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CHL Top Draft Prospect Award
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	Annually to the top eligible Canadian Hockey League prospect for the NHL Entry Draft
History
First award	1991
Editions	28
First winner	Eric Lindros
Most recent	Connor Bedard

The CHL Top Draft Prospect Award is given out every year to the top eligible prospect player in the Canadian Hockey League for the annual NHL Entry Draft. The award was first given in 1991, but not awarded from 2003 to 2005. The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League awards the equivalent Michael Bossy Trophy, awarded to the top draft prospect in its league.^[1] There is no equivalent award in the Ontario Hockey League or Western Hockey League.

Recipients edit

List of recipients of the CHL Top Draft Prospect Award.^[2]^[3]

Players in bold were selected with the first overall selection in the NHL Entry Draft.

Season	Winner	Team	League
1990–91	Eric Lindros	Oshawa Generals	OHL
1991–92	Todd Warriner	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
1992–93	Alexandre Daigle	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL
1993–94	Jeff O'Neill	Guelph Storm	OHL
1994–95	Bryan Berard	Detroit Junior Red Wings	OHL
1995–96	Chris Phillips	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL
1996–97	Joe Thornton	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
1997–98	Vincent Lecavalier	Rimouski Océanic	QMJHL
1998–99	Pavel Brendl	Calgary Hitmen	WHL
1999–2000	Rostislav Klesla	Brampton Battalion	OHL
2000–01	Jason Spezza	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
2001–02	Jay Bouwmeester	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
2002–03	not awarded
2003–04	not awarded
2004–05	not awarded
2005–06	Jordan Staal	Peterborough Petes	OHL
2006–07	Patrick Kane	London Knights	OHL
2007–08	Steven Stamkos	Sarnia Sting	OHL
2008–09	John Tavares	London Knights	OHL
2009–10	Tyler Seguin	Plymouth Whalers	OHL
2010–11	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Red Deer Rebels	WHL
2011–12	Nail Yakupov	Sarnia Sting	OHL
2012–13	Seth Jones	Portland Winterhawks	WHL
2013–14	Sam Bennett	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
2014–15	Connor McDavid	Erie Otters	OHL
2015–16	Pierre-Luc Dubois	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	QMJHL
2016–17	Nolan Patrick	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL
2017–18	Andrei Svechnikov	Barrie Colts	OHL
2018–19	Bowen Byram	Vancouver Giants	WHL
2019–20	Alexis Lafrenière	Rimouski Océanic	QMJHL
2020–21	not awarded
2021–22	Shane Wright	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
2022–23	Connor Bedard	Regina Pats	WHL

^ Demers, Denis. QMJHL Media Guide (PDF) (in English and French) (2017–2018 ed.). Boucherville, Quebec: Canadian Hockey League. pp. 228–251. ISBN 978-2-9811465-7-1.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "CHL Awards". chl.ca. Canadian Hockey League. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
^ "CHL announces 2021-22 Award winners". Canadian Hockey League. June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.