Calder Memorial Trophy

Mar 07, 2008 | By Jordon Thicke | History Articles Archive

The trophy is named in honour of Frank Calder, the former President of the National Hockey League from its inception in 1917 to his death in 1943.

The Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded to NHL's rookie of the year.

Frank Calder was the NHL’s president from 1917 until his sudden death in 1943. Although the NHL’s best rookie was announced beginning with Carl Voss in 1933, it wasn’t until the 1936-37 season and Syl Apps the recipient that the winner actually won the Calder Trophy. Upon Calder’s death, the award became the Calder Memorial Trophy.

From the 1936-37 season until 1943 the trophy, then called simply the Calder Trophy, was awarded and given permanently to the outstanding rookie by Frank Calder. Today a new trophy was made each year.

To be eligible for the award, a player cannot have played more than 25 games in any single preceding season nor in six or more games in each of any two preceding seasons in any major professional league.

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.

Note: During the 1989 season, the "Sergei Makarov" rule was added, stating that players over the age of 26 would be ineligible for the Calder. Makarov was 31 at the time he began his "rookie" season, but Soviet officials had prohibited players from the USSR from playing in the NHL until 1988.

Season	Winner	Team	Position	Age
1932–33	Voss, Carl	Detroit Red Wings	C	25
1933–34	Blinco, Russ	Montreal Maroons	C	25
1934–35	Schriner, Sweeney	New York Americans	LW	22
1935–36	Karakas, Mike	Chicago Black Hawks	G	23
1936–37	Apps, Syl	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	21
1937–38	Dahlstrom, Cully	Chicago Black Hawks	C	24
1938–39	Brimsek, Frank	Boston Bruins	G	24
1939–40	MacDonald, Kilby	New York Rangers	LW	25
1940–41	Quilty, Johnny	Montreal Canadiens	C	19
1941–42	Warwick, Grant	New York Rangers	RW	19
1942–43	Stewart, Gaye	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	19
1943–44	Bodnar, Gus	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	20
1944–45	McCool, Frank	Toronto Maple Leafs	G	25
1945–46	Laprade, Edgar	New York Rangers	C	25
1946–47	Meeker, Howie	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	21
1947–48	McFadden, Jim	Detroit Red Wings	C	27
1948–49	Lund, Pentti	New York Rangers	RW	22
1949–50	Gelineau, Jack	Boston Bruins	G	24
1950–51	Sawchuk, Terry	Detroit Red Wings	G	20
1951–52	Geoffrion, Bernie	Montreal Canadiens	RW	20
1952–53	Worsley, Gump	New York Rangers	G	23
1953–54	Henry, Camille	New York Rangers	C	20
1954–55	Litzenberger, Ed>	Chicago Black Hawks	RW	22
1955–56	Hall, Glenn	Detroit Red Wings	G	23
1956–57	Regan, Larry	Boston Bruins	RW	26
1957–58	Mahovlich, Frank	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	19
1958–59	Backstrom, Ralph	Montreal Canadiens	C	20
1959–60	Hay, Bill	Chicago Black Hawks	C	23
1960–61	Keon, Dave	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	20
1961–62	Rousseau, Bobby	Montreal Canadiens	RW	21
1962–63	Douglas, Kent	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	26
1963–64	Laperriere, Jacques	Montreal Canadiens	D	21
1964–65	Crozier, Roger	Detroit Red Wings	G	22
1965–66	Selby, Brit	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	20
1966–67	Orr, Bobby	Boston Bruins	D	18
1967–68	Sanderson, Derek	Boston Bruins	C	21
1968–69	Grant, Danny	Minnesota North Stars	RW	23
1969–70	Esposito, Tony	Chicago Black Hawks	G	26
1970–71	Perreault, Gilbert	Buffalo Sabres	C	19
1971–72	Dryden, Ken	Montreal Canadiens	G	24
1972–73	Vickers, Steve	New York Rangers	LW	21
1973–74	Potvin, Denis	New York Islanders	D	19
1974–75	Vail, Eric	Atlanta Flames	LW	20
1975–76	Trottier, Bryan	New York Islanders	C	19
1976–77	Plett, Willi	Atlanta Flames	RW	21
1977–78	Bossy, Mike	New York Islanders	RW	20
1978–79	Smith, Bobby	Minnesota North Stars	C	20
1979–80	Bourque, Ray	Boston Bruins	D	18
1980–81	Stastny, Peter	Quebec Nordiques	C	24
1981–82	Hawerchuk, Dale	Winnipeg Jets	C	18
1982–83	Larmer, Steve	Chicago Black Hawks	RW	21
1983–84	Barrasso, Tom	Buffalo Sabres	G	18
1984–85	Lemieux, Mario	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	18
1985–86	Suter, Gary	Calgary Flames	D	21
1986–87	Robitaille, Luc	Los Angeles Kings	LW	20
1987–88	Nieuwendyk, Joe	Calgary Flames	C	21
1988–89	Leetch, Brian	New York Rangers	D	20
1989–90	Makarov, Sergei	Calgary Flames	RW	31
1990–91	Belfour, Ed	Chicago Blackhawks	G	25
1991–92	Bure, Pavel	Vancouver Canucks	RW	20
1992–93	Selanne, Teemu	Winnipeg Jets	RW	23
1993–94	Brodeur, Martin	New Jersey Devils	G	21
1994–95	Forsberg, Peter	Quebec Nordiques	C	21
1995–96	Alfredsson, Daniel	Ottawa Senators	RW	22
1996–97	Berard, Bryan	New York Islanders	D	19
1997–98	Samsonov, Sergei	Boston Bruins	LW	18
1998–99	Drury, Chris	Colorado Avalanche	C	22
1999–00	Gomez, Scott	New Jersey Devils	C	19
2000–01	Nabokov, Evgeni	San Jose Sharks	G	25
2001–02	Heatley, Dany	Atlanta Thrashers	RW	20
2002–03	Jackman, Barret	St. Louis Blues	D	21
2003–04	Raycroft, Andrew	Boston Bruins	G	23
2004–05	No winner due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout	-	-	-
2005–06	Ovechkin, Alexander	Washington Capitals	LW	19
2006–07	Malkin, Evgeni	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	20

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