Calder Memorial Trophy

The Calder Memorial Trophy is an ice hockey trophy in the National Hockey League ( NHL). It is awarded annually to the best league Newcomer ( rookie ).

For the first time in the NHL season 1932/33, a rookie -of-the -year- award awarded, but only later became a trophy created this honor. The trophy was when it was introduced in the season 1936/37, Calder Trophy and was named after Frank Calder, the first and then current President of the NHL. After Calder's sudden death in 1943, the trophy was renamed the Calder Memorial Trophy.

Award

To count for the award of the trophy as a rookie, fielders must be at least half of the games of the regular season ( since 1995/ 96, the 41 ) in the corresponding season have graduated, goalkeeper must have been in at least 25 matches on the ice. Additionally, players not more than 25 games may have graduated in a previous season still more than six per game in the previous two seasons. This scheme includes not only the NHL, but any professional league. The best-known example of this arrangement was Wayne Gretzky, although it stopped numerous rookie records in his first NHL season 1979/80, but was not approved for the Calder Memorial Trophy, as he with the Edmonton Oilers already a full season in the professional league World Hockey Association had played.

Since the 1990/91 season also only League newcomers are considered that are on September 15, their debut season maximum of 26 years old. Reason for this was that in 1990 Sergei Makarov age of 31 won the trophy, but already in the Soviet Union was professionally active long and already was able to record two Olympic victories. This could no longer be regarded as Neuprofi to him.

The trophy is awarded annually ' awarded by a vote of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, in which nearly 180 journalists were eligible to vote in 2011. It takes place after each end of the regular season. Each Voters can on his ballot 10, 7, 5, 3, or assign a point to a player of his choice. After the vote, the top three players ( finalists ) are first announced, but not their order. The trophy will be presented at the annual NHL Awards only after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup play-offs.

Current title holder of the 2012/13 season, the Canadian Jonathan Huberdeau is from the Florida Panthers.

Winners since 1933

A total of 80 players have been awarded since the introduction of the trophy. In 2005, the award was not awarded due to the lockout and the associated loss of the season.

Abbreviations: Pos = Position, GP = Games, B = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, / - = Plus / minus value (since the 1967/68 season ), PIM = Penalty minutes Notes: All data refer only to the relevant season. The age is indicated in each case for the last game of the regular season. Specific statistics for goalkeepers can be found in Section Goalkeeper statistics. The links to the columns of "nationality " and " position " are to be found in the section rankings.

Goalkeeper statistics: W = Wins, L = Losses, T / OT = draw (until 2004) / Overtime Losses (from 2005), Sv % = quota (since the season 1982/83 ), GAA = Gegentorschnitt, SO = shutouts

Rankings

Almost 70 % of the previous winners of the Calder Memorial Trophy come from Canada. Then with the U.S., Russia, Sweden and Finland follow only four other nations, from which at least two players were honored as the best rookie in the NHL. In addition, each was a winner from the UK and Slovakia. The most common was the trophy at center forward, so-called Center forgive. Overall, about two-thirds of all winners played as a striker. In addition, goalkeepers have been awarded significantly more often than defenders. The players who have won the trophy, were almost 22 years old on average. Most were doing 19 to 21 years of age. Until now, with Jeff Skinner until a player win the award, which was 18 years old at the end of the regular season. Dale Hawerchuk celebrated the last main round match of the 1981/82 season his 19th birthday.

The most common player the Toronto Maple Leafs have been able to win the award, which had a total of nine times successfully. Eight awards were players of the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins. The most successful team that does not belong to the original Six teams are the New York Islanders with a total of four players.

Prize winners with other awards in the same year

To this day, it still succeeded in any field player to be recognized alongside the Calder Memorial Trophy with another NHL award in the same season. However, the Vezina Trophy was won by the goalkeeper Ed Belfour, who was honored as the best rookie in 1991, the same year for the best goalkeeper, and the William M. Jennings Trophy and the Trico Goaltender Award, which was then awarded for the best fishing quota. Three other goalkeepers, Tom Barrasso, Tony Esposito and Frank Brimsek, succeeded also to be recognized in a season with the Calder Memorial Trophy and the Vezina Trophy. In addition, so far nine winners were seven elected to the NHL First All -Star team and in the Second All- Star team, last Steve Mason in 2009.

All winners of the Calder Memorial Trophy have been selected simultaneously into NHL All- Rookie Team. The only exception was Pavel Bure in 1992. At the time, the choice to the All- Rookie team in the storm was distributed to the three positions of left and right winger and center, on each of which the best Neuprofi was chosen. Since Bure played in the season as a left and right winger, he was not occupied at the election to two positions, respectively the first place. For the 1992/93 season, this rule was amended and repealed the division into the three striker positions.