The Minor Bantam AA Bench Staff is the recipient of the 2020 Tom Leeder Memorial Award for Coach of the Year.
The Tom Leeder award is presented annually to a coach of the Rideau St Lawrence Kings. Tom Leeder was a Brockville Minor Hockey and Brockville Tikis star who coached for the Rideau St Lawrence Kings in the early days of the organization. The family established the award in honour of Tom’s memory. The criteria for the coach of the year award should as closely as possible embody what Tom Leeder stood for. Tom loved the game of hockey; he showed great sportsmanship, was hard working and always demonstrated those qualities in a very quiet manner.