Calder Memorial Trophy

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 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.

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. After that season, the rules for awarding the Calder were amended so that players are eligible only if they were 26 years old or younger 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. Beginning in 1990-91, to be eligible for this award a player must not have attained his twenty-sixth birthday by September 15th of the season in which he is eligible. 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 in the World Hockey Association in 1978-79. The Toronto Maple Leafs lead all teams with nine players who've won the Calder.

PAST RECIPIENTS
Year	Player	Team
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	Alexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals
2004	Andrew Raycroft	Boston Bruins
2003	Barett 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	Lorne 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 Black Hawks
1935	Dave Schriner	New York Americans
1934	Russ Blinko	Montreal Maroons
1933	Carl Voss	Detroit Red Wings