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Maurice Richard Trophy

The Maurice Richard Trophy is an annual award given to the National Hockey League's top goal scorer by the NHL Board of Governors. Winners are selected based on regular-season play.

The Maurice Richard Trophy, officially unveiled on Jan. 24, 1999, was a gift to the NHL from the Canadiens to honor the first player in League history to score 50 goals in 50 games, 50 goals in a season and 500 in a career.

2008 Winner

Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
First Maurice Richard Trophy

65 goals were the most ever by a left wing and most in a NHL regular season since Mario Lemieux scored 69 in 1995-96

Led all players in power play goals (22) and game-winning goals (11) in 2007-08

Recipients
Year	Player	Team	Goals
2008	Alex Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	65
2007	Vincent Lecavalier	Tampa Bay Lightning	52
2006	Jonathan Cheechoo	San Jose Sharks	56
2004	Jarome Iginla	Calgary Flames	41
	Rick Nash	Columbus Blue Jackets	41
	Ilya Kovalchuk	Atlanta Thrashers	41
2003	Milan Hejduk	Colorado Avalanche	50
2002	Jarome Iginla	Calgary Flames	52
2001	Pavel Bure	Florida Panthers	59
2000	Pavel Bure	Florida Panthers	58
1999	Teemu Selanne	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	47

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