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Sawchuk only once.
And that was in '64, way after the dynasty, not one of the 5 times he led the league in wins.
It was his last year in Detroit, when the team finished 4th... in a 6-team league.
And that was in '64, way after the dynasty, not one of the 5 times he led the league in wins.
It was his last year in Detroit, when the team finished 4th... in a 6-team league.
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The Panther
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Yeah, as a kid, I remember the Oilers giving out these team awards in the final home game of each season. (I remember Jari Kurri being team MVP in 1989, for example.)
I wonder where there is a list of these... you'd think each club's website would list them somewhere.
I wonder where there is a list of these... you'd think each club's website would list them somewhere.
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pnep delivers as usual
@The Panther as an Oilers fan, could you shine light on why the Unsung Hero-award wasn’t awarded in 2000-01. As simple as every hero ultimately having been sung, or no one really deserved another song besides the already sung heroes?
@The Panther as an Oilers fan, could you shine light on why the Unsung Hero-award wasn’t awarded in 2000-01. As simple as every hero ultimately having been sung, or no one really deserved another song besides the already sung heroes?
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I sometimes wonder if @pnep isn't actually some kind of hockey-God living in another dimension... He exists to tantalize us mere mortals with his pearls of historical and statistical riches.
I do not know. (In 2000-01, I was living on a subtropical island and chasing as many girls as I could.)
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Philadelphia Flyers team awards are listed here.
There were some major front office changes in 2000 which may or may not have had to do with it.
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Huh. I always found discussing peak Doug Weight a solid opener with the fairer sex.
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Nothing says "love machine" like hitting her up with your knowledge of ES points-per-60...
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Boston Bruins team awards
Most are listed on wikipedia. I'll put a table here for easier season-by-season comparison.
Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy
Best performance in home games, as voted by Boston hockey writers
Gallery Gods Award
Awarded by the Gallery Gods, a longtime fan group in the second balcony, to their favourite player. More recently it has been defined as going to the player with the most hustle and determination. While it has been awarded since the mid-30s, only the winners since 2006 are listed on Wikipedia. I found some winners from older seasons in newspaper archive, but I'm still missing most winners.
Seventh Player Award
The player who performed beyond expectations. Originally established and awarded by TV broadcasters WSBK-TV, now awarded by fans.
Three Stars Award
Given to the top three players with the most three stars points in home games.
John P. Bucyk Award
For charitable and community endeavors.
Most frequent winners of the Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy (MVP in Boston home games):
Most frequent times among the top 3 for the Three Stars Award
Eddie Shore certainly would have won more team MVPs if they went back further.
I'm a little surprised Milt Schmidt didn't win more team MVPs, but I guess he did miss some prime years to the war and had some injury shortened seasons.
In general, three stars voting favours goalies and forwards over defencemen, even with all the great defencemen who have played for the Bruins. Cam Neely six times over prime Ray Bourque. Six straight wins for Rick Middleton over Park and Bourque.
Very little recognition for Zdeno Chara. I guess that's the nature of defensive defencemen, to be overlooked.
Phil Esposito and Bobby Orr were pretty equal when it came to team MVP recognition.
Boston league MVPs who didn't win team MVP:
Eddie Shore in 35-36 (Tiny Thompson was Bruins MVP)
Bill Cowley in 40-41 (Dit Clapper was Bruins MVP)
Bill Cowley in 42-43 (Frank Brimsek was Bruins MVP)
Bobby Orr in 70-71 (Phil Esposito was Bruins MVP)
Phil Esposito in 73-74 (he shared team honours with Orr)
Most are listed on wikipedia. I'll put a table here for easier season-by-season comparison.
Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy
Best performance in home games, as voted by Boston hockey writers
Gallery Gods Award
Awarded by the Gallery Gods, a longtime fan group in the second balcony, to their favourite player. More recently it has been defined as going to the player with the most hustle and determination. While it has been awarded since the mid-30s, only the winners since 2006 are listed on Wikipedia. I found some winners from older seasons in newspaper archive, but I'm still missing most winners.
Seventh Player Award
The player who performed beyond expectations. Originally established and awarded by TV broadcasters WSBK-TV, now awarded by fans.
Three Stars Award
Given to the top three players with the most three stars points in home games.
