The Ed Chynoweth Trophy is awarded to the leading scorer at the Memorial Cup tournament.

Collectively, the QMJHL's Hull/Gatineau Olympiques and Halifax Mooseheads, the OHL's London Knights and Kitchener Rangers, as well as the WHL's Vancouver Giants and Kelowna Rockets have twice had one of their players win the award.

[3] Mitch Marner has the highest winning total for the award with 14 points, though he falls short of the tournament record of 16 points set by Jeff Larmer of the Kitchener Rangers in 1982 and Guy Rouleau of the Olympiques in 1986.

He helped create the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) and served as its president from 1975 until 1996.

[5] Chynoweth was instrumental in the creation of the CHL, and as its president, he helped create Canadian junior hockey's scholarship program and organized the Memorial Cup into a tournament format.