Bruins owner Jacobs, Kings scout Crocker to receive Lester Patrick Trophy
Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs and Los Angeles Kings scout Bob Crocker have been named the recipients of the 2015 Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.
“By honoring Jeremy Jacobs and Bob Crocker, the Lester Patrick Award selection committee has recognized the dedication and drive of two important contributors to hockey in the United States,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said.
"Jeremy Jacobs – as owner for 41 years of the NHL's first U.S.-based team and long-serving chairman of our board of governors – has provided unparalleled vision, innovation, and inspiration to the advancement of hockey and the NHL. As a coach, a scout, and a hockey executive, Bob Crocker has devoted decades to the development of young American players. Congratulations to both on this long overdue recognition."
The two recipients will be honored on Dec. 17 in Boston as part of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
The Lester Patrick Trophy was first presented to the NHL by the New York Rangers in 1966 in memory of Patrick, who spent 50 years in hockey in a variety of roles.
Jacobs bought the Bruins in 1975. He serves on the NHL's executive committee and was named chairman of the board of governors in 2007.
Crocker is an amateur scout based in the Northeastern U.S. He has won three Stanley Cups scouting for the Rangers and Kings, and was inducted into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and Philadelphia Flyers president Paul Holmgren received the award in 2014.