Laughton Earns Yanick Dupre Class Guy Award

Veteran center/left winger Scott Laughton has won the Yanick Dupre Class Guy Award for the 2019-20 season. Chosen by the members of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, the award honors a player who displays exemplary character and comports himself with dignity and respect. Maintaining an open, insightful and consistently approachable relationship with the local media -- in good time and bad -- still weighs into the consideration .

Originally called "the Class Guy Award," the honor dates back to the 1976-77 season. It was renamed in 1999 to recognize the memory of the late Yanick Dupre, who passed away at age 24 on August 16, 1997, after a 16-month battle with leukemia.

Laughton has become one of the local media's go-to players after wins and losses alike. He's candid and honest in assessing both the team's performance and his own. Laughton is especially good in terms of between-game media availability in answering questions about attention-to-detail areas of the game.

The Class Guy/ Dupre Award is the second oldest among the Flyers team awards. Only the Barry Ashbee Trophy (best defenseman) has been around longer. By tradition, no player can win the Dupre Award more than once. While many of the winners have been among the stars on the team, it can also be a way to honor well-liked tenured role players and highly respected veterans.

YANICK DUPRE MEMORIAL CLASS GUY AWARD HISTORY

1976-77 Gary Dornhoefer
1977-78 Joe Watson
1978-79 Bernie Parent
1979-80 Andre Dupont
1980-81 Bill Barber
1981-82 Bobby Clarke
1982-83 Mark Howe
1983-84 Dave Poulin
1984-85 Brad Marsh
1985-86 Murray Craven
1986-87 Glenn Resch
1987-88 Rick Tocchet
1988-89 Ron Sutter
1989-90 Craig Berube
1990-91 Gord Murphy
1991-92 Kevin Dineen
1992-93 Mark Recchi
1993-94 Garry Galley
1994-95 Mikael Renberg
1995-96 Ron Hextall
1996-97 Shjon Podein
1997-98 Trent Klatt
1998-99 Eric Desjardins
1999-00 Keith Jones
2000-01 Keith Primeau
2001-02 Jeremy Roenick
2002-03 Robert Esche
2003-04 Sami Kapanen
2005-06 Peter Forsberg
2006-07 Mike Knuble
2007-08 Martin Biron
2008-09 Danny Briere
2009-10 Ian Laperriere
2010-11 Brian Boucher
2011-12 Jaromir Jagr
2012-13 Scott Hartnell
2013-14 Jakub Voracek
2014-15 Mark Streit
2015-16 Wayne Simmonds
2016-17 Steve Mason
2017-18 Sean Couturier
2018-19 Andrew MacDonald
2019-20 Scott Laughton