 In a game in Boston in January of the 1952 – 53 season Kennedy suffered a separated shoulder in a scuffle with Milt Schmidt of the Bruins and underwent surgery . Originally thought lost for the season , Kennedy trained hard and was able to return to the Leafs in mid @-@ March . However , Toronto still finished out of a playoff position . Despite missing more than two months of the schedule Kennedy still finished second in points on the team . For his efforts Kennedy received the J. P. Bickell Memorial Trophy which is awarded by the Maple Leaf Gardens board of directors as the player most valuable to the Leafs . 
