Art Ross Trophy

The Art Ross Trophy is an ice hockey trophy in the National Hockey League. It is awarded to those players in the NHL, who has scored the most points ( goals assists) during the regular season. The trophy was presented by Howie Arthur "Art " Ross, a hockey player, referee, coach and manager, named. The trophy was first awarded in 1948.

If two or more players have achieved the same score, the player who has scored more goals wins. If there is a tie of goals scored in terms of number, the player who has fewer games contested wins. Should continue to prevail tie, wins the one who scored his first goal of the season at an earlier time.

Elmer Lach in 1948 was the first winner of the Art Ross Trophy and needed for 61 points scorer. This is the lowest value has been awarded since the trophy. Record winner is Wayne Gretzky, the end of the season ten times the scorers list for the National Hockey League during his career and led to 1987 holds another record with seven wins in series from 1981. He is also the only player in the history of the league, who scored more than 200 points in one season. He succeeded four times, taking 215 points reached another record in the 1985/86 season. Besides Gretzky and Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux led to several times the scorer rating in the National Hockey League and both won six times in the Art Ross Trophy. Five times winners of the award were Phil Esposito and Jaromir Jagr. The Czech Jagr is thus also the most successful European players. Wayne Gretzky won the only player as a member of two teams, the Art Ross Trophy, seven times as a player of the Edmonton Oilers and three times with the Los Angeles Kings. Joe Thornton was transferred during the 2005/ 06 season by the Boston Bruins to the San Jose Sharks and was end of the season the first player in the history of the league, which had accrued during the season for two teams and the Art Ross Trophy won.

Sidney Crosby was 2007 at the age of 19, the youngest player in history to win the trophy. Gordie Howe was 34 years old when he for the last time in his career ended in 1963, the regular season as the best scorer, and the oldest player to this ever succeeded. This only changed when in 2013 Martin St. Louis at the age of 37 years, won his second Art Ross Trophy. He is not only the oldest player to have managed this, but also the players in which, between its first and second winning the award most of the time ( nine years ) was. The Trophy was won 13 times by a player of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Nine times was an actor in the Montréal Canadiens successful, the Chicago Blackhawks presented eight times the scorer. The Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers each had seven times the winner in their ranks. The two-time winner Bobby Orr is the only defender who led the scorers score at end of season. Elmer Lach ( 1948), Roy Conacher (1949 ) and Mario Lemieux (1993 ) was achieved by 60 completed matches to end of the season to lead the scorers list in the league. This is the lowest number as a fully played season. This value was undercut only by Jaromir Jagr and also Martin St. Louis, who finished the season 1994/ 95 and at St. Louis, the 2012/2013 season as top scorer and had completed 48 NHL games. However, it must be noted that this season was discharged shortened due to a lockout at 48 encounters. So far, six winners came to the nowadays maximum number of 82 NHL games, and this Jarome Iginla in the 2001/ 02 season became the first player. All previous winners had a points average of more than one point per game. In addition to Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, only reaching an average of more than two points. So far, 26 players have won the Art Ross Trophy, eleven players were repeatedly successful.

List of winners

• Year: Denotes the year in which the player has won the Art Ross Trophy.
• Winner: Lists the name of the winner.
• Team: Names the franchise, for the players who have played at that time.
• Games: Call the number games that has completed the winner.
• Goals: Reports the number of goals that has scored the winner.
• Assists: Reports the number Assists that has reached the winner.
• Points: Reports the number of points that has reached the winner.
• Section: Reports the average number of scored points per game season.
• Age: Denotes the age of the winner in years at the end of each regular season.

Scorer to 1947

• Year: Denotes the year in which the player has led the scorers list.
• Top scorer: Lists the name of the leader in the scorers list.
• Team: Names the franchise, for the players who have played at that time.
• Points: Reports the number of points that has reached the point best players.