Prince Edward Island's latest Stanley Cup winner, Adam McQuaid, is CBC P.E.I.'s Newsmaker of the Year.

McQuaid was a mainstay on the Boston Bruins' blue line as the NHL team won the top prize last spring.

McQuaid accepted the Newsmaker of the Year label with grace.

"There are a lot of people that do a lot of good things in our community and deserve to be in the news maybe more than they are," he said, "so to find out that I was going to be given an award like this it made me feel pretty special."

Cornwall, McQuaid's home town, set aside a day in celebration of his accomplishments last summer. The defenceman brought the Stanley Cup home with him for the festivities and thousands turned out.

McQuaid signed a new three-year contract this summer with the Bruins worth US$4.7 million.

A full-length interview with McQuaid will air Friday night on Compass on CBC-TV.