The Lester B Pearson Award is awarded annually to the ECHL's outstanding player in the regular season, as judged by the ECHL GM Awards Committee.

The award is named in honour of Lester B Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968 and winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize and is the only ECHL award named after a politician. Wayne Gretzky won the award a record 5 times, from 1982-1987. It was purchased by the ECHL prior to the 2004-2005 season.

ECHL4 Lester B Pearson Award Winner

CORY STILLMAN, LW
Tampa Bay Lightning

Never in the history of the ECHL have two men from a single team found themselves nominated for the league's outstanding player, but one look at the stats shows there could be no other choices. Cory Stillman, a league veteran at 31-years-old, had a career year in ECHL4, leading the league in assists (69), points (115), and +/- (+77) while faring well in just about every category that could be measured. 3rd in goals (46), 4th in shooting percentage (19.8%), and the only non-goaltender to appear on the league's star points list with 105. It was his dominance that helped bring the Lightning to new league records in wins and points in ECHL4.

Previous Lester B Pearson Award Winners
ECHL3 Marty Turco, Minnesota
ECHL2 Glen Murray, Tampa Bay
ECHL1 Not Presented