CALDER TROPHY WINNERS

NHL Calder Memorial Trophy Winners-Award first presented in 1933 honors top rookie

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." The winner is selected in a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the regular season; each voter ranks the 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 after the playoffs.From 1936-37 until his death in 1943, NHL President Frank Calder bought a trophy each year to be given permanently to the outstanding rookie. After Calder's death, the NHL presented the Calder Memorial Trophy in his memory and the trophy is to be kept in perpetuity.In 1990, 31-year-old Sergei Makarov of the Calgary Flames became the oldest player to win the Calder. Beginning with the 1990-91 season, the rules were amended so that players are eligible for the Calder only if they are no more than 26 years old by Sept. 15 of their rookie season.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. That came into play 1979-80, when Wayne Gretzky was not eligible to win the Calder despite tying Marcel Dionne for the NHL scoring lead with 137 points (the previous rookie record at the time was 95), because he had played a full season in the World Hockey Association in 1978-79. The Toronto Maple Leafs lead all teams with 10 players who've won the Calder.

Calder Memorial Trophy Winners
    2024: Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks
    2023:Matty Beniers, Seattle Kraken
    2022: Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings
    2021: Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild
    2020: Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche
    2019: Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks
    2018: Mathew Barzal , New York Islanders
    2017: Auston Matthews , Toronto Maple Leafs
    2016: Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks
    2015: Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers
    2014: Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
    2013: Jonathan Huberdeau, Florida Panthers
    2012: Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche
    2011: Jeff Skinner, Carolina Hurricanes
    2010: Tyler Myers, Buffalo Sabres
    2009: Steve Mason, Columbus Blue Jackets
    2008: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
    2007: Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
    2006: Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
    2004: Andrew Raycroft, Boston Bruins
    2003: Barret Jackman, St. Louis Blues
    2002: Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
    2001: Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose Sharks
    2000: Scott Gomez, New Jersey Devils
    1999: Chris Drury, Colorado Avalanche
    1998: Sergei Samsonov, Boston Bruins
    1997: Bryan Berard, New York Islanders
    1996: Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators
    1995: Peter Forsberg, Quebec Nordiques
    1994: Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
    1993: Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg Jets
    1992: Pavel Bure, Vancouver Canucks
    1991: Ed Belfour, Chicago Blackhawks
    1990: Sergei Makarov, Calgary Flames
    1989: Brian Leetch, New York Rangers
    1988: Joe Nieuwendyk, Calgary Flames
    1987: Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings
    1986: Gary Suter, Calgary Flames
    1985: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
    1984: Tom Barrasso, Buffalo Sabres
    1983: Steve Larmer, Chicago Black Hawks
    1982: Dale Hawerchuk, Winnipeg Jets
    1981: Peter Stastny, Quebec Nordiques
    1980: Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins
    1979: Bobby Smith, Minnesota North Stars
    1978: Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
    1977: Willi Plett, Atlanta Flames
    1976: Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders
    1975: Eric Vail, Atlanta Flames
    1974: Denis Potvin, New York Islanders
    1973: Steve Vickers, New York Rangers
    1972: Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens
    1971: Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres
    1970: Tony Esposito, Chicago Black Hawks
    1969: Danny Grant, Minnesota North Stars
    1968: Derek Sanderson, Boston Bruins
    1967: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
    1966: Brit Selby, Toronto Maple Leafs
    1965: Roger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings
    1964: Jacques Laperriere, Montreal Canadiens
    1963: Kent Douglas, Toronto Maple Leafs
    1962: Bobby Rousseau, Montreal Canadiens
    1961: Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs
    1960: Bill Hay, Chicago Black Hawks
    1959: Ralph Backstrom, Montreal Canadiens
    1958: Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs
    1957: Larry Regan, Boston Bruins
    1956: Glenn Hall, Detroit Red Wings
    1955: Ed Litzenberger, Chicago Black Hawks
    1954: Camille Henry, New York Rangers
    1953: Gump Worsley, New York Rangers
    1952: Bernie Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens
    1951: Terry Sawchuk, Detroit Red Wings
    1950: Jack Gelineau, Boston Bruins
    1949: Pentti Lund, New York Rangers
    1948: Jim McFadden, Detroit Red Wings
    1947: Howie Meeker, Toronto Maple Leafs
    1946: Edgar Laprade, New York Rangers
    1945: Frank McCool, Toronto Maple Leafs
    1944: Gus Bodnar, Toronto Maple Leafs
    1943: Gaye Stewart, Toronto Maple Leafs
    1942: Grant Warwick, New York Rangers
    1941: Johnny Quilty, Montreal Canadiens
    1940: Kilby MacDonald, New York Rangers
    1939: Frank Brimsek, Boston Bruins
    1938: Cully Dahlstrom, Chicago Black Hawks
    1937: Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs
    1936: Mike Karakas, Chicago Blackhawks
    1935: Sweeney Schriner, New York Americans
    1934: Russ Blinco, Montreal Maroons
    1933: Carl Voss, Detroit Red Wings