The Alton D. Simms Award is presented each season to the team’s Most Improved Player, as chosen by the team. This award honors the memory of Alton Simms, Michigan hockey’s “most loyal fan”.
| 1960 | Steve Bochen |
| 1961 | James Coyle |
| 1962 | Gerald Kolb |
| 1963 | John McGonigal |
| 1964 | Roger Galipeau |
| 1965 | Pierre Dechaine |
| 1966 | Ted Henderson |
| 1967 | Robert Boysen |
| 1968 | Lars Hansen |
| 1969 | Bernard Pashak |
| 1970 | Jerry Lefebvre |
| 1971 | Rick Mallette |
| 1972 | Bob Falconer |
| 1973 | Roy Ashworth |
| 1974 | Greg Fox |
| 1975 | Kip Maurer |
| 1976 | Rick Palmer |
| 1977 | John Waymann |
| 1978 | Mark Miller |
| 1979 | John Blum |
| 1980 | Steve Richmond |
| 1981 | Dave Richter |
| 1982 | Mark Perry |
| 1983 | Paul Spring |
| 1984 | Dan Goff |
| 1985 | Gary Lorden |
| 1986 | Pat Goff |
| 1987 | Joe Lockwood |
| Bruce Macnab | |
| 1988 | Gary Lorden |
| 1989 | Alex Robert |
| 1990 | Brad Turner |
| 1991 | Mike Helber |
| 1992 | Doug Evans |
| 1993 | Mike Knuble |
| 1994 | Rick Willis |
| 1995 | John Madden |
| 1996 | Chris Frescoln |
| 1997 | Justin Clark |
| 1998 | Bobby Hayes |
| 1999 | Sean Ritchlin |
| 2000 | Jay Vancik |
| 2001 | Joe Kautz |
| 2002 | J.J. Swistak |
| 2003 | David Moss |
| 2004 | Brandon Kaleniecki |
| 2005 | Milan Gajic |
| 2006 | Danny Fardig |
| 2007 | David Rohlfs |
| 2008 | Billy Sauer |
| 2009 | Luke Glendening |
| 2010 | Shawn Hunwick |
| 2011 | Scooter Vaughan |
| 2012 | Lee Moffie |
| 2013 | Michael Szuma |
| 2014 | Andrew Sinelli |
| 2015 | Justin Selman |
| 2016 | Nolan De Jong |
| 2017 | Evan Allen |
| 2018 | Hayden Lavigne |
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