Award will go to an outstanding hockey operations executive
The American Hockey League announced they have established the Bruce Landon Award to be awarded annually to an outstanding hockey operations executive.
The award will be selected by the AHL's Board of Governors.
Landon played parts of six AHL seasons, helping backstop the Springfield Kings to the 1971 Calder Cup.
After retiring early due to a knee injury Landon took a marketing job with Springfield's front office and was eventually named General Manager in 1982.
He served as GM of the Springfield Indians from 1982 to 1994. When Springfield relocated that year Landon purchased an expansion franchise and created the Springfield Falcons, serving as owner, president, and GM from 1994-2014.
His teams won back-to-back Calder Cup championships in 1990 and 1991.
The Kingston, ON., native spent the next two years as director of hockey operations and a year as a consultant with the Springfield Thunderbirds.
Landon was inducted in the AHL Hall of Fame in 2016.
With the creation of this award the AHL has changed the criteria of the James C. Hendy Memorial Award - which was previously the award for outstanding executive - the award will now reward outstanding achievements by a business executive.
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