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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 following a list of professional hockey players who have won the Hart Memorial Trophy in the National Hockey League. The award is given annually to the player who is voted to be the most valuable to his team.
This trophy was replaced by the current Hart Memorial Trophy in 1960 when the original Hart trophy became too unwieldy. [2] The Lady Byng Trophy followed in 1925, a year later, awarded to the most gentlemanly player in the league. Two years later, the Vezina Trophy was created for the NHL's top goaltender.
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The most frequently won awards include the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, Conn Smythe Trophy, Hart Memorial Trophy, Jack Adams Award, and the Vezina Trophy, each won four times by Flyers players or coaches. Bobby Clarke's three Hart Trophy wins is the most of any Flyers player or coach of one particular award.
NHL awards: Avs' Nathan MacKinnon wins first Hart Trophy
Patrick Kane became the first American-born player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player on Wednesday.
Collectively, the All-Star game has not been held across several years: 1979 and 1987 due to the Challenge Cup and Rendez-vous '87 series between the NHL and the Soviet national team, 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of league labour stoppages, 2006, 2010, and 2014 because of player involvement at the Winter Olympic Games, 2021 out of ...