William M. Jennings Trophy

The William M. Jennings Trophy in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto

The William M. Jennings Trophy is an ice hockey trophy in the National Hockey League (NHL). It is awarded annually to the goalkeeper or goalkeepers with at least 25 appearances whose team has conceded the fewest goals in the regular season .

The trophy is named after ice hockey official William M. Jennings, who served as President of the New York Rangers until his death from cancer in 1981 and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame . The trophy was donated by the board of the NHL and awarded for the first time in the 1981/82 season.

Award and history

As early as 1946 , the team's goalkeepers with the fewest goals conceded were awarded the Vezina Trophy . Before the 1981/82 season, however, the league decided to determine the winner of the trophy as "best goalkeeper" in the future through a vote among the general managers of the NHL. In order to continue to honor the goalkeepers with the fewest goals conceded, a new trophy, the William M. Jennings Trophy, was donated in return. The first winners at the end of the season were Rick Wamsley and Denis Herron from the Canadiens de Montréal .

So far, the award has been given 24 times to a duo of two goalkeepers who both played 25 games or more in the regular season. As the first goalkeeper Ed Belfour was able to win the trophy alone in 1991, after a goalkeeper team had been victorious nine times in a row. Although this would theoretically be possible with currently 82 games this season, three goalkeepers from the same team have never won the award.

At the end of the 2002/03 season closed with the Philadelphia Flyers and the New Jersey Devils for the first time since the introduction of the trophy, two teams with the same number of goals conceded as the defensively strongest team from the season. Thus, the trophy was given to both Roman Čechmánek and Robert Esche from the Flyers and to Martin Brodeur from the Devils. The same was achieved in 2014/15 by Carey Price of the Canadiens de Montréal and Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks .

Since 1982 a total of seven different players have succeeded in winning both the William M. Jennings Trophy and the Vezina Trophy in the same season: Patrick Roy , Ed Belfour, Dominik Hašek and Martin Brodeur succeeded in this "double" twice, with Brodeur in 2004 the so far was the only goalkeeper who could defend both trophies. In addition, Miikka Kiprusoff , Tim Thomas and Carey Price each won the combination once.

William M. Jennings Trophy winner

The lower limit of 25 games was reduced to 14 games in the 1994/95 season , which was shortened by a lockout . In 2005 the season was completely canceled due to another lockout and the trophy was not awarded.

Abbreviations: Sp = games, GT = goals conceded, GTS = goals conceded , Ges. = Total number of goals conceded by the team

Brian Elliott is one of the two 2012 titleholders .

Martin Brodeur won the trophy five times.

Patrick Roy received the trophy five times with the Montréal Canadiens and the Colorado Avalanche .

Dominik Hašek , a three-time winner, was the first European to receive an award.

