Mark Mulvoy, a native of Dorchester (Lonsdale Street) who attended St. Mark’s School, BC High, and Boston College, will be recognized with the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award as a Hockey Hall of Fame “Media Honouree” at a luncheon in Toronto in November. His plaque will be displayed in the Great Hall at the Hockey Hall of Fame alongside past award recipients.

Recipients of the Ferguson Award, named for a long-time Montreal sportswriter, are a separate group from individuals named “Honoured Members,” who are selected by the Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee and will be inducted into the Hall on Mon., Nov. 13.

The 81-year-old Mulvoy’s career in sports journalism began at his hometown Boston Globe in the early 1960s. In the 35 years that followed, he made his mark at Sports Illustrated, reporting in the main on baseball, professional golf, and hockey while making his way through the ranks to become the youngest managing editor in the history of the magazine, which he also served for a time as publisher. His passion for hockey has never wavered from his boyhood days playing the game on the ice made by the flooding of nearby Wainwright Park in wintertime. That passion found extra expression in Mulvoy-authored books like “My Game” with Bobby Orr and “Face Off at the Summit” with legendary Cornell and Montreal goalie Ken Dryden.

“Mark Mulvoy was a ground-breaking reporter as the first foreigner given access behind enemy lines to lift the curtain on the Soviet style of play,” said Frank Seravalli of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. “He had boots on the ground in Moscow a handful of years before the ’72 Summit Series, then, of course, was there to chronicle history.

“More importantly, he kept hockey in the hands and doctor’s offices of the voracious Sports Illustrated readers. He was hockey’s best friend at a time of critical period of growth for the sport,” Seravalli added.