Calder Memorial Trophy

Calder Memorial Trophy

The Calder Memorial Trophy is an ice hockey trophy in the National Hockey League (NHL). It is awarded annually to the best newcomer to the league ( rookie ).

A rookie-of-the-year award was presented for the first time in the 1932/33 NHL season , but it was only later that a trophy was created for this honor. The trophy was called the Calder Trophy when it was introduced in the 1936/37 season and was named after Frank Calder , the first and then incumbent President of the NHL. After Calder's sudden death in 1943, the trophy was renamed the Calder Memorial Trophy.

Award

In order to count as a rookie for the trophy to be awarded, field players must have played at least half of the regular season games in the relevant season (since the 1995/96 season there are 41), goalkeepers must have played at least 25 games on the ice . In addition, players may not have played more than 25 games in a previous season or more than six games in any two previous seasons. This rule includes not only the NHL but every professional league. Probably the best-known example of this regulation was Wayne Gretzky , who set numerous rook records in his first NHL season in 1979/80 , but was not approved for the Calder Memorial Trophy, as he had already played a full season in the World Hockey professional league with the Edmonton Oilers Association had played.

Since the 1990/91 season , only newcomers to the league who are 26 or under on September 15 of their debut season are considered. The reason for this was that in 1990 Sergei Makarov won the trophy at the age of 31, but had already been professionally active in the Soviet Union for a long time and has already won two Olympic victories. With that one could no longer regard him as a new professional.

The trophy is awarded annually through a vote by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association , in which almost 180 journalists were entitled to vote in 2011. It takes place at the end of the regular season . Each voter can award 10, 7, 5, 3 or one point to a player of his choice on his ballot paper. After the vote, the top three players (finalists) will be announced, but not their order. The trophy is only after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup - Play-offs during the annual NHL Awards awarded.

The current title holder of the 2018/19 season is the Swede Elias Pettersson from the Vancouver Canucks .

Winner since 1933

A total of 85 players have been awarded since the trophy was introduced. In 2005, the award was not given due to the lockout and the associated loss of the entire season.

Abbreviations: Pos = position, GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus value (since the 1967/68 season ), PIM = penalty minutes
Explanations: All data refer only to on the season in question. The age is given for the last day of the regular season .
Specific statistics for goalkeepers can be found in the Goalkeeper Statistics section .
The links to the "Nationality" and "Position" columns can be found in the Ranking lists section .

