Vezina Trophy

The Vezina Trophy is an annual award given to the goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at this position as voted by the general managers of all NHL clubs.

Leo Dandurand, Louis Letourneau, and Joe Cattarinich, former owners of the Montreal Canadiens, presented the trophy to the National Hockey League in 1926-27 in memory of Georges Vezina, outstanding goalkeeper of the Canadiens, who collapsed during an NHL game Nov. 28, 1925, and died of tuberculosis a few months later.

Until the 1981-82 season, the goalkeeper(s) of the team allowing the fewest number of goals during the regular season were awarded the Vezina Trophy.

Billy Smith of the New York Islanders was the first winner of the Vezina under the current system.

There have been numerous instances of players receiving the trophy many times in different years, and players tying for the trophy. Jacques Plante holds the record for winning the most Vezinas with seven, trailed by Bill Durnan and Dominik Hasek both of who have won six. Hasek has won the most under the current system of honoring the best individual goalie.

Montreal goaltenders have won the Vezina 28 times. Under the original definition, there would often be multiple winners from the same team during one season. In the 1973–74 NHL season, Tony Esposito of the Chicago Blackhawks and Bernie Parent of the Philadelphia Flyers finished tied for the fewest goals against, the only time that there was a tie between two players from different teams.

The voting is conducted at the end of the regular season, and each individual voter ranks his top three candidates on a 5-3-1 points system. Three finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony after the playoffs.

PAST RECIPIENTS
Year	Player	Team
2016	BRADEN HOLTBY	WASHINGTON CAPITALS
2015	carey price	montreal canadiens
2014	TUUKKA RASK	BOSTON BRUINS
2013	sergei bobrovsky	columbus blue jackets
2012	henrik lundqvist	new york rangers
2011	Tim Thomas	Boston Bruins
2010	Ryan Miller	Buffalo Sabres
2009	Tim Thomas	Boston Bruins
2008	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils
2007	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils
2006	Miikka Kiprusoff	Calgary Flames
2004	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils
2003	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils
2002	Jose Theodore	Montreal Canadiens
2001	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
2000	Olaf Kolzig	Washington Capitals
1999	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1998	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1997	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1996	Jim Carey	Washington Capitals
1995	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1994	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres
1993	Ed Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks
1992	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens
1991	Ed Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks
1990	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens
1989	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens
1988	Grant Fuhr	Edmonton Oilers
1987	Ron Hextall	Philadelphia Flyers
1986	John Vanbiesbrouck	New York Rangers
1985	Pelle Lindbergh	Philadelphia Flyers
1984	Tom Barrasso	Buffalo Sabres
1983	Pete Peeters	Boston Bruins
1982	Billy Smith	New York Islanders
1981	Denis Herron Michel Larocque Richard Sevigny	Montreal Canadiens
1980	Don Edwards Bob Sauve	Buffalo Sabres
1979	Ken Dryden Michel Larocque	Montreal Canadiens
1978	Ken Dryden Michel Larocque	Montreal Canadiens
1977	Ken Dryden Michel Larocque	Montreal Canadiens
1976	Ken Dryden	Montreal Canadiens
1975	Bernie Parent	Philadelphia Flyers
1974	Bernie Parent	Philadelphia Flyers
	Tony Esposito	Chicago Blackhawks
1973	Ken Dryden	Montreal Canadiens
1972	Tony Esposito Gary Smith	Chicago Blackhawks
1971	Ed Giacomin Gilles Villemure	New York Rangers
1970	Tony Esposito	Chicago Blackhawks
1969	Glenn Hall Jacques Plante	St. Louis Blues
1968	Lorne Worsley Rogatien Vachon	Montreal Canadiens
1967	Denis DeJordy Glenn Hall	Chicago Blackhawks
1966	Charlie Hodge Lorne Worsley	Montreal Canadiens
1965	Johnny Bower Terry Sawchuk	Toronto Maple Leafs
1964	Charlie Hodge	Montreal Canadiens
1963	Glenn Hall	Chicago Blackhawks
1962	Jacques Plante	Montreal Canadiens
1961	Johnny Bower	Toronto Maple Leafs
1960	Jacques Plante	Montreal Canadiens
1959	Jacques Plante	Montreal Canadiens
1958	Jacques Plante	Montreal Canadiens
1957	Jacques Plante	Montreal Canadiens
1956	Jacques Plante	Montreal Canadiens
1955	Terry Sawchuk	Detroit Red Wings
1954	Harry Lumley	Toronto Maple Leafs
1953	Terry Sawchuk	Detroit Red Wings
1952	Terry Sawchuk	Detroit Red Wings
1951	Al Rollins	Toronto Maple Leafs
1950	Bill Durnan	Montreal Canadiens
1949	Bill Durnan	Montreal Canadiens
1948	Turk Broda	Toronto Maple Leafs
1947	Bill Durnan	Montreal Canadiens
1946	Bill Durnan	Montreal Canadiens
1945	Bill Durnan	Montreal Canadiens
1944	Bill Durnan	Montreal Canadiens
1943	Johnny Mowers	Detroit Red Wings
1942	Frank Brimsek	Boston Bruins
1941	Turk Broda	Toronto Maple Leafs
1940	Dave Kerr	New York Rangers
1939	Frank Brimsek	Boston Bruins
1938	Tiny Thompson	Boston Bruins
1937	Normie Smith	Detroit Red Wings
1936	Tiny Thompson	Boston Bruins
1935	Lorne Chabot	Chicago Blackhawks
1934	Charlie Gardiner	Chicago Blackhawks
1933	Tiny Thompson	Boston Bruins
1932	Charlie Gardiner	Chicago Blackhawks
1931	Roy Worters	New York Americans
1930	Tiny Thompson	Boston Bruins
1929	George Hainsworth	Montreal Canadiens
1928	George Hainsworth	Montreal Canadiens
1927	George Hainsworth	Montreal Canadiens
Note: awarded to goalie who played a minimum of 25 games for the team that allowed the fewest goals; since 1982, awarded to outstanding goalie.