Conn Smythe Trophy

The Conn Smythe Trophy in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto

The Conn Smythe Trophy is a major ice hockey trophy in the National Hockey League (NHL). It is awarded annually to the most valuable player of the entire play-offs following the last game of the Stanley Cup final series . This does not necessarily have to come from the team of the Stanley Cup winner.

The trophy was named after ice hockey official Conn Smythe , former owner and coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame . It was donated in 1964 by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and was first awarded in the 1964/65 season.

With three wins, goalkeeper Patrick Roy is the record winner of the trophy. He is also the only player to date to have won it with two different teams.

Award and history

Yevgeny Malkin with the Conn Smythe Trophy (2009)

The Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded by a vote of twelve to 15 members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association . Among them are three journalists from each city of the teams in the Stanley Cup final series. Even before a possible final game, the voters must decide on a winner, but the vote will be discarded if the series has not yet ended after the game. If it comes to the decisive seventh game in the best-of-seven series , each person who votes gives two versions, depending on the winning team.

The trophy is awarded by the NHL commissioner directly after the last game of the Stanley Cup playoffs - before the Stanley Cup is handed over . It is therefore the only individual trophy that is not awarded as part of the NHL Awards . In addition, unlike most other trophies, only the winner of the award is announced, and not the second and third placed players.

The winner of the trophy does not necessarily have to come from the team of the Stanley Cup winner. So far, five players (including four goalkeepers) have been honored who did not win the Stanley Cup in the same year, most recently Jean-Sébastien Giguère from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 2003. All players were at least with their team in the final series. Roger Crozier , who was the first goalkeeper to receive the trophy in 1966, is also the only Conn Smythe Trophy winner to never win a Stanley Cup. Even Ron Hextall , the total of three times in the Stanley Cup final was the Cup as a player was denied. In 2012, however, he finally won him over as assistant general manager with the Los Angeles Kings .

So far only three different players have managed to double out of the Hart Memorial Trophy for the most valuable player of the regular season and the Conn Smythe Trophy for the most valuable player of the play-offs: Wayne Gretzky in the 1984/85 season , Guy Lafleur in the 1976/77 season and Bobby Orr in 1971/72 and 1969/70 seasons . Orr is the only player who managed this feat twice.

Winner since 1965

A total of 47 different players have been recognized in 54 seasons 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, PIM = penalty minutes
Goalkeeper statistics: W = victories, GAA = goals against goals , Sv% = catch rate (from the 1985/86 season ), SO = Shutouts
All data refer only to the relevant play-offs.

Player did not win the Stanley Cup

						Player Statistics				Goalkeeper Statistics
year	Surname		Item	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM	W.	ATM	Sv%	SO
2019	Ryan O'Reilly		C.	St. Louis Blues	26th	8th	15th	23	4th
2018	Alexander Ovechkin		LW	Washington Capitals	24	15th	12	27	8th
2017	Sidney Crosby		C.	Pittsburgh Penguins	24	8th	19th	27	10
2016	Sidney Crosby		C.	Pittsburgh Penguins	24	6th	13	19th	4th
2015	Duncan Keith		D.	Chicago Blackhawks	23	3	18th	21st	16
2014	Justin Williams		RW	Los Angeles Kings	26th	9	16	25th	35
2013	Patrick Kane		RW	Chicago Blackhawks	23	9	10	19th	8th
2012	Jonathan Quick		G	Los Angeles Kings	20th					16	1.41	94.6%	3
2011	Tim Thomas		G	Boston Bruins	25th					16	1.98	94.0%	4th
2010	Jonathan Toews		C.	Chicago Blackhawks	22nd	7th	22nd	29	4th
2009	Yevgeny Malkin		C.	Pittsburgh Penguins	24	14th	22nd	36	51
2008	Henrik Zetterberg		C.	Detroit Red Wings	22nd	13	14th	27	16
2007	Scott Niedermayer		D.	Anaheim Ducks	21st	3	8th	11	26th
2006	Cam Ward		G	Carolina Hurricanes	23					15th	2.14	92.0%	2
2004	Brad Richards		C.	Tampa Bay Lightning	23	12	14th	26th	4th
2003	Jean-Sébastien Giguère		G	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	21st					15th	1.62	94.5%	5
2002	Nicklas Lidström		D.	Detroit Red Wings	23	5	11	16	2
2001	Patrick Roy		G	Colorado Avalanche	23					16	1.70	93.4%	4th
2000	Scott Stevens		D.	New Jersey Devils	23	3	8th	11	6th
1999	Joe Nieuwendyk		C.	Dallas Stars	23	11	10	21st	19th
1998	Steve Yzerman		C.	Detroit Red Wings	22nd	6th	18th	24	22nd
1997	Mike Vernon		G	Detroit Red Wings	20th					16	1.76	92.7%	1
1996	Joe Sakic		C.	Colorado Avalanche	22nd	18th	16	34	14th
1995	Claude Lemieux		RW	New Jersey Devils	20th	13	3	16	20th
1994	Brian Leetch		D.	New York Rangers	23	11	23	34	6th
1993	Patrick Roy		G	Montréal Canadiens	20th					16	2.13	92.9%	0
1992	Mario Lemieux		C.	Pittsburgh Penguins	15th	16	18th	34	2
1991	Mario Lemieux		C.	Pittsburgh Penguins	23	16	28	44	16
1990	Bill Ranford		G	Edmonton Oilers	22nd					16	2.53	91.2%	1
1989	Al MacInnis		D.	Calgary Flames	22nd	7th	24	31	46
1988	Wayne Gretzky		C.	Edmonton Oilers	19th	12	31	43	16
1987	Ron Hextall		G	Philadelphia Flyers	26th					15th	2.77	90.8%	2
1986	Patrick Roy		G	Montréal Canadiens	20th					15th	1.92	92.3%	1
1985	Wayne Gretzky		C.	Edmonton Oilers	18th	17th	30th	47	4th
1984	Mark Messier		C.	Edmonton Oilers	19th	8th	18th	26th	19th
1983	Billy Smith		G	New York Islanders	17th					13	2.68		2
1982	Mike Bossy		RW	New York Islanders	19th	17th	10	27	0
1981	Butch Goring		C.	New York Islanders	18th	10	10	20th	6th
1980	Bryan Trottier		C.	New York Islanders	21st	12	17th	29	16
1979	Bob Gainey		LW	Montréal Canadiens	16	6th	10	16	10
1978	Larry Robinson		D.	Montréal Canadiens	15th	4th	17th	21st	6th
1977	Guy Lafleur		RW	Montréal Canadiens	14th	9	17th	26th	6th
1976	Reggie Leach		RW	Philadelphia Flyers	16	19th	5	24	8th
1975	Bernie Parent		G	Philadelphia Flyers	15th					10	1.89		4th
1974	Bernie Parent		G	Philadelphia Flyers	17th					12	2.02		2
1973	Yvan Cournoyer		RW	Montréal Canadiens	17th	15th	10	25th	2
1972	Bobby Orr		D.	Boston Bruins	15th	5	19th	24	19th
1971	Ken Dryden		G	Montréal Canadiens	20th					12	3.00		0
1970	Bobby Orr		D.	Boston Bruins	14th	9	11	20th	14th
1969	Serge Savard		D.	Montréal Canadiens	14th	4th	6th	10	24
1968	Glenn Hall		G	St. Louis Blues	18th					8th	2.43		1
1967	Dave Keon		C.	Toronto Maple Leafs	12	3	5	8th	0
1966	Roger Crozier		G	Detroit Red Wings	12					6th	2.34		1
1965	Jean Béliveau		C.	Montréal Canadiens	13	8th	8th	16	34

