Calder Trophy
The Calder Memorial Trophy is a National Hockey League Trophy, awarded to the most prolific player, playing in his first year of NHL competition. The trophy was the inspiration of Frank Calder, the League president from 1917 to 1943. It is also known as the Rookie of the Year award and has been awarded since its inception in 1936-37. The winner is determined by the officials of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.
Previously the trophy was awarded for the 1932-33 season as the Rookie of the Year Award. After Frank Calder died in 1943, the trophy was renamed the Calder Memorial Trophy from the Calder Trophy. The trophy presentation was made extra special as Frank Calder had implemented a tradition of minting a new trophy every year to be given to the winner to keep. After Calder’s death, the NHL crafted one trophy to be presented annually as the Calder Memorial Trophy.
The first winner of the silverware was Syl Apps of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Previous winners were Carl Voss of the Detroit Red Wings 1932-33, Russ Blinco of the Montreal Maroons 1933-34, Sweeney Schriner of the New York Americans 1934-35, and Mike Karakas of the Chicago Blackhawks 1935-36.
The Trophy
The Calder Trophy is an original trophy. It sits on a two-tiered wooden base with each side of both bases displaying 12 silver plaques with the winner’s names inscribed. The original six winners’ names are inscribed directly onto the mid-section of the silverware. Above the original six names is inscribed in large lettering “Outstanding First-Year Player.”
The Rules
Rules regarding the trophy stipulate that a player must not have played 25 games in any previous season or six games into any two seasons of a professional league. In 1990 the NHL expanded the rules governing the criteria to win the award, after Calgary Flames defenseman Sergei Makarov, a 27-year-old veteran of the Soviet Hockey League, had won the award. The league made it so that a player had to be 26 years of age or younger as of September 15 of his rookie season. The NHL made the rule to prevent older players from coming into the league that had been playing professionally at a high level for many years in leagues abroad from having an unfair advantage over players entering the league that was legitimate rookies.
The Original Six
The Original Six teams lead the pack in Calder wins, Toronto with 10, Boston, Rangers, and the Blackhawks with 8, Montreal with 6, and the Detroit Red Wings with 4.
Calder Memorial Trophy National Hockey League.
The player is still active in the NHL
The player is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
Season | Winner | Team | Position | Age |
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1932–33 | Carl Voss | Detroit Red Wings | C | 25 |
1933–34 | Russ Blinco | Montreal Maroons | C | 25 |
1934–35 | Sweeney Schriner | New York Americans | LW | 22 |
1935–36 | Mike Karakas | Chicago Black Hawks | G | 23 |
1936–37 | Syl Apps | Toronto Maple Leafs | C | 21 |
1937–38 | Cully Dahlstrom | Chicago Black Hawks | C | 24 |
1938–39 | Frank Brimsek | Boston Bruins | G | 24 |
1939–40 | Kilby MacDonald | New York Rangers | LW | 25 |
1940–41 | Johnny Quilty | Montreal Canadiens | C | 19 |
1941–42 | Grant Warwick | New York Rangers | RW | 19 |
1942–43 | Gaye Stewart | Toronto Maple Leafs | RW | 19 |
1943–44 | Gus Bodnar | Toronto Maple Leafs | C | 20 |
1944–45 | Frank McCool | Toronto Maple Leafs | G | 25 |
1945–46 | Edgar Laprade | New York Rangers | C | 25 |
1946–47 | Howie Meeker | Toronto Maple Leafs | RW | 21 |
1947–48 | Jim McFadden | Detroit Red Wings | C | 27 |
1948–49 | Pentti Lund | New York Rangers | RW | 22 |
1949–50 | Jack Gelineau | Boston Bruins | G | 24 |
1950–51 | Terry Sawchuk | Detroit Red Wings | G | 20 |
1951–52 | Bernie Geoffrion | Montreal Canadiens | RW | 20 |
