The Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player of the Mann Cup competition.
4-590: 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
8-527: Is a Canadian lacrosse hall of fame , located in New Westminster , British Columbia , Canada. The Hall was chartered in 1965 by the Canadian Lacrosse Association , and inducted its first class of hall of famers in the following year. Induction of new members is made on an annual basis. In 1965, three categories were inaugurated: Field Players, Box Players and Builders. A Veteran category
12-638: 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. Source: Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame The Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
16-502: Was added in 1997 to preserve the memory of stars of yesteryear, and in 1988, an outstanding Team category was also added. Starting in 2016, the box player and field player categories were merged into the Player category with no distinction made between box and field versions of the sport. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling the induction dinner that year, the 2020 inductees were inducted into
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