Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

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Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
Established	1924-25 NHL season
Current holder	Pavel Datsyuk
Awarded to the	player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability[1]

The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability".^[1] The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy has been awarded 81 times to 50 different players since its beginnings in 1925. The voting is conducted at the end of the season by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Contents 1 History 2 Winners 3 References 4 See also

[edit] History

The trophy is named in honour of Marie Evelyn Moreton (Lady Byng), wife of Viscount Byng of Vimy, a Vimy Ridge war hero who was Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926. Lady Byng, who was an avid hockey fan, decided to donate the trophy to the NHL in 1925.^[2] It was decided that the inaugural winner would be Frank Nighbor of the Ottawa Senators and he was invited to Rideau Hall. Nighbor, who was not informed of the creation of the trophy, was surprised when he was informed that it had been created and that he would be the first winner.^[3]

After Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers won the award seven times within eight years, Lady Byng was so impressed that she gave him the original trophy to keep. Lady Byng then donated a second trophy in 1935–36. When Lady Byng died in 1949 the NHL presented another trophy and changed the official name to the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy.^[2]

Besides Boucher, a number of players have won the award multiple times, including Wayne Gretzky who won it 5 times, and Red Kelly, with 4 wins. With the Frank Boucher's seven wins, the New York Rangers have won the award the most out of any club, 15 times followed by Detroit with 11, Toronto with 9, Chicago with 8, Boston with 7, and Los Angeles with 5.^[4]

Four players have won both the Lady Byng Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP in the same season: Bobby Hull (1964–65), Stan Mikita (1966–67 and 1967–68), Wayne Gretzky (1979–80) and Joe Sakic (2000–01).^[5]

The voting is conducted at the end of the regular season by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, and each individual voter ranks their top five candidates on a 10-7-5-3-1 points system.^[6] Three finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony after the playoffs.

[edit] Winners

Positions key

C

Centre

D

Defence

RW

Right Wing

LW

Left Wing

G

Goaltender

     Player is still active

Season	Winner	Team	Position	Win #
1924–25	Frank Nighbor	Ottawa Senators	C	1
1925–26	Frank Nighbor	Ottawa Senators	C	2
1926–27	Billy Burch	New York Americans	D	1
1927–28	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	1
1928–29	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	2
1929–30	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	3
1930–31	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	4
1931–32	Joe Primeau	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	1
1932–33	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	5
1933–34	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	6
1934–35	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	7
1935–36	Elwyn "Doc" Romnes	Chicago Black Hawks	C	1
1936–37	Marty Barry	Detroit Red Wings	C	1
1937–38	Gordie Drillon	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	1
1938–39	Clint Smith	New York Rangers	C	1
1939–40	Bobby Bauer	Boston Bruins	RW	1
1940–41	Bobby Bauer	Boston Bruins	RW	2
1941–42	Syl Apps	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	1
1942–43	Max Bentley	Chicago Black Hawks	C	1
1943–44	Clint Smith	Chicago Black Hawks	C	2
1944–45	Bill Mosienko	Chicago Black Hawks	RW	1
1945–46	Toe Blake	Montreal Canadiens	LW	1
1946–47	Bobby Bauer	Boston Bruins	RW	3
1947–48	Buddy O'Connor	New York Rangers	C	1
1948–49	Bill Quackenbush	Detroit Red Wings	D	1
1949–50	Edgar Laprade	New York Rangers	C	1
1950–51	Red Kelly	Detroit Red Wings	D	1
1951–52	Sid Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	1
1952–53	Red Kelly	Detroit Red Wings	D	2
1953–54	Red Kelly	Detroit Red Wings	D	3
1954–55	Sid Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	2
1955–56	Earl Reibel	Detroit Red Wings	C	1
1956–57	Andy Hebenton	New York Rangers	RW	1
1957–58	Camille Henry	New York Rangers	LW	1
1958–59	Alex Delvecchio	Detroit Red Wings	C	1
1959–60	Don McKenney	Boston Bruins	C	1
1960–61	Red Kelly	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	4
1961–62	Dave Keon	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	1
1962–63	Dave Keon	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	2
1963–64	Ken Wharram	Chicago Black Hawks	C	1
1964–65	Bobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	LW	1
1965–66	Alex Delvecchio	Detroit Red Wings	C	2
1966–67	Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	C	1
1967–68	Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	C	2
1968–69	Alex Delvecchio	Detroit Red Wings	C	3
1969–70	Phil Goyette	St. Louis Blues	C	1
1970–71	John Bucyk	Boston Bruins	LW	1
1971–72	Jean Ratelle	New York Rangers	C	1
1972–73	Gilbert Perreault	Buffalo Sabres	C	1
1973–74	John Bucyk	Boston Bruins	LW	2
1974–75	Marcel Dionne	Detroit Red Wings	C	1
1975–76	Jean Ratelle	New York Rangers	C	2
1976–77	Marcel Dionne	Los Angeles Kings	C	2
1977–78	Robert "Butch" Goring	Los Angeles Kings	C	1
1978–79	Bob MacMillan	Atlanta Flames	C	1
1979–80	Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	1
1980–81	Rick Kehoe	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1
1981–82	Rick Middleton	Boston Bruins	RW	1
1982–83	Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	RW	1
1983–84	Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	RW	2
1984–85	Jari Kurri	Edmonton Oilers	RW	1
1985–86	Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	RW	3
1986–87	Joe Mullen	Calgary Flames	C	1
1987–88	Mats Naslund	Montreal Canadiens	LW	1
1988–89	Joe Mullen	Calgary Flames	C	2
1989–90	Brett Hull	St. Louis Blues	RW	1
1990–91	Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	C	2
1991–92	Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	C	3
1992–93	Pierre Turgeon	New York Islanders	C	1
1993–94	Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	C	4
1994–95	Ron Francis	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1
1995–96	Paul Kariya	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	LW	1
1996–97	Paul Kariya	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	LW	2
1997–98	Ron Francis	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	2
1998–99	Wayne Gretzky	New York Rangers	C	5
1999–00	Pavol Demitra	St. Louis Blues	C	1
2000–01	Joe Sakic	Colorado Avalanche	C	1
2001–02	Ron Francis	Carolina Hurricanes	C	3
2002–03	Alexander Mogilny	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	1
2003–04	Brad Richards	Tampa Bay Lightning	C	1
2004–05	No winner due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout	-	-	-
2005–06	Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit Red Wings	C	1
2006–07	Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit Red Wings	C	2

[edit] References