1952–53 | Gump Worsley | New York Rangers | G | 23 |
1953–54 | Camille Henry | New York Rangers | C | 20 |
1954–55 | Ed Litzenberger | Chicago Black Hawks | RW | 22 |
1955–56 | Glenn Hall | Detroit Red Wings | G | 23 |
1956–57 | Larry Regan | Boston Bruins | RW | 26 |
1957–58 | Frank Mahovlich | Toronto Maple Leafs | LW | 19 |
1958–59 | Ralph Backstrom | Montreal Canadiens | C | 20 |
1959–60 | Bill Hay | Chicago Black Hawks | C | 23 |
1960–61 | Dave Keon | Toronto Maple Leafs | C | 20 |
1961–62 | Bobby Rousseau | Montreal Canadiens | RW | 21 |
1962–63 | Kent Douglas | Toronto Maple Leafs | D | 26 |
1963–64 | Jacques Laperriere | Montreal Canadiens | D | 21 |
1964–65 | Roger Crozier | Detroit Red Wings | G | 22 |
1965–66 | Brit Selby | Toronto Maple Leafs | LW | 20 |
1966–67 | Bobby Orr | Boston Bruins | D | 18 |
1967–68 | Derek Sanderson | Boston Bruins | C | 21 |
1968–69 | Danny Grant | Minnesota North Stars | RW | 23 |
1969–70 | Tony Esposito | Chicago Black Hawks | G | 26 |
1970–71 | Gilbert Perreault | Buffalo Sabres | C | 19 |
1971–72 | Ken Dryden | Montreal Canadiens | G | 24 |
1972–73 | Steve Vickers | New York Rangers | LW | 21 |
1973–74 | Denis Potvin | New York Islanders | D | 19 |
1974–75 | Eric Vail | Atlanta Flames | LW | 20 |
1975–76 | Bryan Trottier | New York Islanders | C | 19 |
1976–77 | Willi Plett | Atlanta Flames | RW | 21 |
1977–78 | Mike Bossy | New York Islanders | RW | 20 |
1978–79 | Bobby Smith | Minnesota North Stars | C | 20 |
1979–80 | Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins | D | 19 |
1980–81 | Peter Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | C | 24 |
1981–82 | Dale Hawerchuk | Winnipeg Jets | C | 18 |
1982–83 | Steve Larmer | Chicago Black Hawks | RW | 21 |
1983–84 | Tom Barrasso | Buffalo Sabres | G | 18 |
1984–85 | Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | C | 19 |
1985–86 | Gary Suter | Calgary Flames | D | 21 |
1986–87 | Luc Robitaille | Los Angeles Kings | LW | 20 |
1987–88 | Joe Nieuwendyk | Calgary Flames | C | 21 |
1988–89 | Brian Leetch | New York Rangers | D | 20 |
1989–90 | Sergei Makarov | Calgary Flames | RW | 31 |
1990–91 | Ed Belfour | Chicago Blackhawks | G | 25 |
1991–92 | Pavel Bure | Vancouver Canucks | RW | 20 |
1992–93 | Teemu Selanne | Winnipeg Jets | RW | 22 |
1993–94 | Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | G | 21 |
1994–95 | Peter Forsberg | Quebec Nordiques | C | 21 |
1995–96 | Daniel Alfredsson | Ottawa Senators | RW | 22 |
1996–97 | Bryan Berard | New York Islanders | D | 19 |
1997–98 | Sergei Samsonov | Boston Bruins | LW | 19 |
1998–99 | Chris Drury | Colorado Avalanche | C | 22 |
1999–2000 | Scott Gomez | New Jersey Devils | C | 19 |
2000–01 | Evgeni Nabokov | San Jose Sharks | G | 25 |
2001–02 | Dany Heatley | Atlanta Thrashers | RW | 20 |
2002–03 | Barret Jackman | St. Louis Blues | D | 21 |
2003–04 | Andrew Raycroft | Boston Bruins | G | 23 |
2004–05 | — | — | — | — |
2005–06 | Alexander Ovechkin | Washington Capitals | LW | 20 |
2006–07 | Evgeni Malkin | Pittsburgh Penguins | C | 20 |
2007–08 | Patrick Kane | Chicago Blackhawks | RW | 19 |
2008–09 | Steve Mason | Columbus Blue Jackets | G | 21 |
2009–10 | Tyler Myers | Buffalo Sabres | D | 20 |
2010–11 | Jeff Skinner | Carolina Hurricanes | C | 19 |
2011–12 | Gabriel Landeskog | Colorado Avalanche | LW | 19 |
2012–13 | Jonathan Huberdeau | Florida Panthers | LW | 19 |
2013–14 | Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado Avalanche | C | 18 |
2014–15 | Aaron Ekblad | Florida Panthers | D | 19 |
2015–16 | Artemi Panarin | Chicago Blackhawks | LW | 24 |
2016–17 | Auston Matthews | Toronto Maple Leafs | C | 19 |
2017–18 | Mathew Barzal | New York Islanders | C | 21 |
2018–19 | Elias Pettersson | Vancouver Canucks | C | 20 |
2019–20 | Cale Makar | Colorado Avalanche | D | 21 |
2020–21 | Kirill Kaprizov | Minnesota Wild | LW | 24 |