The Ontario Hockey League has renamed its top goaltender award the Jim Rutherford Goaltender of the Year Award, the league announced on Friday
The award is given annually to the OHL's best goaltender as voted on by the teams. The winner becomes eligible for the CHL's goaltender of the year award.
Rutherford is a two-time OHL Executive of the Year, winning the award as general manager and president of the Detroit Junior Red Wings in 1993 and 1994. He also won the OHL championship in 1988 with the Windsor Compuware Spitfires, and was once the OHL's Chairman of the Board.