Lester Patrick Trophy

For the Western Hockey League (minor pro) championship trophy, see Lester Patrick Cup.

Lester Patrick Trophy
Established	1966
Current holder	Warren Strelow (2022)
Awarded to the	Personnel who provide outstanding service to hockey in the United States

The Lester Patrick Trophy has been has presented by the National Hockey League and USA Hockey since 1966 to honor a recipient's contribution to hockey in the United States. It is considered a non-NHL trophy since it may be awarded to players, coaches, officials, and other personnel outside the NHL. The trophy is named after Lester Patrick (1883–1960), player and long time coach of the New York Rangers who was a developer of the game of hockey.

Winners

Terry Sawchuk, winner in 1971

Clarence S. Campbell, winner in 1969

Wayne Gretzky, winner in 1994

Mario Lemieux, winner in 2000]

Scotty Bowman, winner in 2001

Brian Leetch, winner in 2007

Year	Recipient	Role
1966	Jack Adams	Coach
1967	Gordie Howe	Player
	Charles Adams	Executive
	James E. Norris	Executive
1968	Tommy Lockhart	Executive
	Walter A. Brown	Executive
	John R. Kilpatrick	Executive
1969	Bobby Hull	Player
	Edward J. Jeremiah	Coach
1970	Eddie Shore	Player
	Jim Hendy	Executive
1971	William M. Jennings	Executive
	John Sollenberger	Executive
	Terry Sawchuk	Player
1972	Clarence S. Campbell	Executive
	John Kelly	Executive
	Ralph Weiland	Player
	James D. Norris	Executive
1973	Walter Bush	Executive
1974	Alex Delvecchio	Player
	Murray Murdoch	Coach
	Weston Adams	Executive
	Charles L. Crovat	Executive
1975	Donald M. Clark	Executive
	Bill Chadwick	Official
	Tommy Ivan	Coach
1976	Stan Mikita	Player
	Al Leader	Official
	Bruce Norris	Executive
1977	Johnny Bucyk	Player
	Murray Armstrong	Player
	John Mariucci	Multiple
1978	Phil Esposito	Player
	Tom Fitzgerald	Player
	William Thayer Tutt	Executive
	Bill Wirtz	Executive
1979	Bobby Orr	Player
1980	Bobby Clarke	Player
	Ed Snider	Executive
	Fred Shero	Coach
1981	Charles M. Schulz	Executive
1982	Emile P. Francis	Multiple
1983	Bill Torrey	Executive
1984	John A. Ziegler, Jr.	Executive
	Art Ross	Executive
1985	Jack Butterfield	Executive
	Arthur M. Wirtz	Executive
1986	John MacInnes	Coach
	Jack Riley	Coach
1987	Hobey Baker	Player
	Frank Mathers	Coach
1988	Keith Allen	Executive
	Fred Cusick	Executive
	Bob Johnson	Coach
1989	Dan Kelly	Executive
	Lou Nanne	Multiple
	Lynn Patrick	Player
	Bud Poile	Multiple
1990	Len Ceglarski	Player
1991	Rod Gilbert	Player
	Mike Ilitch	Executive
1992	Al Arbour	Coach
	Art Berglund	Executive
	Lou Lamoriello	Executive
1993	Frank Boucher	Player
	Red Dutton	Executive
	Bruce McNall	Executive
	Gil Stein	Executive
1994	Wayne Gretzky	Player
	Robert Ridder	Executive
1995	Joe Mullen	Player
	Brian Mullen	Player
	Bob Fleming	Player
1996	George Gund	Executive
	Ken Morrow	Player
	Milt Schmidt	Multiple
1997	Seymour H. Knox III	Executive
	Bill Cleary	Player
	Pat LaFontaine	Player
1998	Peter Karmanos	Executive
	Neal Broten	Player
	John Mayasich	Player
	Max McNab	Multiple
1999	Harry Sinden	Executive
2000	Mario Lemieux	Player
	Craig Patrick	Multiple
	Lou Vairo	Coach
2001	Gary Bettman	Executive
	Scotty Bowman	Coach
	David Poile	Executive
2002	Herb Brooks	Coach
	Larry Pleau	Multiple
2003	Willie O'Ree	Player
	Raymond Bourque	Player
	Ron DeGregorio	Executive
2004	Mike Emrick	Executive
	John Davidson	Executive
	Ray Miron	Executive
2005	No winner due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout	-
2006	Red Berenson	Player
	Marcel Dionne	Player
	Reed Larson	Player
	Glen Sonmor	Player
	Steve Yzerman	Player
2007	Brian Leetch	Player
	Cammi Granato	Player
	Stan Fischler	Executive
	John Halligan	Executive
2008	Ted Lindsay	Player
2008	Bob Naegele, Jr.	Executive
2008	Brian Burke	Executive
2008	Phil Housley	Player
2009	Mark Messier	Player
2009	Mike Richter	Player
2009	Jim Devellano	Executive
2010	Dave Andrews	Executive
2010	Cam Neely	Multiple
2010	Jack Parker	Coach
2010	Jerry York	Coach
2011	Mark Johnson	Coach
2011	Jeff Sauer	Coach
2011	Tony Rossi	Executive
2011	Bob Pulford	Multiple
2012	Bob Chase	Media
2012	Dick Patrick	Executive
2013	Kevin Allen	Media
2014	Bill Daly	Executive
2014	Paul Holmgren	Multiple
2015	Jeremy Jacobs	Executive
2015	Bob Crocker	Multiple
2016	Mark Howe	Player
2016	Patrick J. Kelly	Executive
2017	Peter Lindberg	Executive
2017	Dave Ogrean	Executive
2018	Jim Johannson†	Executive
2019	Jack Blatherwick	Multiple
2020	Lynn Olson	Multiple
2021	Jack Barzee	Multiple
2022	Warren Strelow†	Multiple
2023	Joe Bertagna	Multiple

Note: posthumous winners in italics.

References

• Lester Patrick Trophy at NHL.com
• Lester Patrick Trophy at LegendsofHockey.net

See also

• List of members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame