The Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award is an award given to the Pittsburgh Penguins player selected by the Pittsburgh chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association for his cooperation with the local media. It is named in memory of former Penguins general manager and former player and coach of the AHL's Pittsburgh Hornets, Aldege "Baz" Bastien. The award debuted at the end of the 1983–84 NHL season.
From 1992 to 1996, Molson Breweries sponsored the award, and Disaster Specialists sponsored from 1997 to 1999.
List of winners[]
- 1983–84: Gary Rissling
- 1984–85: Gary Rissling (2)
- 1985–86: Terry Ruskowski
- 1986–87: Dan Frawley
- 1987–88: Randy Cunneyworth
- 1988–89: Jim Johnson
- 1989–90: Troy Loney
- 1990–91: Phil Bourque
- 1991–92: Larry Murphy
- 1992–93: Kevin Stevens
- 1993–94: Joe Mullen
- 1994–95: Larry Murphy (2)
- 1995–96: Petr Nedvěd
- 1996–97: Ken Wregget
- 1997–98: Ron Francis
- 1998–99: Jiří Šlégr
- 1999–00: Rob Brown
- 2000–01: Alexei Kovalev
- 2001–02: Johan Hedberg
- 2002–03: Steve McKenna
- 2003–04: Brooks Orpik
- 2005–06: Sidney Crosby
- 2006–07: The entire team
- 2007–08: Ryan Whitney
- 2008–09: Sidney Crosby (2) & Brooks Orpik (2)
- 2009-10: Sidney Crosby (3) & Marc-Andre Fleury
Notes[]
There was no winner in the 2004–05 season due to the NHL lockout.