Calder Memorial Trophy

The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League." It is named after Frank Calder, the first president of the NHL. Serving as the NHL's Rookie of the Year award, this version of the trophy has been awarded since its creation for the 1936–37 NHL season. The voting is conducted by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association at the conclusion of each regular season to determine the winner.

Eligibility

When the award was established in 1937, there were no requirements beyond that the winner be in his first year of competition in the NHL, and the winner was decided by League President Frank Calder himself.
Currently, the eligibility requirements are that a player cannot have played more than 25 regular season games in any single preceding season, nor in six or more games in each of any two preceding regular seasons, in any major professional league. The last requirement was implemented in 1979 to block Wayne Gretzky from winning the award. After the Calder win of 31-year-old Sergei Makarov in 1991, the rules were further amended to require that winners be 26 years of age or younger.
Further, the limitation is for regular season games only, exempting games played in the playoffs. This has led to aberrations such as Ken Dryden winning the Calder in 1972, despite leading the Montreal Canadiens to a Stanley Cup victory the season before, and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.

History

The Calder Memorial Trophy is named in honour of Frank Calder, the former president of the National Hockey League from its inception in 1917 to his death in 1943. Although Rookie of the Year honors were handed out beginning in 1932–33, the Calder Trophy was first presented at the conclusion of the 1936–37 NHL season. Calder himself purchased a trophy each year to award to the winner.
After Calder's death in 1943 a permanent trophy was cast, and it was renamed the Calder Memorial Trophy.
The trophy has been won the most times by rookies from the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have won it on ten occasions, with the most recent being Auston Matthews in 2017. The second-most is the Chicago Blackhawks with nine wins.
Since the 1948 season, the voting is conducted at the end of the regular season by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, and each individual voter ranks their top five candidates on a 10–7–5–3–1 points system. Three finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony after the playoffs.

Winners

Season	Winner	Team	Position	Age
1932–33		Detroit Red Wings	C	25
1933–34		Montreal Maroons	C	25
1934–35		New York Americans	LW	22
1935–36		Chicago Black Hawks	G	23
1936–37		Toronto Maple Leafs	C	21
1937–38		Chicago Black Hawks	C	24
1938–39		Boston Bruins	G	24
1939–40		New York Rangers	LW	25
1940–41		Montreal Canadiens	C	19
1941–42		New York Rangers	RW	19
1942–43		Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	19
1943–44		Toronto Maple Leafs	C	20
1944–45		Toronto Maple Leafs	G	25
1945–46		New York Rangers	C	25
1946–47		Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	21
1947–48		Detroit Red Wings	C	27
1948–49		New York Rangers	RW	22
1949–50		Boston Bruins	G	24
1950–51		Detroit Red Wings	G	20
1951–52		Montreal Canadiens	RW	20
1952–53		New York Rangers	G	23
1953–54		New York Rangers	C	20
1954–55		Chicago Black Hawks	RW	22
1955–56		Detroit Red Wings	G	23
1956–57		Boston Bruins	RW	26
1957–58		Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	19
1958–59		Montreal Canadiens	C	20
1959–60		Chicago Black Hawks	C	23
1960–61		Toronto Maple Leafs	C	20
1961–62		Montreal Canadiens	RW	21
1962–63		Toronto Maple Leafs	D	26
1963–64		Montreal Canadiens	D	21
1964–65		Detroit Red Wings	G	22
1965–66		Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	20
1966–67		Boston Bruins	D	18
1967–68		Boston Bruins	C	21
1968–69		Minnesota North Stars	RW	23
1969–70		Chicago Black Hawks	G	26
1970–71		Buffalo Sabres	C	19
1971–72		Montreal Canadiens	G	24
1972–73		New York Rangers	LW	21
1973–74		New York Islanders	D	19
1974–75		Atlanta Flames	LW	20
1975–76		New York Islanders	C	19
1976–77		Atlanta Flames	RW	21
1977–78		New York Islanders	RW	20
1978–79		Minnesota North Stars	C	20
1979–80		Boston Bruins	D	19
1980–81		Quebec Nordiques	C	24
1981–82		Winnipeg Jets	C	18
1982–83		Chicago Black Hawks	RW	21
1983–84		Buffalo Sabres	G	18
1984–85		Pittsburgh Penguins	C	19
1985–86		Calgary Flames	D	21
1986–87		Los Angeles Kings	LW	20
1987–88		Calgary Flames	C	21
1988–89		New York Rangers	D	20
1989–90		Calgary Flames	RW	31
1990–91		Chicago Blackhawks	G	25
1991–92		Vancouver Canucks	RW	20
1992–93		Winnipeg Jets	RW	22
1993–94		New Jersey Devils	G	21
1994–95		Quebec Nordiques	C	21
1995–96		Ottawa Senators	RW	22
1996–97		New York Islanders	D	19
1997–98		Boston Bruins	LW	19
1998–99		Colorado Avalanche	C	22
1999–2000		New Jersey Devils	C	19
2000–01		San Jose Sharks	G	25
2001–02		Atlanta Thrashers	RW	20
2002–03		St. Louis Blues	D	21
2003–04		Boston Bruins	G	23
2004–05
2005–06		Washington Capitals	LW	20
2006–07		Pittsburgh Penguins	C	20
2007–08		Chicago Blackhawks	RW	19
2008–09		Columbus Blue Jackets	G	21
2009–10		Buffalo Sabres	D	20
2010–11		Carolina Hurricanes	C	19
2011–12		Colorado Avalanche	LW	19
2012–13		Florida Panthers	LW	19
2013–14		Colorado Avalanche	C	18
2014–15		Florida Panthers	D	19
2015–16		Chicago Blackhawks	LW	24
2016–17		Toronto Maple Leafs	C	19
2017–18		New York Islanders	C	21
2018–19		Vancouver Canucks	C	20
2019–20		Colorado Avalanche	D	21
2020–21		Minnesota Wild	LW	24
2021–22		Detroit Red Wings	D	21
2022–23		Seattle Kraken	C	20
2023–24		Chicago Blackhawks	C	18
2024–25		Montreal Canadiens	D	21