Leaderboards

Patrick Roy won the trophy three times

So far only six players have won the Conn Smythe Trophy multiple times: goalkeeper Bernie Parent , defender Bobby Orr and centers Mario Lemieux , Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby have each received two awards. Patrick Roy , who won the trophy twice with the Canadiens de Montréal and once with the Colorado Avalanche , was the only player to be successful three times.

With a share of approx. 85%, the majority of the winners come from Canada . It was not until 1994 that Brian Leetch from the United States was the first non-Canadian to win the award. The Swede Nicklas Lidström was the first European to receive an award in 2002. So far, the trophy has been awarded most often to center forwards with 19 awards , followed by goalkeepers with 16 trophies. In addition, defenders with nine titles have so far been more successful than wingers . So only seven right and two left wingers could win the trophy.

Most often, the award has so far been given to players from the Canadiens de Montréal who have been successful a total of nine times. This is followed by the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins with five excellent players each, and the New York Islanders , Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers with four each. The Philadelphia Flyers are also the only team from which two players were awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy, although they lost in the respective final series. The Toronto Maple Leafs , whose operating organization had donated the trophy, has only won it once since then, when they won their Stanley Cup, which is their last to date , in 1967 .

The St. Louis Blues , whose goalkeeper Glenn Hall was awarded the trophy in 1968, have long been the only team that has already won a Conn Smythe Trophy, but not yet a Stanley Cup; this changed in 2019.

Players by nationality nationality number 1.  Canada 46 2.  United States 4th 3.  Sweden 2 4th  Russia 2

Player by position position number 1. Center (C) 19th 2. Goalkeeper (G) 16 3. Defender (D) 10 4th Right winger (RW) 7th 5. Left winger (LW) 2

Players by team team number 1. Canadiens de Montréal 9 2. Detroit Red Wings 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 4th New York Islanders 4th Edmonton Oilers 4th Philadelphia Flyers 4th 7th Boston Bruins 3 Chicago Blackhawks 3

Web links

• Conn Smythe Trophy on the National Hockey League website
• Conn Smythe Trophy at legendsofhockey.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Conn Smythe Trophy on the NHL Awards website (accessed January 24, 2013)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Eric Duhatschek: How the Conn Smythe voting shakes down , The Globe and Mail , June 15, 2011 (accessed January 24, 2013)
3. ↑ Eric Duhatschek: Toews takes Conn Smythe trophy , The Globe and Mail June 9, 2010 (accessed January 24, 2013)
4. ↑ Conn Smythe Trophy Winners , Associated Press via NHL.com, June 11, 2012 (accessed January 24, 2013)
5. ↑ Dan Rosen: Hextall finally gets pleasure of winning the Cup , NHL.com, June 12, 2012 (accessed January 24, 2013)
6. ↑ Hart Memorial Trophy on the NHL Awards website (accessed January 24, 2013)

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