John P. Bucyk Award
For charitable and community endeavors.
| Season | Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy | Gallery Gods Award | Seventh Player Award | Three Stars Award (first) | Three Stars Award (second) | Three Stars Award (third | John P. Bucyk Award |
| 1935–36 | Tiny Thompson | ||||||
| 1936–37 | Tiny Thompson | ||||||
| 1937–38 | Eddie Shore | ||||||
| 1938–39 | Eddie Shore | Eddie Shore and Dit Clapper | |||||
| 1939–40 | Dit Clapper | ||||||
| 1940–41 | Dit Clapper | Milt Schmidt | |||||
| 1941–42 | Bobby Bauer, Woody Dumart, Milt Schmidt | ||||||
| 1942–43 | Frank Brimsek | ||||||
| 1943–44 | Bill Cowley | ||||||
| 1944–45 | Jack Crawford | ||||||
| 1945–46 | Jack Crawford | ||||||
| 1946–47 | Milt Schmidt | ||||||
| 1947–48 | Frank Brimsek | ||||||
| 1948–49 | Pat Egan | ||||||
| 1949–50 | Milt Schmidt | ||||||
| 1950–51 | Milt Schmidt | ||||||
| 1951–52 | Jim Henry | ||||||
| 1952–53 | Fleming Mackell | ||||||
| 1953–54 | Jim Henry | ||||||
| 1954–55 | Leo Labine | ||||||
| 1955–56 | Terry Sawchuk | Cal Gardner | |||||
| 1956–57 | Jerry Toppazzini | ||||||
| 1957–58 | Jerry Toppazzini | Jerry Toppazzini | |||||
| 1958–59 | Vic Stasiuk | ||||||
| 1959–60 | Bronco Horvath | ||||||
| 1960–61 | Leo Boivin | Don McKenney | |||||
| 1961–62 | Doug Mohns | Doug Mohns | |||||
| 1962–63 | Johnny Bucyk | Tommy Williams | |||||
| 1963–64 | Eddie Johnston | Eddie Johnston | |||||
| 1964–65 | Ted Green | ||||||
| 1965–66 | Johnny Bucyk | ||||||
| 1966–67 | Bobby Orr | Bobby Orr | |||||
| 1967–68 | Phil Esposito | Phil Esposito | |||||
| 1968–69 | Phil Esposito | Ed Westfall | |||||
| 1969–70 | Bobby Orr | John McKenzie | |||||
| 1970–71 | Phil Esposito | Wayne Cashman | Fred Stanfield | ||||
| 1971–72 | Bobby Orr | Derek Sanderson | |||||
| 1972–73 | Phil Esposito | Gregg Sheppard | Dallas Smith | ||||
| 1973–74 | Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr | Don Marcotte, Carol Vadnais | Bobby Orr | Phil Esposito | Gilles Gilbert | ||
| 1974–75 | Bobby Orr | Terry O'Reilly | Phil Esposito | Bobby Orr | Gregg Sheppard | ||
| 1975–76 | Gregg Sheppard | Gregg Sheppard | Jean Ratelle | Gregg Sheppard | Johnny Bucyk | ||
| 1976–77 | Jean Ratelle | Gary Doak/Jean Ratelle | Gary Doak | Jean Ratelle | Brad Park | Peter McNab | |
| 1977–78 | Terry O'Reilly, Brad Park | Stan Jonathan/Brad Park | Stan Jonathan | Terry O'Reilly | Peter McNab | Brad Park | |
| 1978–79 | Rick Middleton | Rick Middleton | Rick Middleton | Peter McNab | Terry O'Reilly | ||
| 1979–80 | Ray Bourque | Ray Bourque | Rick Middleton | Terry O'Reilly | Ray Bourque | ||
| 1980–81 | Rick Middleton | Steve Kasper | Rick Middleton | Peter McNab | Ray Bourque | ||
| 1981–82 | Rick Middleton | Barry Pederson | Rick Middleton | Barry Pederson | Ray Bourque | ||
| 1982–83 | Pete Peeters | Pete Peeters | Pete Peeters | Rick Middleton | Pete Peeters | Ray Bourque | |
| 1983–84 | Rick Middleton | Mike O'Connell | Rick Middleton | Barry Pederson | Ray Bourque | ||
| 1984–85 | Ray Bourque | Keith Crowder | Ray Bourque | Ken Linseman | Keith Crowder | ||
| 1985–86 | Ray Bourque | Randy Burridge | Ray Bourque | Ken Linseman | Keith Crowder | ||
| 1986–87 | Ray Bourque | Cam Neely | Cam Neely | Ray Bourque | Bill Ranford | Steve Kasper | |
| 1987–88 | Cam Neely | Bob Sweeney | Glen Wesley | Cam Neely | Steve Kasper | Ray Bourque | |
| 1988–89 | Randy Burridge | Randy Burridge | Cam Neely | Ray Bourque | Randy Burridge | ||
| 1989–90 | Ray Bourque | John Carter | Cam Neely | Ray Bourque | Andy Moog | ||
| 1990–91 | Cam Neely | Ken Hodge, Jr. | Cam Neely | Ray Bourque | Craig Janney | ||
| 1991–92 | Vladimir Ruzicka | Vladimir Ruzicka | Andy Moog | Ray Bourque | Vladimir Ruzicka | ||
| 1992–93 | Adam Oates | Don Sweeney | Adam Oates | Joe Juneau | Ray Bourque | ||
| 1993–94 | Ray Bourque | Cam Neely | Cam Neely | Ray Bourque | Adam Oates | ||
| 1994–95 | Cam Neely | Blaine Lacher | Cam Neely | Ray Bourque | Blaine Lacher | ||
| 1995–96 | Ray Bourque | Kyle McLaren | Adam Oates | Ray Bourque | Bill Ranford | ||
