The Curt Hammer Award is a trophy awarded each year to the player in the United States Hockey League who best reflects the goals of the USHL, his team and the organization.
Chicago Steel (USHL)
Robert Morris University Eagles (ACHA)
Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) (as practice facility)
The 2006-07 USHL media guide (p. 37) lists the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets as the successor to the Thunder Bay Flyers, who played their last USHL game in 2000; however, the team infrastructure was based upon a move of the Cleveland Junior Barons of the NAHL.
Preissing played four years as a forward on the varsity team at Rosemount High School before moving on to play two seasons with the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL.