Vezina Trophy

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Vezina Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame
Vezina Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame

The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the person deemed the best ice hockey goaltender as voted on by the general managers of the teams in the National Hockey League. The most recent winner was Miikka Kiprusoff.

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[edit] History

The Vezina Trophy was named in honour of Georges Vézina, an exceptional goalkeeper with the Montreal Canadiens, who collapsed during a game in 1925 and was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. Upon Vezina's death, the teams' former owners donated the trophy to the League to be awarded for the first time at the end of the 1926-27 NHL season.

Until the 1980-81 season, the goalkeeper(s) of the team allowing the fewest number of goals during the regular season was awarded the trophy. However, it was recognized that this system often meant the trophy went to the goalkeeper of the better team rather than the individual and hence the change was made to offer the William M. Jennings Trophy to the goalkeeper(s) playing for the team with the fewest goals against. Billy Smith of the New York Islanders was the first winner of the Vezina under the current system.

[edit] Vezina Trophy winners (voted best goaltender)

1998: Dominik Hasek with the Vezina Trophy, left, and Hart Trophy, right. Hasek also won the Lester B. Pearson Award that year. He defended those victories from the previous year.
1998: Dominik Hasek with the Vezina Trophy, left, and Hart Trophy, right. Hasek also won the Lester B. Pearson Award that year. He defended those victories from the previous year.

[edit] Vezina Trophy: (goaltender for team allowing fewest goals)

[edit] Trivia

  • The late Jacques Plante (1929-1986) holds the record for winning the most Vezinas with seven, trailed closely by Dominik Hasek with six (the most under the current system of honouring the best individual goalie).
  • The record for most consecutive Vezinas is 5, won by Plante. Bill Durnan and Ken Dryden have each won 4 in a row.
  • Roy Worters was the only Vezina Trophy winner (goaltender for team with fewest goals against) for a team that missed the playoffs (New York Americans)

[edit] Vezinas by team, Fewest Goals Against Era

  1. Montreal Canadiens, 24
  2. Chicago Blackhawks, 7.5
  3. Toronto Maple Leafs, 7
  4. Boston Bruins, 6
  5. Detroit Red Wings 5

[edit] Vezinas by team, Voted Best Goaltender era

  1. Buffalo Sabres, 7
  2. Montreal Canadiens, 4

[edit] Vezinas by team, total

  1. Montreal Canadiens, 28
  2. Chicago Blackhawks, 9.5
  3. Buffalo Sabres, 8
  4. - tied Boston Bruins & Toronto Maple Leafs, 7 each
  5. Detroit Red Wings, 5
  6. Philadelphia Flyers, 3.5

[edit] See also

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