| 1996–97 | Jozef Stumpel | Ted Donato | Ray Bourque | Ted Donato | Jozef Stumpel | ||
| 1997–98 | Jason Allison | Jason Allison | Byron Dafoe | Jason Allison | Ray Bourque | ||
| 1998–99 | Byron Dafoe | Byron Dafoe | Byron Dafoe | Ray Bourque | Jason Allison | ||
| 1999–00 | Joe Thornton | Joe Thornton | Joe Thornton | Kyle McLaren | Sergei Samsonov | Steve Heinze | |
| 2000–01 | Jason Allison | Bill Guerin | Jason Allison | Bill Guerin | Joe Thornton | Don Sweeney | |
| 2001–02 | Brian Rolston | Bill Guerin | Byron Dafoe | Brian Rolston | Joe Thornton | Hal Gill | |
| 2002–03 | Joe Thornton | Mike Knuble | Joe Thornton | Glen Murray | Mike Knuble | Nick Boynton | |
| 2003–04 | Andrew Raycroft | Andrew Raycroft | Andrew Raycroft | Joe Thornton | Glen Murray | Martin Lapointe | |
| 2005–06 | Patrice Bergeron | P.J. Axelsson | Tim Thomas | Patrice Bergeron | Brad Boyes | Tim Thomas | P. J. Axelsson |
| 2006–07 | Marc Savard | Tim Thomas | Tim Thomas | Marc Savard | Tim Thomas | Glen Murray | Patrice Bergeron |
| 2007–08 | Marco Sturm | Phil Kessel | Milan Lucic | Tim Thomas | Marc Savard | Marco Sturm | Zdeno Chara |
| 2008–09 | Marc Savard | Milan Lucic | David Krejci | Marc Savard | Zdeno Chara | Tim Thomas | Aaron Ward |
| 2009–10 | Patrice Bergeron | Mark Recchi | Tuukka Rask | Patrice Bergeron | David Krejci | Tuukka Rask | Shawn Thornton |
| 2010–11 | Tim Thomas | Shawn Thornton | Brad Marchand | Tim Thomas | Patrice Bergeron | Milan Lucic | Andrew Ference |
| 2011–12 | Brad Marchand | Zdeno Chara | Tyler Seguin | Tim Thomas | Patrice Bergeron | Milan Lucic | Brad Marchand |
| 2012–13 | Patrice Bergeron | Patrice Bergeron | Dougie Hamilton | Tuukka Rask | Patrice Bergeron | Tyler Seguin | Gregory Campbell |
| 2013–14 | David Krejci | Brad Marchand | Reilly Smith | Tuukka Rask | David Krejci | Patrice Bergeron | Tuukka Rask |
| 2014–15 | Tuukka Rask | Milan Lucic | David Pastrnak | Patrice Bergeron | Tuukka Rask | Brad Marchand | Dougie Hamilton |
| 2015–16 | Loui Eriksson | Matt Beleskey | Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron | Tuukka Rask | David Krejci | Jimmy Hayes |
| 2016–17 | Brad Marchand | David Pastrnak | David Pastrnak | Tuukka Rask | Patrice Bergeron | Brad Marchand | David Pastrnak |
| 2017–18 | Brad Marchand | Kevan Miller | Charlie McAvoy | Tuukka Rask | Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron | Tim Schaller |
| 2018–19 | Brad Marchand | Jake DeBrusk | Chris Wagner | Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron | David Pastrnak | Zdeno Chara |
| 2019–20 | David Pastrnak | Brandon Carlo | Charlie Coyle | David Pastrnak | Tuukka Rask | Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron |
| 2020–21 | Brad Marchand | Brad Marchand | Nick Ritchie | Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron | Craig Smith | Charlie Coyle |
| 2021–22 | David Pastrnak | Charlie McAvoy | Jeremy Swayman | David Pastrnak | Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron | Nick Foligno |
| 2022–23 | Linus Ullmark | Charlie Coyle | Pavel Zacha | David Pastrnak | Linus Ullmark | Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron |
| 2023–24 | David Pastrnak | Charlie Coyle | Trent Frederic | David Pastrnak | Jeremy Swayman | Brad Marchand | Linus Ullmark |
Most frequent winners of the Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy (MVP in Boston home games):
| Ray Bourque |
| Brad Marchand |
| Bobby Orr |
| Phil Esposito |
| Rick Middleton |
| Milt Schmidt |
| Cam Neely |
| Patrice Bergeron |
| David Pastrnak |
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| Ray Bourque |
| Patrice Bergeron |
| Brad Marchand |
| Tuukka Rask |
| Cam Neely |
| Rick Middleton |
| Tim Thomas |
| David Pastrnak |
| Joe Thornton |
| Peter McNab |
| Byron Dafoe |
| Marc Savard |
| Adam Oates |
| Jason Allison |
| Terry O'Reilly |
| David Krejci |
| Glen Murray |
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[/td]Eddie Shore certainly would have won more team MVPs if they went back further.