year	Surname		team	Sp	GT	GTS	Ges.
2020	Tuukka Rask		Boston Bruins	41	85	2.12	174
	Jaroslav Halák			31	73	2.39
2019	Robin Lehner		New York Islanders	46	93	2.13	196
	Thomas Greiss			43	87	2.28
2018	Jonathan Quick		Los Angeles Kings	64	147	2.40	203
2017	Braden Holtby		Washington Capitals	63	127	2.07	182
2016	Frederik Andersen		Anaheim Ducks	43	88	2.30	192
	John Gibson			40	79	2.07
2015	Carey Price		Canadiens de Montréal	66	130	1.96	189
	Corey Crawford		Chicago Blackhawks	57	126	2.27
2014	Jonathan Quick		Los Angeles Kings	49	100	2.07	174
2013	Corey Crawford		Chicago Blackhawks	30th	57	1.94	102
	Ray Emery			21st	36	1.94
2012	Jaroslav Halák		St. Louis Blues	46	90	1.97	165
	Brian Elliott			38	58	1.56
2011	Roberto Luongo		Vancouver Canucks	60	126	2.11	185
	Cory Schneider			25th	51	2.23
2010	Martin Brodeur		New Jersey Devils	77	168	2.24	191
2009	Tim Thomas		Boston Bruins	54	114	2.10	196
	Manny Fernandez			28	71	2.59
2008	Chris Osgood		Detroit Red Wings	43	84	2.09	184
	Dominik Hašek			41	84	2.14
2007	Manny Fernandez		Minnesota Wild	44	103	2.55	191
	Niklas Bäckström			41	73	1.97
2006	Miikka Kiprusoff		Calgary Flames	74	151	2.07	200
2004	Martin Brodeur		New Jersey Devils	75	154	2.03	164
2003	Martin Brodeur		New Jersey Devils	73	147	2.02	166
	Roman Čechmánek		Philadelphia Flyers	58	102	1.83	166
	Robert Ash			30th	60	2.20
2002	Patrick Roy		Colorado Avalanche	63	122	1.94	169
2001	Dominik Hašek		Buffalo Sabers	67	137	2.11	184
2000	Roman Turek		St. Louis Blues	67	129	1.95	165
1999	Ed Belfour		Dallas Stars	61	117	1.99	168
	Roman Turek			26th	48	2.08
1998	Martin Brodeur		New Jersey Devils	70	130	1.89	166
1997	Martin Brodeur		New Jersey Devils	67	120	1.88	182
	Mike Dunham			26th	43	2.55
1996	Chris Osgood		Detroit Red Wings	50	106	2.17	181
	Mike Vernon			32	70	2.26
1995	Ed Belfour		Chicago Blackhawks	42	93	2.28	115
1994	Dominik Hašek		Buffalo Sabers	58	109	1.95	218
	Grant drove			32	106	3.69
1993	Ed Belfour		Chicago Blackhawks	71	177	2.59	239
1992	Patrick Roy		Montréal Canadiens	67	155	2.36	207
1991	Ed Belfour		Chicago Blackhawks	74	170	2.47	211
1990	Andy Moog		Boston Bruins	46	122	2.89	232
	Réjean Lemelin			43	108	2.80
1989	Patrick Roy		Montréal Canadiens	48	113	2.47	218
	Brian Hayward			36	101	2.90
1988	Patrick Roy		Montréal Canadiens	45	125	2.90	238
	Brian Hayward			39	107	2.86
1987	Patrick Roy		Montréal Canadiens	46	131	2.93	241
	Brian Hayward			37	102	2.81
1986	Bob Froese		Philadelphia Flyers	51	116	2.55	241
	Darren Jensen			29	88	3.68
1985	Tom Barrasso		Buffalo Sabers	54	144	2.67	237
	Bob Sauvé			27	84	3.22
1984	Al Jensen		Washington Capitals	43	117	2.91	226
	Pat Riggin			41	102	2.66
1983	Roland Melanson		New York Islanders	44	109	2.66	226
	Billy Smith			41	112	2.87
1982	Rick Wamsley		Montréal Canadiens	38	101	2.75	223
	Denis Herron			27	68	2.64

Leaderboards

With five wins each, the two goalkeepers Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy have won the William M. Jennings Trophy the most frequently. Ed Belfour follows with four titles. A total of eight goalkeepers have managed to win the trophy several times.

Brodeur, who has played for the New Jersey Devils since 1992 , is also the player who has won the most titles with the same team. In addition, he only shared the trophy with his substitute goalkeeper Mike Dunham on his first win in 1997 , before winning the title four times alone. In the 2003/04 season , he and his team set a new NHL record when he conceded only 164 goals in the regular season. In the 2011/12 season, the St. Louis Blues goalkeeping team missed this record by just one goal.

With a share of 70%, the majority of the winners come from Canada . Tom Barrasso from the USA became the first non-Canadian goalkeeper to win the award in 1985. Nine years later, Dominik Hašek from the Czech Republic became the first European to win the trophy.

Since 1982, the Canadiens de Montréal closed six times the season with the fewest goals conceded in the league, thus holding the record.

Players by number player Team (s) number 1. Martin Brodeur 5 Patrick Roy 5 3. Ed Belfour 4th 4th Brian Hayward 3 Dominik Hašek 3

Players by nationality nationality number 1.  Canada 42 2.  Czech Republic 6th 3.  United States 6th 4th  Finland 3 5.  Slovakia 2 6th  Denmark 1  Sweden 1  Germany 1

Players by team team Number* 1. Canadiens de Montréal 6th 2. New Jersey Devils 5 3. Chicago Blackhawks 5 * Each season is only counted once

Web links

Commons : William M. Jennings Trophy  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• William M. Jennings Trophy on the NHL Awards website
• William M. Jennings Trophy at legendsofhockey.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hockey great dies . In: The Daily Union, August 18, 1981, p. 11 (accessed April 17, 2013)
2. ↑ ^{a b} William M. Jennings Trophy on the NHL Awards website (accessed April 17, 2013)
3. ↑ 2002-03 William M. Jennings Trophy Winners at legendsofhockey.net
4. ^ William H. Jennings Trophy winners [sic!], ESPN .com, June 20, 2012 (accessed April 17, 2013)
5. ↑ 2003-04 William M. Jennings Trophy Winner at legendsofhockey.net

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