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Calder Memorial Trophy

NHL award for the rookie of the year

NHL award for the rookie of the year

FieldValue
nameCalder Memorial Trophy
imageHhof calder.jpg
sportIce hockey
givenforRookie of the Year in the National Hockey League
first1936–37 NHL season
mostrecentLane Hutson
Montreal Canadiens

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The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League (NHL)." It is named after Frank Calder, the first president of the NHL. Serving as the NHL's Rookie of the Year award, this version of the trophy has been awarded since its creation for the 1936–37 NHL season. The voting is conducted by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association at the conclusion of each regular season to determine the winner.

Eligibility

When the award was established in 1937, there were no requirements beyond that the winner be in his first year of competition in the NHL, and the winner was decided by League President Frank Calder himself.

Currently, the eligibility requirements are that a player cannot have played more than 25 regular season games in any single preceding season, nor in six or more games in each of any two preceding regular seasons, in any major professional league. The last requirement was implemented in 1979 to block Wayne Gretzky (who had played a single season in the World Hockey Association the year before) from winning the award. After the Calder win of 31-year-old Sergei Makarov in 1991 (following the influx of Eastern Bloc players around the fall of the Soviet Union), the rules were further amended to require that winners be 26 years of age or younger.

Further, the limitation is for regular season games only, exempting games played in the playoffs. This has led to aberrations such as Ken Dryden winning the Calder in 1972, despite leading the Montreal Canadiens to a Stanley Cup victory the season before, and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.

History

The Calder Memorial Trophy is named in honour of Frank Calder, the former president of the National Hockey League (NHL) from its inception in 1917 to his death in 1943. Although Rookie of the Year honors were handed out beginning in 1932–33, the Calder Trophy was first presented at the conclusion of the 1936–37 NHL season. Calder himself purchased a trophy each year to award to the winner.

After Calder's death in 1943 a permanent trophy was cast, and it was renamed the Calder Memorial Trophy.

The trophy has been won the most times by rookies from the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have won it on ten occasions, with the most recent being Auston Matthews in 2017. The second-most is the Chicago Blackhawks with nine wins.

Since the 1948 season, the voting is conducted at the end of the regular season by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, and each individual voter ranks their top five candidates on a 10–7–5–3–1 points system. Three finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony after the playoffs.

Winners

CLWRWDG
Centre
Left wing
Right wing
Defence
Goaltender
SeasonWinnerTeamPositionAge
1932–33Detroit Red WingsC25
1933–34Montreal MaroonsC25
1934–35New York AmericansLW22
1935–36Chicago Black HawksG23
1936–37Toronto Maple LeafsC21
1937–38Chicago Black HawksC24
1938–39Boston BruinsG24
1939–40New York RangersLW25
1940–41Montreal CanadiensC19
1941–42New York RangersRW19
1942–43Toronto Maple LeafsRW19
1943–44Toronto Maple LeafsC20
1944–45Toronto Maple LeafsG25
1945–46New York RangersC25
1946–47Toronto Maple LeafsRW21
1947–48Detroit Red WingsC27
1948–49New York RangersRW22
1949–50Boston BruinsG24
1950–51Detroit Red WingsG20
1951–52Montreal CanadiensRW20
1952–53New York RangersG23
1953–54New York RangersC20
1954–55Chicago Black HawksRW22
1955–56Detroit Red WingsG23
1956–57Boston BruinsRW26
1957–58Toronto Maple LeafsLW19
1958–59Montreal CanadiensC20
1959–60Chicago Black HawksC23
1960–61Toronto Maple LeafsC20
1961–62Montreal CanadiensRW21
1962–63Toronto Maple LeafsD26
1963–64Montreal CanadiensD21
1964–65Detroit Red WingsG22
1965–66Toronto Maple LeafsLW20
1966–67Boston BruinsD18
1967–68Boston BruinsC21
1968–69Minnesota North StarsRW23
1969–70Chicago Black HawksG26
1970–71Buffalo SabresC19
1971–72Montreal CanadiensG24
1972–73New York RangersLW21
1973–74New York IslandersD19
1974–75Atlanta FlamesLW20
1975–76New York IslandersC19
1976–77Atlanta FlamesRW21
1977–78New York IslandersRW20
1978–79Minnesota North StarsC20
1979–80Boston BruinsD19
1980–81Quebec NordiquesC24
1981–82Winnipeg JetsC18
1982–83Chicago Black HawksRW21
1983–84Buffalo SabresG18
1984–85Pittsburgh PenguinsC19
1985–86Calgary FlamesD21
1986–87Los Angeles KingsLW20
1987–88Calgary FlamesC21
1988–89New York RangersD20
1989–90Calgary FlamesRW31
1990–91Chicago BlackhawksG25
1991–92Vancouver CanucksRW20
1992–93Winnipeg JetsRW22
1993–94New Jersey DevilsG21
1994–95Quebec NordiquesC21
1995–96Ottawa SenatorsRW22
1996–97New York IslandersD19
1997–98Boston BruinsLW19
1998–99Colorado AvalancheC22
1999–2000New Jersey DevilsC19
2000–01San Jose SharksG25
2001–02Atlanta ThrashersRW20
2002–03St. Louis BluesD21
2003–04Boston BruinsG23
2004–05
2005–06Washington CapitalsLW20
2006–07Pittsburgh PenguinsC20
2007–08Chicago BlackhawksRW19
2008–09Columbus Blue JacketsG21
2009–10Buffalo SabresD20
2010–11Carolina HurricanesC19
2011–12Colorado AvalancheLW19
2012–13Florida PanthersLW19
2013–14Colorado AvalancheC18
2014–15Florida PanthersD19
2015–16Chicago BlackhawksLW24
2016–17Toronto Maple LeafsC19
2017–18New York IslandersC21
2018–19Vancouver CanucksC20
2019–20Colorado AvalancheD21
2020–21Minnesota WildLW24
2021–22Detroit Red WingsD21
2022–23Seattle KrakenC20
2023–24Chicago BlackhawksC18
2024–25Montreal CanadiensD21

File:Howie Meeker Calder.jpg|Howie Meeker, winner in 1947 File:Terry Sawchuk 1963.JPG|Terry Sawchuk, winner in 1951 File:Eric vail atlanta flames 1978.jpg|Eric Vail, winner in 1975 File:Mario Lemieux 2001.jpg|Mario Lemieux, winner in 1985 File:Pavel Bure in Canucks uniform.jpg|Pavel Bure, winner in 1992 File:Daniel Alfredsson.jpg|Daniel Alfredsson, winner in 1996 File:Alexander Ovechkin 1 2016-03-01.JPG|Alexander Ovechkin, winner in 2006 File:Gabriel Landeskog in 2012 cropped.jpg|Gabriel Landeskog, winner in 2012 File:Auston Matthews 2017-12-09.jpg|Auston Matthews, winner in 2017 File:Moritz Seider.jpg|Moritz Seider, winner in 2022 File:Beniers smiles-2.jpg|Matty Beniers, winner in 2023 File:Connor Bedard rookie closeup.jpg|Connor Bedard, winner in 2024

References

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