I'm a little surprised Milt Schmidt didn't win more team MVPs, but I guess he did miss some prime years to the war and had some injury shortened seasons.
In general, three stars voting favours goalies and forwards over defencemen, even with all the great defencemen who have played for the Bruins. Cam Neely six times over prime Ray Bourque. Six straight wins for Rick Middleton over Park and Bourque.
Very little recognition for Zdeno Chara. I guess that's the nature of defensive defencemen, to be overlooked.
Phil Esposito and Bobby Orr were pretty equal when it came to team MVP recognition.
Boston league MVPs who didn't win team MVP:
Eddie Shore in 35-36 (Tiny Thompson was Bruins MVP)
Bill Cowley in 40-41 (Dit Clapper was Bruins MVP)
Bill Cowley in 42-43 (Frank Brimsek was Bruins MVP)
Bobby Orr in 70-71 (Phil Esposito was Bruins MVP)
Phil Esposito in 73-74 (he shared team honours with Orr)
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Wikipedia has them all:
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Not really a voted award, but still (in a way it remove some bias, while introducting some others) for MTL:
From time to time it can became the starting goaltender award. Canucks seem to the other team that a Molson Cup is still going on to this day. Did not expect Wayne Thomas name to appear...
Devils and some other team had the same for a while without a brand sponsor:
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Molson Cup - Wikipedia
Not really a voted award, but still (in a way it remove some bias, while introducting some others) for MTL:
| Alexei Kovalev |
| Carey Price |
| Jaroslav Halák |
| Carey Price |
| Carey Price |
| Carey Price |
| Carey Price |
| Carey Price |
| Alex Galchenyuk |
| Carey Price |
| Brendan Gallagher |
| Carey Price |
| Carey Price |
| Nick Suzuki |
| Nick Suzuki |
| Nick Suzuki |
From time to time it can became the starting goaltender award. Canucks seem to the other team that a Molson Cup is still going on to this day. Did not expect Wayne Thomas name to appear...
Devils and some other team had the same for a while without a brand sponsor:
List of New Jersey Devils award winners - Wikipedia
List of San Jose Sharks award winners - Wikipedia
List of Columbus Blue Jackets award winners - Wikipedia
List of Arizona Coyotes award winners - Wikipedia
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Rangers team awards also up on Wikipedia
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List of New York Rangers award winners - Wikipedia
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Forgive me if I missed these in your OP, but I think I found some more in the March 29, 1952 Hockey News.
The Panther
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Looking at the Edmonton ones, there are some oddities (to me):
1979-80
Team MVP = Blair MacDonald
-- Like, really...?? Obviously they did this to avoid giving too much to that blond teenager, but if you're the MVP of the League you should probably be named MVP of your team....
1980-81
Top First-Year Oiler = Glenn Anderson
-- This makes no sense. Andy was great, with 30 goals in his first 58 NHL games... but he scored only 53 points (+4). Jari Kurri scored 75 points in 75 games and was +27. This should have been a total no-brainer.
1982-83
Defenceman of the Year = Charlie Huddy
I'm okay with Kevin Lowe winning this over Coffey for 1981-82 --- c.1982 was the peak of Kevin Lowe's career, and he was a great shut-down guy on a club that wasn't designed to play much defence. And I love Huddy, but... over 1983 Coffey?? Coff scored 96 points and went +52. Even though Huddy led the League with a +61, I have a hard time seeing this one.
