Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award

The Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award was an ice hockey award in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 2000 and 2007 . The prize was awarded annually to the goalkeeper who had the best catch quota after the regular season and who took part in at least 25 games. The award was given for the last time in the 2006/07 season before the award was discontinued.

The award was for the former goalkeeper of the Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabers , Roger Crozier , named the two teams to reach the Stanley Cup helped -Finales. From 1989 to 1991 a comparable award was given under the name Trico Goaltender Award .

Award and history

Nicklas Bäckström was the last title holder in 2007

The catch quota is calculated from the proportion of shots saved in the total number of shots on goal at the goal of the respective goalkeeper. The number of goals conceded and the number of shots on goal can be used for the calculation, with only those being considered as shots on goal that would have hit the goal without the presence of a goalkeeper.

Conceded goals statistics for every single goalkeeper have been kept since the founding of the National Hockey League, but it wasn't until the early 1980s that shots on goal were included in the goalkeeper statistics. For the first time such a statistic was made in the 1980/81 season , but only two goalkeepers of the Minnesota North Stars and the Edmonton Oilers were included in these counts. Donald Beaupre conceded 138 goals from 1,313 shots in 44 games, giving him a catch rate of 89.5 percent. Only two years later, in the 1982/83 season , the shots and thus the catch quota were listed in all goalkeeper statistics of the league. Of all the players who had played more than 25 games, Roland Melanson had the highest catch rate with 91 percent saved shots.

For the NHL season 1988/89 an award for the best catch quota was awarded for the first time, the Trico Goaltender Award . The prerequisite for this award was that the excellent goalkeeper had played at least 35 games in the current season. The first winner was the Canadian Patrick Roy , who was also able to win the ranking in the following season. In 1991 rookie Ed Belfour won the award before it was no longer awarded. Between 1995 and 1999 Dominik Hašek led the ranking six times in a row, but did not receive a trophy.

The Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award was introduced in the 1999/2000 season , the first winner was Ed Belfour with a catch quota of 91.9 percent. Since then, the winner's catch quota has been over 92 percent each season. After the trophy was awarded a total of seven times, the award of the trophy was discontinued after the 2006/07 season . The last winner was Nicklas Bäckström from Finland with a catch rate of 92.9%.

Unlike most other NHL trophies, the award was not presented during the NHL Awards , but rather during a ceremony that often took place before a franchise prep game. The winners were 25,000 US dollars passed that he should instigate a Jugendeishockey- or other institution of its choice.

Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award winner

Cristobal Huet was the first European to win the award

A total of six different players were honored in seven seasons between 2000 and 2007. In 2005, the award was not given due to the lockout and the associated loss of the entire season.

Abbreviations: Sp = games, GT = goals conceded, SaT = shots on goal, Sv% = catch quota
Explanations: All data refer only to the relevant season. The links to the "Nationality" column can be found in the Ranking lists section .

year	Surname		team	Sp	GT	SaT	Sv%
2007	Niklas Bäckström		Minnesota Wild	41	073	1,028	92.9
2006	Cristobal Huet		Canadiens de Montréal	36	077	1,085	92.9
2005	Season was canceled
2004	Dwayne Roloson		Minnesota Wild	48	089	1,323	93.3
2003	Marty Turco		Dallas Stars	55	092	1,359	93.2
2002	José Théodore		Canadiens de Montréal	67	136	1,972	93.1
2001	Marty Turco		Dallas Stars	26th	040	0532	92.5
2000	Ed Belfour		Dallas Stars	62	127	1,571	91.9

Leaderboards

The Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award could only be won multiple times by one player. The Canadian Marty Turco of the Dallas Stars achieved this feat when he topped the statistics for the second time since 2001 in 2003. The Dallas Stars, who also played the first winner of the award with Ed Belfour , were able to provide the most winners with three goalkeepers at the same time. Players from the Canadiens de Montréal and the Minnesota Wild received the Saving Grace Award twice each , so that in seven seasons only three different teams could win the Saving Grace Award.

Almost three quarters of the winners came from Canada . In 2006 the Frenchman Cristobal Huet was the first European to win the award, before Nicklas Bäckström from Finland topped the statistics at the last time the award was presented.

Players by number player number 1. Marty Turco 2 3. 5 more players 1 each

Players by nationality nationality number 1.  Canada 5 2  Finland 1  France 1

Players by team team number 1. Dallas Stars 3 2. Canadiens de Montréal 2 Minnesota Wild 2

Laureate with other awards in the same year

trophy	winner	Year (s)
Vezina Trophy	José Théodore	2002
William M. Jennings Trophy	Niklas Bäckström	2007
Hart Memorial Trophy	José Théodore	2002
Second all-star team	Marty Turco José Théodore	2003 2002

Almost half of all excellent goalkeepers managed to win another NHL award that same season.

