Michel Briere Rookie of the Year Award
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The Michel Briere Rookie of the Year Award is an award given to the Pittsburgh Penguins player who was the most proficient player on the team in his first year of competition in the league. It is named in memory of Michel Briere, who died in a car accident at the end of the 1969-70 NHL season. Briere himself won the award that season, when it was known as the Rookie of the Year Award.
[edit] List of winners
- 1967-68: Les Binkley
- 1968-69: Jean Pronovost
- 1969-70: Michel Briere
- 1970-71: Greg Polis
- 1971-72: Dave Burrows
- 1973-74: Ron Lalonde
- 1974-75: Pierre Larouche
- 1976-77: Greg Malone
- 1977-78: Peter Lee
- 1978-79: Greg Millen and Rod Schutt
- 1979-80: Paul Marshall
- 1980-81: Mark Johnson
- 1981-82: Mike Bullard
- 1982-83: Dave Hannan
- 1983-84: Roberto Romano
- 1984-85: Mario Lemieux
- 1985-86: Jim Johnson
- 1987-88: Rob Brown
- 1988-89: Zarley Zalapski
- 1989-90: Mark Recchi
- 1990-91: Jaromir Jagr
- 1991-92: Jim Paek
- 1992-93: Shawn McEachern
- 1996-97: Patrick Lalime
- 1997-98: Petr Skudra
- 1998-99: Jan Hrdina
- 1999-00: Jean-Sebastien Aubin
- 2001-02: Johan Hedberg
- 2003-04: Ryan Malone
- 2005-06: Sidney Crosby
- 2006-07: Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal
- 2007-08: Kristopher Letang
[edit] Notes
There were no winners of the award in the 1972-73, 1975-76, 1986-87, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 2000-01, and the 2002-03 seasons because the team did not have any rookies who could satisfy the conditions to win the award. There was no winner in the 2004-05 season due to the NHL lockout.
