Calder Memorial Trophy

For the award for the American Hockey League playoff champion, see Calder Cup.

Calder Memorial Trophy
Established	1936–37 NHL season
Current holder(s)	Connor Bedard (2023-24)
Awarded to the	Rookie of the Year in the National Hockey League

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 award has been awarded 72 times since its beginnings in 1937. The voting is conducted by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association at the conclusion of each regular season to determine the winner.

History

NHL president Red Dutton shown presenting the Calder Memorial Trophy to Gus Bodnar in 1944.

The trophy is named in honor of Frank Calder, the former President of the National Hockey League from its inception in 1917 to his death in 1943. Although Rookie of the Year honors were handed out beginning in 1932–33, the Calder Trophy was first presented at the conclusion of the 1936–37 NHL season.

In 1990, Sergei Makarov of the Calgary Flames became the oldest player, at age 31, to win the Calder, even though he had played professionally in the Soviet Union as a member of HC CSKA Moscow. After that season, the rules for awarding the Calder were amended so that players could only be eligible if they were 26 years old or younger by September 15 of their rookie season.

Bobby Orr accepts the Calder Memorial Trophy.

To be eligible for the award, a player cannot have played any more than 25 games previously in any single season, nor have played in more than six games in each of two separate preceding seasons in any major professional league. The latter fact was perhaps most prominent when in 1979–80, first-year phenom Wayne Gretzky was not eligible to win the Calder Trophy despite scoring 137 points (the previous rookie record at the time being 95), because he had played a full season the previous year in the World Hockey Association. The trophy has been won the most times by rookies from the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have won it on nine occasions.

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.

Winners

Sweeney Schriner, winner in 1935

Jacques Laperriere, winner in 1964

Eric Vail, winner in 1975.

Mario Lemieux, winner in 1985.

Luc Robitaille, winner in 1987.

Pavel Bure, winner in 1992.

Martin Brodeur, winner in 1994.

Daniel Alfredsson, winner in 1996.

Alexander Ovechkin, winner in 2006.

Patrick Kane, winner in 2008.

