John Sedgwick named AHL Hockey Operations Executive of the Year – Rocket Laval

John Sedgwick is the first recipient of the Bruce Landon Award, presented to the AHL’s Hockey Operations Executive of the Year

Laval Rocket general manager John Sedgwick has been honored with the Bruce Landon Award as the AHL’s outstanding hockey operations executive for 2024-25.

Sedgwick, who also serves as assistant general manager of the Montreal Canadiens, assembled a Rocket roster that won the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy for the best regular-season record in the league (48-19-3-2, 101 points) and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, their second appearance in four years. Sedgwick’s accomplishments in Laval reverberated throughout the organization, as Rocket players contributed to both the Montreal Canadiens’ return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Trois-Rivieres Lions’ ECHL championship.

The Bruce Landon Award was created prior to the 2024-25 season to honor Bruce Landon, a member of the American Hockey League Hall of Fame and a mainstay in Springfield, Mass., as a player, executive and owner for nearly half a century.