Lester B. Pearson Award

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Lester B. Pearson Award
Established	1971-72 NHL season
Current holder	Sidney Crosby
Awarded to the	National Hockey League's outstanding player in the regular season as judged by the members of the NHL Players Association

The Lester B. Pearson Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's outstanding player in the regular season as judged by the members of the NHL Players Association. The Lester B. Pearson Award has been awarded 36 times to 21 different players since its beginnings in 1971. It is a companion to the Hart Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the League's Most Valuable Player.

Contents 1 History 2 Winners 3 References 4 See also

[edit] History

The award was first handed out at the conclusion of the 1971-72 NHL season. It is named in honour of Lester B. Pearson who was Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968, was a winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize and a former player and coach of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.^[1] The voting for the trophy is conducted at the end of the regular season by the members of the NHL Players Association.^[1]

Wayne Gretzky won the award five times during his career. The Pittsburgh Penguins have won the award the most number of times, with seven winners, followed by the Edmonton Oilers, with six winners.^[1] The Pearson Award is considered to be the companion of the Hart Memorial Trophy, twelve players have won both trophies for the same season: Guy Lafleur (1976–77 and 1977–78), Wayne Gretzky (1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1986–87), Mario Lemieux (1987–88 and 1992–93 and 1995–96), Mark Messier (1989–90 and 1991–92), Brett Hull (1990–91), Sergei Fedorov (1993–94), Eric Lindros (1994–95), Dominik Hasek (1996–97 and 1997–98), Jaromir Jagr (1998–99), Joe Sakic (2000–01), Martin St. Louis (2003–04) and Sidney Crosby (2006–07).^[2] Of those twelve, only Lafleur, Gretzky, Lemieux, Jagr, St. Louis, and Crosby have also won the Art Ross Trophy for the same season and completed a Hart-Pearson-Art Ross sweep.^[3]

[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 #
1970–71	Esposito Phil Esposito	Boston Bruins	C	1
1971–72	Ratelle Jean Ratelle	New York Rangers	C	1
1972–73	Esposito Phil Esposito	Boston Bruins	C	2
1973–74	Clarke Bobby Clarke	Philadelphia Flyers	C	1
1974–75	Orr Bobby Orr	Boston Bruins	D	1
1975–76	Lafleur Guy Lafleur	Montreal Canadiens	RW	1
1976–77	Lafleur Guy Lafleur	Montreal Canadiens	RW	2
1977–78	Lafleur Guy Lafleur	Montreal Canadiens	RW	3
1978–79	Dionne Marcel Dionne	Los Angeles Kings	C	1
1979–80	Dionne Marcel Dionne	Los Angeles Kings	C	2
1980–81	Liut Mike Liut	St. Louis Blues	G	1
1981–82	Gretzky, Wayne Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	1
1982–83	Gretzky, Wayne Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	2
1983–84	Gretzky, Wayne Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	3
1984–85	Gretzky, Wayne Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	4
1985–86	Lemieux Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1
1986–87	Gretzky, Wayne Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	5
1987–88	Lemieux Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	2
1988–89	Yzerman Steve Yzerman	Detroit Red Wings	C	1
1989–90	Messier Mark Messier	Edmonton Oilers	C	1
1990–91	Hull Brett Hull	St. Louis Blues	RW	1
1991–92	Messier Mark Messier	New York Rangers	C	2
1992–93	Lemieux Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	3
1993–94	Federov Sergei Fedorov	Detroit Red Wings	C	1
1994–95	Lindros Eric Lindros	Philadelphia Flyers	C	1
1995–96	Lemieux Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	4
1996–97	Hasek Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	G	1
1997–98	Hasek Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	G	2
1998–99	Jagr Jaromir Jagr	Pittsburgh Penguins	RW	1
1999–2000	Jagr Jaromir Jagr	Pittsburgh Penguins	RW	2
2000–01	Sakic Joe Sakic	Colorado Avalanche	C	1
2001–02	Iginla Jarome Iginla	Calgary Flames	RW	1
2002–03	Naslund Markus Naslund	Vancouver Canucks	LW	1
2003–04	St. Louis Martin St. Louis	Tampa Bay Lightning	RW	1
2004–05	No winner due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout	-	-	-
2005–06	Jagr Jaromir Jagr	New York Rangers	RW	3
2006–07	Crosby Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1

[edit] References