Calder Memorial Trophy National Hockey League

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.”

Calder Memorial Trophy

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
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