The most successful was José Théodore , who won the 2002 Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award, the Vezina Trophy for the best goalkeeper and the Hart Memorial Trophy for the most valuable regular season player. He was also elected to the Second All-Star Team. Besides Théodore, only Marty Turco managed to win the Saving Grace Award in 2003 and be elected to an All-Star Team.

Only the only goalkeeper, however, managed to simultaneously win the Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award and the William M. Jennings Trophy for the best clean goal of the season. In his debut 2006/07 season, Nicklas Bäckström won both awards with the Minnesota Wild.

Previous and next leaders

Craig Anderson set a new NHL record in 2013

Dominik Hašek led the ranking six times in a row

Patrick Roy won the Trico Goaltender Award twice

Abbreviations: Sp = games, GT = goals conceded, SaT = shots on goal, Sv% = catch quota
Explanations: All data refer only to the relevant season.

year	Surname		team	Sp	GT	SaT	Sv%
2018	Carter Hutton		St. Louis Blues	32	56	810	93.1
2017	Sergei Bobrovsky		Columbus Blue Jackets	63	127	1854	93.1
2016	Brian Elliott		St. Louis Blues	42	078	1133	93.0
2015	Carey Price		Canadiens de Montréal	66	130	1953	93.3
2014	Josh Harding		Minnesota Wild	29	046	0690	93.3
2013	Craig Anderson 1		Ottawa Senators	24	040	0677	94.1
2012	Brian Elliott		St. Louis Blues	38	058	0972	94.0
2011	Tim Thomas		Boston Bruins	57	112	1,811	93.8
2010	Tuukka Rask		Boston Bruins	45	084	1,221	93.1
2009	Tim Thomas		Boston Bruins	54	114	1,694	93.3
2008	Dan Ellis		Nashville Predators	44	087	1,147	92.4
1999	Dominik Hašek		Buffalo Sabers	64	119	1,877	93.7
1998	Dominik Hašek		Buffalo Sabers	72	147	2.149	93.2
1997	Dominik Hašek		Buffalo Sabers	67	153	2,177	93.0
1996	Dominik Hašek		Buffalo Sabers	59	161	2.011	92.0
1995	Dominik Hašek		Buffalo Sabers	41	085	1,221	93.0
1994	Dominik Hašek		Buffalo Sabers	58	109	1,552	93.0
1993	Curtis Joseph		St. Louis Blues	68	196	2,202	91.1
1992	Patrick Roy		Canadiens de Montréal	67	155	1,806	91.4
1991 2	Ed Belfour		Chicago Blackhawks	74	170	1,883	91.0
1990 2	Patrick Roy		Canadiens de Montréal	54	134	1,522	91.2
1989 2	Patrick Roy		Canadiens de Montréal	48	113	1,226	90.8
1988	Patrick Roy		Canadiens de Montréal	45	125	1,248	90.0
1987	Ron Hextall		Philadelphia Flyers	66	190	1.933	90.2
1986	Bob Froese		Philadelphia Flyers	51	116	1,270	90.9
1985	Warren Skorodenski		Chicago Blackhawks	27	075	0775	90.3
1984	Roland Melanson		New York Islanders	37	110	1,129	90.3
1983	Roland Melanson		New York Islanders	44	109	1,206	91.0

¹ The 2012/13 season was shortened by the lockout, so the minimum was reduced from 25 to 14 games.

²From 1989 to 1991 the Trico Goaltender Award was given for the best catch quota

Web links

• Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award at goaliesarchive.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Brehm: Answers: Decoding the stats page , USATODAY.com, February 4, 2003
2. ↑ Goalkeeper Statistics 1980/81 season at NHL.com
3. ↑ Goalkeeper Statistics 1982/83 season at NHL.com
4. ^ A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey Trico Goaltender Award
5. ^ Maggie Mooney: Canada's Top 100. The Greatest Athletes of All Time. Greystone Books, Vancouver 2010. ISBN 978-1553655572 , p. 123 ( online )
6. ↑ Canadiens' Cristobal Huet to receive MBNA Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award ( Memento of 22 September 2006 at the Internet Archive ), September 20, 2006 NHL.com

This version was included in the selection of informative lists and portals on August 5, 2012 .