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Two years later, the Vezina Trophy was created for the NHL's top goaltender. The Conn Smythe Trophy was first awarded to the NHL's playoff most valuable player in 1965. Presently, the NHL has 18 annual individual trophies and awards, the most recently created being the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award which was inaugurated in 2010.
The first winner of the original trophy, Frank Nighbor [1] Elmer Lach with the original trophy in 1945 The Hart Memorial Trophy is named in honour of Canadian Dr. David Hart. Dr. Hart, who donated the original trophy to the NHL, was the father of Cecil Hart, a former coach and general manager of the Montreal Canadiens.
The 2007–08 NHL season was the 91st season of operation (90th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). It began on September 29, 2007, and the regular season ended April 6, 2008. It began on September 29, 2007, and the regular season ended April 6, 2008.
Philadelphia Flyers who have received non-NHL awards Award Description Winner Season References Best NHL Player ESPY Award: Best NHL player of the last calendar year Eric Lindros: 1996 [120] Golden Hockey Stick: Best Czech ice hockey player Jakub Voracek: 2014–15 [121] Lionel Conacher Award: Canada's male athlete of the year Bobby Clarke ...
Unlike the playoff MVP awards presented in the other major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada (the Super Bowl MVP, the NBA Finals MVP, the MLS Cup MVP and the World Series MVP), the Conn Smythe is based on a player's performance during the entire NHL postseason instead of just the championship game or series.
Top goaltender Dave Dryden: 1978–79 [9] Conn Smythe Trophy: Most valuable player of the playoffs Mark Messier: 1983–84 [10] [11] Wayne Gretzky: 1984–85: 1987–88: Bill Ranford: 1989–90: Connor McDavid: 2023–24: Gordie Howe Trophy (WHA) Most valuable player Dave Dryden: 1978–79 [12] Hart Memorial Trophy: Most valuable player to his ...
In his second season, he helped lead Pittsburgh to the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals and was a runner-up for the Hart Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL's most valuable player during the regular season. The following season saw Malkin win the Art Ross Trophy , awarded to the points leader in the NHL and again place second for the Hart Trophy.
As Atlanta is a place of significance to the Civil Rights Movement (among the hockey-related achievements is John Paris Jr. becoming the first black person to coach a pro hockey team, the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League), and 2008 is the 50th anniversary of Willie O'Ree breaking hockey's color barrier with the Boston Bruins, the NHL chose the All-Star weekend to honour the ...