year	Surname		Item	Age	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	+/-	PIM
2019	Elias Pettersson		C.	20th	Vancouver Canucks	71	28	38	66	+3	012
2018	Mathew Barzal		C.	20th	New York Islanders	82	22nd	63	85	+1	030th
2017	Auston Matthews		C.	19th	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	29	69	+2	014th
2016	Artemi Panarin		LW	24	Chicago Blackhawks	80	30th	47	77	+8	032
2015	Aaron Ekblad		D.	19th	Florida panthers	81	12	27	39	+12	032
2014	Nathan MacKinnon		C.	18th	Colorado Avalanche	82	24	39	63	+20	026th
2013	Jonathan Huberdeau		C.	19th	Florida panthers	48	14th	17th	31	−15	018th
2012	Gabriel Landeskog		LW	19th	Colorado Avalanche	82	22nd	30th	52	+20	051
2011	Jeff Skinner		C.	18th	Carolina Hurricanes	82	31	32	63	0+3	046
2010	Tyler Myers		D.	20th	Buffalo Sabers	82	11	37	48	+13	032
2009	Steve Mason		G	20th	Columbus Blue Jackets	61	00	00	00		002
2008	Patrick Kane		RW	19th	Chicago Blackhawks	82	21st	51	72	0-5	052
2007	Yevgeny Malkin		C.	20th	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	33	52	85	0+2	080
2006	Alexander Ovechkin		LW	20th	Washington Capitals	81	52	54	106	0+2	052
2005	Season was canceled
2004	Andrew Raycroft		G	23	Boston Bruins	57	00	02	02		000
2003	Barret Jackman		D.	22nd	St. Louis Blues	82	03	16	19th	+23	190
2002	Dany Heatley		RW	21st	Atlanta Thrashers	82	26th	41	67	−19	056
2001	Yevgeny Nabokov		G	25th	San Jose Sharks	66	00	02	02		008th
2000	Scott Gomez		C.	20th	New Jersey Devils	82	19th	51	70	+14	078
1999	Chris Drury		C.	22nd	Colorado Avalanche	79	20th	24	44	0+9	062
1998	Sergei Samsonov		LW	19th	Boston Bruins	81	22nd	25th	47	0+9	008th
1997	Bryan Berard		D.	20th	New York Islanders	82	08th	40	48	0+1	086
1996	Daniel Alfredsson		RW	23	Ottawa Senators	82	26th	35	61	−18	028
1995	Peter Forsberg		C.	21st	Nordiques de Québec	47	15th	35	50	+17	016
1994	Martin Brodeur		G	21st	New Jersey Devils	47	00	00	00		002
1993	Teemu Selänne		RW	22nd	Winnipeg Jets	84	76	56	132	0+8	045
1992	Pavel Bure		RW	21st	Vancouver Canucks	65	34	26th	60	0± 0	030th
1991	Ed Belfour		G	25th	Chicago Blackhawks	74	00	03	03		034
1990	Sergei Makarov		RW	31	Calgary Flames	80	24	62	86	+33	055
1989	Brian Leetch		D.	21st	New York Rangers	68	23	48	71	0+8	050
1988	Joe Nieuwendyk		C.	21st	Calgary Flames	75	51	41	92	+20	023
1987	Luc Robitaille		LW	21st	Los Angeles Kings	79	45	39	84	−18	028
1986	Gary Suter		D.	21st	Calgary Flames	80	18th	50	68	+11	141
1985	Mario Lemieux		C.	19th	Pittsburgh Penguins	73	43	57	100	−35	054
1984	Tom Barrasso		G	19th	Buffalo Sabers	42	00	02	02		020th
1983	Steve Larmer		RW	21st	Chicago Blackhawks	80	43	47	90	+44	028
1982	Dale Hawerchuk		C.	19th	Winnipeg Jets	80	45	58	103	0-4	047
1981	Peter Šťastný		C.	24	Nordiques de Québec	77	39	70	109	+11	037
1980	Ray Bourque		D.	19th	Boston Bruins	80	17th	48	65	+52	073
1979	Bobby Smith		C.	21st	Minnesota North Stars	80	30th	44	74	0-8th	039
1978	Mike Bossy		RW	21st	New York Islanders	73	53	38	91	+31	006th
1977	Willi Plett		RW	21st	Atlanta Flames	64	33	23	56	+15	123
1976	Bryan Trottier		C.	19th	New York Islanders	80	32	63	95	+28	021st
1975	Eric Vail		LW	21st	Atlanta Flames	72	39	21st	60	0+1	046
1974	Denis Potvin		D.	20th	New York Islanders	77	17th	37	54	−16	175
1973	Steve Vickers		LW	21st	New York Rangers	61	30th	23	53	+35	037
1972	Ken Dryden		G	24	Canadiens de Montréal	64	00	02	02		004th
1971	Gilbert Perreault		C.	20th	Buffalo Sabers	78	38	34	72	−39	019th
1970	Tony Esposito		G	26th	Chicago Blackhawks	63	00	02	02		002
1969	Danny Grant		RW	24	Minnesota North Stars	75	34	31	65	−12	046
1968	Derek Sanderson		C.	21st	Boston Bruins	71	24	25th	49	+11	098
1967	Bobby Orr		D.	19th	Boston Bruins	61	13	28	41		102
1966	Brit Selby		LW	21st	Toronto Maple Leafs	61	14th	13	27		026th
1965	Roger Crozier		G	23	Detroit Red Wings	70	00	00	00		010
1964	Jacques Laperriere		D.	22nd	Canadiens de Montréal	65	02	28	30th		102
1963	Kent Douglas		D.	27	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	07th	15th	22nd		105
1962	Bobby Rousseau		RW	21st	Canadiens de Montréal	70	21st	24	45		026th
1961	Dave Keon		C.	20th	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	20th	25th	45		006th
1960	Bill Hay		C.	24	Chicago Blackhawks	70	18th	37	55		031
1959	Ralph Backstrom		C.	21st	Canadiens de Montréal	64	18th	22nd	40		019th
1958	Frank Mahovlich		LW	20th	Toronto Maple Leafs	67	20th	16	36		067
1957	Larry Regan		RW	26th	Boston Bruins	69	14th	19th	33		029
1956	Glenn Hall		G	24	Detroit Red Wings	70	00	00	00		014th
1955	Ed Litzenberger		RW	22nd	Chicago Blackhawks	73 1	23	28	51		040
1954	Camille Henry		C.	21st	New York Rangers	66	24	15th	39		010
1953	Lorne Worsley		G	23	New York Rangers	50	00	00	00		002
1952	Bernie Geoffrion		RW	21st	Canadiens de Montréal	67	30th	24	54		066
1951	Terry Sawchuk		G	21st	Detroit Red Wings	70	00	00	00		002
1950	Jack Gelineau		G	25th	Boston Bruins	67	00	00	00		000
1949	Pentti Lund		RW	23	New York Rangers	59	14th	16	30th		016
1948	Jim McFadden		C.	27	Detroit Red Wings	60	24	24	48		012
1947	Howie Meeker		RW	23	Toronto Maple Leafs	55	27	18th	45		076
1946	Edgar Laprade		C.	26th	New York Rangers	49	15th	19th	34		000
1945	Frank McCool		G	26th	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	00	00	00		000
1944	Gus Bodnar		C.	20th	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	22nd	40	62		018th
1943	Gaye Stewart		RW	19th	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	23	47		020th
1942	Grant Warwick		RW	20th	New York Rangers	44	16	17th	33		036
1941	Johnny Quilty		C.	20th	Canadiens de Montréal	48	18th	16	34		031
1940	Kilby MacDonald		LW	26th	New York Rangers	44	15th	13	28		019th
1939	Frank Brimsek		G	25th	Boston Bruins	43	00	00	00		000
1938	Cully Dahlstrom		C.	24	Chicago Blackhawks	48	10	09	19th		011
1937	Syl Apps		C.	22nd	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	16	29	45		010
1936	Mike Karakas		G	24	Chicago Blackhawks	48	00	00	00		000
1935	Sweeney Schriner		LW	23	New York Americans	48	18th	22nd	40		006th
1934	Russ Blinco		C.	26th	Montreal Maroons	31	14th	09	23		002
1933	Carl Voss		C.	26th	Detroit Red Wings	48 1	08th	15th	23		010

