The Gagné Family Award was established by John V. Sands, a national team speed skater who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. It was first presented in 1996 and honours the family legacies that run through the Canadian speed skating community.
This award, which will not necessarily be granted every year, will be bestowed upon a family whose members have made an outstanding contribution to the development of the sport of speed skating in Canada.
A minimum of three (3) family members must have been involved in the Canadian speed skating community as athletes, coaches, officials and/or volunteers.
Year | Family | City, Province |
2019 | Williamson Derraugh Family (MB) | |
2018 | Walsh Family | Kitchener-Waterloo, ON |
2017 | Morrison Family | Fort St. John, B.C. |
2016 | Cole Family | Fredericton, N.-B. |
2015 | Stickel Family | Fort St. John, B.C. |
2014 | Proteau/Lemay Family | Sherbrooke, QC |
2013 | Gregg Family | Edmonton |
2012 | Daignault Family | Montreal |
2011 | Holthuis Family | Calgary |
2010 | Lambert Family | Montreal |
2009 | Terstappen Family | Calgary |
2008 | Lamarche Family | Quebec City |
2007 | Gilday Family | Yellowknife |
2006 | Wotherspoon Family | Red Deer, Alta. |
2005 | Laberge Family | Sainte-Foy, Que. |
2004 | Thobo-Carlsen Family | Fort St. James, B.C. |
2003 | MacLeod Family | Riverview, N.B. |
2002 | Templeton Family | Moose Jaw, Sask. |
2001 | Grenier Family | Quebec City |
2000 | Marshall Family | Coquitlam, B.C. |
1999 | Overend Family | Salmon Arm, B.C. |
1997 | Mackay-Goplen Family | Saskatoon |
1996 | Pierre Gagné Family | Sainte-Foy, Que. |