1987-88
Defenceman of the Year = Kevin Lowe
Yeah, no. The best Oiler Dman this season was Steve Smith. Smitty had 55 points and went +40. (Lowe officially passed his prime with this season.)
1988-89
Molson Cup award (points accumulated for being one of the 3-stars of the game) = Grant Fuhr
-- I've no idea how Fuhr won this. He appeared in 59 games, so I guess that was the biggest factor. This was easily the worst season of his career between 1981-82 and 1990-91 (with the possible exception of 1982-83). He went 23-26-6 and had a -6 GSAA.
1992-93
Team MVP = Bill Ranford
-- I mean, I get that he appeared in 67 games, but with a 17-38-6 record and a -2 GSAA, how valuable can he be? The problem is, it was such a disastrous season that basically no other player deserved it either. They should have given it to the goal-judge or the zamboni driver.
1993-94
Team MVP = Bill Ranford
-- The team was a little more competitive only because they could now score a bit. The MVP should have been Doug Weight or Jason Arnott.
Most popular player = Shayne Corson
-- WTF? "Popular" with who, exactly...? Maybe one of the top-3 most disliked Oilers, ever.
2000-01
Team MVP = Tommy Salo
Salo appeared in A LOT of games and did fine, but Doug Weight had 90 points on a club where one guy (besides him) scored over 20 goals. (Besides, Salo was team MVP in 2000 and again in 2002 and 2003, so did they have to give him this one, too?)
2003-04
Team MVP = Ethan Moreau
Coaches loved Moreau, and I get it --- a great two-way guy, good on the PK. But... I dunno. Seventh in team scoring, 12 assists all season. Maybe go with the zamboni driver again.
2014-15
Team MVP = Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
I like the Nuge, but why was this not at least shared with Jordan Eberle, who led the team in scoring?
1979-80
Team MVP = Blair MacDonald
-- Like, really...?? Obviously they did this to avoid giving too much to that blond teenager, but if you're the MVP of the League you should probably be named MVP of your team....
1980-81
Top First-Year Oiler = Glenn Anderson
-- This makes no sense. Andy was great, with 30 goals in his first 58 NHL games... but he scored only 53 points (+4). Jari Kurri scored 75 points in 75 games and was +27. This should have been a total no-brainer.
1982-83
Defenceman of the Year = Charlie Huddy
I'm okay with Kevin Lowe winning this over Coffey for 1981-82 --- c.1982 was the peak of Kevin Lowe's career, and he was a great shut-down guy on a club that wasn't designed to play much defence. And I love Huddy, but... over 1983 Coffey?? Coff scored 96 points and went +52. Even though Huddy led the League with a +61, I have a hard time seeing this one.
1987-88
Defenceman of the Year = Kevin Lowe
Yeah, no. The best Oiler Dman this season was Steve Smith. Smitty had 55 points and went +40. (Lowe officially passed his prime with this season.)
1988-89
Molson Cup award (points accumulated for being one of the 3-stars of the game) = Grant Fuhr
-- I've no idea how Fuhr won this. He appeared in 59 games, so I guess that was the biggest factor. This was easily the worst season of his career between 1981-82 and 1990-91 (with the possible exception of 1982-83). He went 23-26-6 and had a -6 GSAA.
1992-93
Team MVP = Bill Ranford
-- I mean, I get that he appeared in 67 games, but with a 17-38-6 record and a -2 GSAA, how valuable can he be? The problem is, it was such a disastrous season that basically no other player deserved it either. They should have given it to the goal-judge or the zamboni driver.
1993-94
Team MVP = Bill Ranford
-- The team was a little more competitive only because they could now score a bit. The MVP should have been Doug Weight or Jason Arnott.
Most popular player = Shayne Corson
-- WTF? "Popular" with who, exactly...? Maybe one of the top-3 most disliked Oilers, ever.
2000-01
Team MVP = Tommy Salo
Salo appeared in A LOT of games and did fine, but Doug Weight had 90 points on a club where one guy (besides him) scored over 20 goals. (Besides, Salo was team MVP in 2000 and again in 2002 and 2003, so did they have to give him this one, too?)
2003-04
Team MVP = Ethan Moreau
Coaches loved Moreau, and I get it --- a great two-way guy, good on the PK. But... I dunno. Seventh in team scoring, 12 assists all season. Maybe go with the zamboni driver again.
2014-15
Team MVP = Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
I like the Nuge, but why was this not at least shared with Jordan Eberle, who led the team in scoring?
