| 1952–53 | Guyle Fielder | St. Louis Flyers |
| 1953–54 | Don Marshall | Buffalo Bisons |
| 1954–55 | Jimmy Anderson | Springfield Indians |
| 1955–56 | Bruce Cline | Providence Reds |
| 1956–57 | Boris Elik | Cleveland Barons |
| 1957–58 | Bill Sweeney | Providence Reds |
| 1958–59 | Bill Hicke | Rochester Americans |
| 1959–60 | Stan Baluik | Providence Reds |
| 1960–61 | Chico Maki | Buffalo Bisons |
| 1961–62 | Les Binkley | Cleveland Barons |
| 1962–63 | Doug Robinson | Buffalo Bisons |
| 1963–64 | Roger Crozier | Pittsburgh Hornets |
| 1964–65 | Ray Cullen | Buffalo Bisons |
| 1965–66 | Mike Walton | Rochester Americans |
| 1966–67 | Bob Rivard | Quebec Aces |
| 1967–68 | Gerry Desjardins | Cleveland Barons |
| 1968–69 | Ron Ward | Rochester Americans |
| 1969–70 | Jude Drouin | Montreal Voyageurs |
| 1970–71 | Fred Speck | Baltimore Clippers |
| 1971–72 | Terry Caffery | Cleveland Barons |
| 1972–73 | Ron Anderson | Boston Braves |
| 1973–74 | Rick Middleton | Providence Reds |
| 1974–75 | Jerry Holland | Providence Reds |
| 1975–76 | Greg Holst | Providence Reds |
| 1975–76 | Pierre Mondou | Nova Scotia Voyageurs |
| 1976–77 | Rod Schutt | Nova Scotia Voyageurs |
| 1977–78 | Norm Dupont | Nova Scotia Voyageurs |
| 1978–79 | Mike Meeker | Binghamton Dusters |
| 1979–80 | Darryl Sutter | New Brunswick Hawks |
| 1980–81 | Pelle Lindbergh | Maine Mariners |
| 1981–82 | Bob Sullivan | Binghamton Whalers |
| 1982–83 | Mitch Lamoureux | Baltimore Skipjacks |
| 1983–84 | Claude Verret | Rochester Americans |
| 1984–85 | Steve Thomas | St. Catharines Saints |
| 1985–86 | Ron Hextall | Hershey Bears |
| 1986–87 | Brett Hull | Moncton Golden Flames |
| 1987–88 | Mike Richard | Binghamton Whalers |
| 1988–89 | Stephan Lebeau | Sherbrooke Canadiens |
| 1989–90 | Donald Audette | Rochester Americans |
| 1990–91 | Patrick Lebeau | Fredericton Canadiens |
| 1991–92 | Felix Potvin | St. John's Maple Leafs |
| 1992–93 | Corey Hirsch | Binghamton Rangers |
| 1993–94 | Rene Corbet | Cornwall Aces |
| 1994–95 | Jim Carey | Portland Pirates |
| 1995–96 | Darcy Tucker | Fredericton Canadiens |
| 1996–97 | Jaroslav Svejkovsky | Portland Pirates |
| 1997–98 | Daniel Briere | Springfield Falcons |
| 1998–99 | Shane Willis | Beast of New Haven |
| 1999–00 | Mika Noronen | Rochester Americans |
| 2000–01 | Ryan Kraft | Kentucky Thoroughblades |
| 2001–02 | Tyler Arnason | Norfolk Admirals |
| 2002–03 | Darren Haydar | Milwaukee Admirals |
| 2003–04 | Wade Dubielewicz | Bridgeport Sound Tigers |
| 2004–05 | Rene Bourque | Norfolk Admirals |
| 2005–06 | Patrick O'Sullivan | Houston Aeros |
| 2006–07 | Brett Sterling | Chicago Wolves |
| 2007–08 | Teddy Purcell | Manchester Monarchs |
| 2008–09 | Nathan Gerbe | Portland Pirates |
| 2009–10 | Tyler Ennis | Portland Pirates |
| 2010–11 | Luke Adam | Portland Pirates |
| 2011–12 | Cory Conacher | Norfolk Admirals |
| 2012–13 | Tyler Toffoli | Manchester Monarchs |
| 2013–14 | Curtis McKenzie | Texas Stars |
| 2014–15 | Matt Murray | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins |
| 2015–16 | Mikko Rantanen | San Antonio Rampage |
| 2015–16 | Frank Vatrano | Providence Bruins |
| 2016–17 | Danny O'Regan | San Jose Barracuda |
| 2017–18 | Mason Appleton | Manitoba Moose |
| 2018–19 | Alex Barré-Boulet | Syracuse Crunch |
| 2019–20 | Josh Norris | Belleville Senators |
| 2020–21 | Riley Damiani | Texas Stars |
| 2021–22 | Jack Quinn | Rochester Americans |
| 2022–23 | Tye Kartye | Coachella Valley Firebirds |