¹ Change of club during the current season

Goalkeeper statistics:
W = wins, L = defeats, T / OT = draws (until 2004) / overtime defeats (from 2005), Sv% = catch quota (since the 1982/83 season ), GAA = goals against goals, SO = shutouts

year	Surname	W.	L.	DEAD	Sv%	ATM	SO
2009	Steve Mason	33	20th	07th	.916	2.29	10
2004	Andrew Raycroft	29	18th	09	.926	2.05	03
2001	Yevgeny Nabokov	32	21st	07th	.915	2.19	06th
1994	Martin Brodeur	27	11	08th	.915	2.40	03
1991	Ed Belfour	43	19th	07th	.910	2.47	04th
1984	Tom Barrasso	26th	12	03	.893	2.84	02
1972	Ken Dryden	39	08th	15th		2.24	08th
1970	Tony Esposito	38	17th	08th		2.17	15th
1965	Roger Crozier	40	22nd	07th		2.42	06th
1956	Glenn Hall	30th	24	16		2.10	12
1953	Lorne Worsley	13	29	08th		3.06	02
1951	Terry Sawchuk	44	13	13		1.99	11
1950	Jack Gelineau	22nd	30th	15th		3.28	03
1945	Frank McCool	24	22nd	04th		3.22	04th
1939	Frank Brimsek	33	09	01		1.56	10
1936	Mike Karakas	21st	19th	08th		1.85	09

Leaderboards

Almost 70% of the previous winners of the Calder Memorial Trophy come from Canada . This is followed by just four other nations, the USA , Russia , Sweden and Finland , from which at least two players were named the best rookie in the NHL. There was also a winner each from Great Britain and Slovakia . Most often, the trophy was given to center forward , so-called center. In total, around two thirds of all winners played as strikers. In addition, goalkeepers have been honored much more often than defenders . The players who were awarded the trophy were on average just under 22 years old. Most of them were between the ages of 19 and 21. So far, only two players have won the award, Jeff Skinner and Nathan MacKinnon , who were 18 at the end of the regular season . Dale Hawerchuk celebrated his 19th birthday in the last main round match of the 1981/82 season .

