James Gatschene Memorial Trophy
The James Gatschene Memorial Trophy was an ice hockey trophy in the International Hockey League ( IHL ), which had from 1945 to 2001 inventory. It has been awarded annually to the best player. Excellent skills and qualities in the games of the regular season set the selection criteria for the coaches in the league, that determined the winners from the proposed players.
In the 1946/47 season, the trophy of the workers at the Chrysler plant in Windsor, Ontario, was in memory of James Gatschene, the late colleagues and hockey star of the Detroit -Windsor region, donated. Gatschene was with the Canadian Forces and became victims of the Second World War.