Scott Rupp Award (PIHA)

The '''Scott Rupp Award''' is awarded annually to the [[Most Valuable Player]] in the [[Professional Inline Hockey Association]]. It is awarded to the player who is judged to be the most valuable to his team during the [[regular season]].

==History==
The Scott Rupp Award was originally called the PIHA League MVP. It was renamed the Rupp Award during the [[2005-06 PIHA season|2005-06 season]] when PIHA received the right from [[Scott Rupp]] to use his name on their MVP award.

The League MVP Award was first awarded at the conclusion of the [[2001-02 PIHA season]]. The winner of the first League MVP award was [[Brian Yingling]] of the [[York Typhoon]]. None of the six recipients of the award have won it more than once.

Brian Yingling ([[2001-02 PIHA season|2002]]) and older brother [[Steve Yingling]] ([[2002-03 PIHA season|2003]]) both of the York Typhoon are the only set of brothers to both win the award. The York Typhoon are also the only team to have more than one winner.

[[Ryan Clemens]] ([[2005-06 PIHA season|2006]]) of the [[Littleton Fire]] and [[Joe D'Aloisio]] ([[2006-07 PIHA season|2007]]) of the [[Philadelphia Growl]] are the only two goaltenders in PIHA history to have won the award. They are the last two winners.

The first three winners of the award are all now on different teams; Brian Yingling and Steve Yingling who were on the York Typhoon, are now on the [[Colorado Springs Thunder]] and the [[Harrisburg Lunatics]] respectively; and [[Jim Vivona]] won the award with the [[New Jersey Minutemen|Morristown Minutemen]] is now a member of the Philadelphia Growl.

Brian Yingling and Jim Vivona are the only two players to win the award along with the [[Joe Cook Award (PIHA)|Joe Cook Award]] for league leading scorer in the same season. Brian Yingling and Joe D'Aloisio are the only players to win the Rupp Award along with a [[Walt Frazier Award (PIHA)|Walt Frazier Award]] for Playoff MVP with Yingling winning the Playoff MVP in [[2004 Founders Cup Playoffs (PIHA)|2004]] and D'Aloisio winning in [[2006 Founders Cup Playoffs (PIHA)|2006]].

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Positions key
| F || [[Forward (inline hockey)|Forward]]
| D || [[Defenceman (inline hockey)|Defenceman]]
| G || [[Goaltender (inline hockey)|Goaltender]]
|style="background-color: #CFECEC;" |Still ACTIVE
|}
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;" |Season
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" |Winner
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" |Team
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" |Position
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" |Win #
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| [[2001-02 PIHA season|2002]]
| {{sortname|Brian|Yingling}}
| [[York Typhoon]]
| F
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| [[2002-03 PIHA season|2003]]
| {{sortname|Steve|Yingling}}
| [[York Typhoon]]
| F
| 1
|-
| [[2003-04 PIHA season|2004]]
| {{sortname|Jim|Vivona}}
| [[New Jersey Minutemen|Morristown Minutemen]]
| F
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| [[2004-05 PIHA season|2005]]
| {{sortname|Jay|Mazer}}
| [[Harrisburg Lunatics]]
| D
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| [[2005-06 PIHA season|2006]]
| {{sortname|Ryan|Clemens}}
| [[Littleton Fire]]
| G
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| [[2006-07 PIHA season|2007]]
| {{sortname|Joe|D'Aloisio}}
| [[Philadelphia Growl]]
| G
| 1
|}

==See also==
*[[List of PIHA players]]
*[[List of PIHA statistical leaders]]

[[Category:Professional Inline Hockey Association trophies and awards]]