So far, players from the Toronto Maple Leafs have won the award most often, each of which was successful ten times. The Chicago Blackhawks follow in second place with nine titles; Players from the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins each received eight awards . The most successful team that is not part of the original Six teams are the New York Islanders with a total of five players.

Players by nationality nationality number 1.  Canada 59 2.  United States 12 3.  Russia 6th 4th  Sweden 4th 5.  Finland 2 6th  United Kingdom 1  Slovakia 1

Player by position position number 1. Center (C) 30th 2. Right winger (RW) 18th 3. Goalkeeper (G) 16 4th Defender (D) 11 5. Left winger (LW) 11

Players by age Age number 18 years 2 19 years 13 20 years 15th 21 years 21st 22 years 6th 23 years 7th 24 years 8th 25 years 4th 26 years and older 10

Players by team

	team	number
1.	Toronto Maple Leafs	10
2.	Chicago Blackhawks	9
3.	New York Rangers	8th
	Boston Bruins	8th
5.	Canadiens de Montréal	6th
6th	Detroit Red Wings	5
	New York Islanders	5
8th.	Buffalo Sabers	3
	Calgary Flames	3

Laureate with other awards in the same year

Ed Belfour won the Calder Memorial Trophy and three other NHL awards in 1991

To date, no outfield player has succeeded in receiving another NHL award in the same season in addition to the Calder Memorial Trophy. However, the goalkeeper Ed Belfour , who was honored as the best rookie in 1991, also won the Vezina Trophy for the best goalkeeper as well as the William M. Jennings Trophy and the Trico Goaltender Award , which was then awarded for the best catch quota . Three other goalkeepers, Tom Barrasso , Tony Esposito and Frank Brimsek , also managed to win the Calder Memorial Trophy and the Vezina Trophy in one season. In addition, nine winners have been elected to the NHL First All-Star Team and seven to the Second All-Star Team, most recently Steve Mason in 2009.

All winners of the Calder Memorial Trophy have so far been elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team at the same time . The only exception was Pawel Bure in 1992. At that time, the choice for the all-rookie team in Sturm was divided between the three positions of left and right wingers and center, where the best new professional was chosen. Since Bure played in the season as a left and right winger, he did not take first place in the election in either position. For the 1992/93 season , this rule was changed and the division into the three forward positions was canceled.

trophy	number	winner
Vezina Trophy	4th	Ed Belfour , Tom Barrasso , Tony Esposito , Frank Brimsek
William M. Jennings Trophy	1	Ed Belfour
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award	1	Ed Belfour
First all-star team	9	Alexander Owetschkin , Teemu Selänne , Ed Belfour , Tom Barrasso , Ray Bourque , Tony Esposito , Roger Crozier , Terry Sawchuk , Frank Brimsek
Second all-star team	7th	Steve Mason , Luc Robitaille , Mike Bossy , Ken Dryden , Bobby Orr , Jacques Laperrière , Glenn Hall

Web links

• Calder Memorial Trophy on the National Hockey League website
• Calder Memorial Trophy on the Hockey Hall of Fame website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Calder Memorial Trophy on the NHL Awards website (accessed July 10, 2012)
2. ↑ Edmonton Oilers Heritage: Wayne Gretzky — The Great One ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 10, 2012) 
3. ↑ Eric Duhatschek: Handing out the NHL hardware , The Globe and Mail , April 8, 2011 (accessed July 10, 2012)
4. ↑ Ed Belfour at legendsofhockey.net (English) (accessed on July 10, 2012)
5. ↑ Joseph Romain, James Duplacey: hockey superstars , Smith Books, Toronto, 1994. ISBN 0-88665-899-3

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