Positions key

C	Centre	LW	Left Wing
D	Defence	RW	Right Wing
G	Goaltender

     Player is still active in the NHL

Season	Winner	Team	Position	Age
1932–33	Voss, CarlCarl Voss	Detroit Red Wings	C	25
1933–34	Blinco, RussRuss Blinco	Montreal Maroons	C	25
1934–35	Schriner, SweeneySweeney Schriner	New York Americans	LW	22
1935–36	Karakas, MikeMike Karakas	Chicago Black Hawks	G	23
1936–37	Apps, SylSyl Apps	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	21
1937–38	Dahlstrom, CullyCully Dahlstrom	Chicago Black Hawks	C	24
1938–39	Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	Boston Bruins	G	24
1939–40	MacDonald, KilbyKilby MacDonald	New York Rangers	LW	25
1940–41	Quilty, JohnnyJohnny Quilty	Montreal Canadiens	C	19
1941–42	Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick	New York Rangers	RW	19
1942–43	Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	19
1943–44	Bodnar, GusGus Bodnar	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	20
1944–45	McCool, FrankFrank McCool	Toronto Maple Leafs	G	25
1945–46	Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade	New York Rangers	C	25
1946–47	Meeker, HowieHowie Meeker	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	21
1947–48	McFadden, JimJim McFadden	Detroit Red Wings	C	27
1948–49	Lund, PenttiPentti Lund	New York Rangers	RW	22
1949–50	Gelineau, JackJack Gelineau	Boston Bruins	G	24
1950–51	Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	Detroit Red Wings	G	20
1951–52	Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	Montreal Canadiens	RW	20
1952–53	Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	New York Rangers	G	23
1953–54	Henry, CamilleCamille Henry	New York Rangers	C	20
1954–55	Litzenberger, EdEd Litzenberger	Chicago Black Hawks	RW	22
1955–56	Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	Detroit Red Wings	G	23
1956–57	Regan, LarryLarry Regan	Boston Bruins	RW	26
1957–58	Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	19
1958–59	Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	Montreal Canadiens	C	20
1959–60	Hay, BillBill Hay	Chicago Black Hawks	C	23
1960–61	Keon, DaveDave Keon	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	20
1961–62	Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	Montreal Canadiens	RW	21
1962–63	Douglas, KentKent Douglas	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	26
1963–64	Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	Montreal Canadiens	D	21
1964–65	Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	Detroit Red Wings	G	22
1965–66	Selby, BritBrit Selby	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	20
1966–67	Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	Boston Bruins	D	18
1967–68	Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	Boston Bruins	C	21
1968–69	Grant, DannyDanny Grant	Minnesota North Stars	RW	23
1969–70	Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	Chicago Black Hawks	G	26
1970–71	Perreault, GilbertGilbert Perreault	Buffalo Sabres	C	19
1971–72	Dryden, KenKen Dryden	Montreal Canadiens	G	24
1972–73	Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	New York Rangers	LW	21
1973–74	Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	New York Islanders	D	19
1974–75	Vail, EricEric Vail	Atlanta Flames	LW	20
1975–76	Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	New York Islanders	C	19
1976–77	Plett, WilliWilli Plett	Atlanta Flames	RW	21
1977–78	Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	New York Islanders	RW	20
1978–79	Smith, BobbyBobby Smith	Minnesota North Stars	C	20
1979–80	Bourque, RayRay Bourque	Boston Bruins	D	18
1980–81	Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	Quebec Nordiques	C	24
1981–82	Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	Winnipeg Jets	C	18
1982–83	Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	Chicago Black Hawks	RW	21
1983–84	Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	Buffalo Sabres	G	18
1984–85	Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	19
1985–86	Suter, GaryGary Suter	Calgary Flames	D	21
1986–87	Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	Los Angeles Kings	LW	20
1987–88	Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	Calgary Flames	C	21
1988–89	Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	New York Rangers	D	20
1989–90	Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov	Calgary Flames	RW	31
1990–91	Belfour, EdEd Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks	G	25
1991–92	Bure, PavelPavel Bure	Vancouver Canucks	RW	20
1992–93	Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne	Winnipeg Jets	RW	23
1993–94	Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	G	21
1994–95	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	Quebec Nordiques	C	21
1995–96	Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson	Ottawa Senators	RW	22
1996–97	Berard, BryanBryan Berard	New York Islanders	D	19
1997–98	Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	Boston Bruins	LW	18
1998–99	Drury, ChrisChris Drury	Colorado Avalanche	C	22
1999–00	Gomez, ScottScott Gomez	New Jersey Devils	C	19
2000–01	Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov	San Jose Sharks	G	25
2001–02	Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	Atlanta Thrashers	RW	20
2002–03	Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman	St. Louis Blues	D	21
2003–04	Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	Boston Bruins	G	23
2004–05	No winner because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout	-	-	-
2005–06	Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	LW	20
2006–07	Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	20
2007–08	Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	RW	19
2008–09	Mason, SteveSteve Mason	Columbus Blue Jackets	G	21
2009–10	Myers, TylerTyler Myers	Buffalo Sabres	D	20
2010–11	Skinner, JeffJeff Skinner	Carolina Hurricanes	C	18
2011–12	Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog	Colorado Avalanche	LW	19
2012–13	Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau	Florida Panthers	LW	19
2013–14	MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	C	18
2014–15	Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad	Florida Panthers	D	19
2015–16	Panarin, ArtemiArtemi Panarin	Chicago Blackhawks	LW	24
2016–17	Matthews, AustonAuston Matthews	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	19
2017–18	Barzal, MathewMathew Barzal	New York Islanders	C	21
2018–19	Elias Pettersson	Vancouver Canucks	C	20
2019–20	Makar, CaleCale Makar	Colorado Avalanche	D	21
2020–21	Kaprizov, KirillKirill Kaprizov	Minnesota Wild	LW	24
2021–22	Seider, MoritzMoritz Seider	Detroit Red Wings	D	21
2022–23	Beniers, MattyMatty Beniers	Seattle Kraken	C	20
2023–24	Bedard, ConnorConnor Bedard	Chicago Blackhawks	C	18

See Also

• 1963-64 Calder Memorial Trophy
• 1966-67 Calder Memorial Trophy

References

General

• Calder Trophy history at NHL.com
• Calder Trophy profile at Legends of Hockey.net

Specific