Everything about Hart Memorial Trophy totally explained
The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, the "oldest and most prestigious individual award in hockey", is awarded annually to the "player adjudged most valuable to his team" in the National Hockey League. The Hart Memorial Trophy has been awarded 82 times to 50 different players since its beginnings in 1924. Each year, members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association vote to determine the player who was the most valuable to his team during the regular season.
History
The Hart Memorial Trophy is named in honour of Dr. David Hart. Dr. Hart, who donated the original trophy to the NHL, was the father of
Cecil Hart, a former Coach and General Manager of the
Montreal Canadiens hockey club. The Hart Trophy was first awarded at the conclusion of the
1923-24 NHL season. The winner of the first Hart Trophy was
Frank Nighbor of the
Ottawa Senators. The original "Hart Trophy" was retired in
Hockey Hall of Fame in 1960, and the NHL began presenting a new trophy, which was dubbed the "Hart Memorial Trophy" in its place. With the exceptions of
Tommy Anderson and
Al Rollins, every eligible player who won the Hart Trophy has been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Wayne Gretzky won the award a record nine times during his career, eight consecutively. He has been named MVP more times than any other player in the history of the other three Major Professional Leagues (
Major League Baseball,
National Basketball Association, and
National Football League).
Barry Bonds is second, having won the MVP award seven times in Major League Baseball. Gretzky and his
Edmonton Oilers teammate
Mark Messier are the only players to win the Hart Trophy with more than one team. In
1990,
Mark Messier took the Hart over
Ray Bourque by a margin of two votes, the difference being a single first-place vote.
Players from the
Montreal Canadiens have won the award sixteen times; players from
Boston Bruins are second with twelve winners, and the
Detroit Red Wings and
Edmonton Oilers have seen players win the award nine times.
Joe Thornton became the first Hart Trophy winner to switch clubs during his winning campaign in
2005-06 NHL season, having played for both the
Boston Bruins and
San Jose Sharks that year.
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.
The closest the voting for the Hart Trophy has ever come was in the
2001–02 season, when
Jose Theodore and
Jarome Iginla tied in the total voting. The tiebreaker for choosing the Hart Trophy winner in such a case is number of first-place votes: Theodore, who had 86 first-place votes to Iginla's 82, claimed it.
Winners
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| 1940–41
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| Boston Bruins
| C
| 1
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| 1941–42
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| Brooklyn Americans
| D
| 1
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| 1942–43
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| Boston Bruins
| C
| 2
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| 1943–44
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| Toronto Maple Leafs
| D
| 1
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| 1944–45
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| Montreal Canadiens
| C
| 1
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| 1945–46
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| Chicago Black Hawks
| C
| 1
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| 1946–47
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| Montreal Canadiens
| RW
| 1
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| 1947–48
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| New York Rangers
| RW
| 1
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| 1948–49
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| Detroit Red Wings
| C
| 1
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| 1949–50
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| New York Rangers
| G
| 1
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| 1950–51
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| Boston Bruins
| C
| 1
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| 1951–52
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| Detroit Red Wings
| RW
| 1
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| 1952–53
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| Detroit Red Wings
| RW
| 2
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| 1953–54
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| Chicago Black Hawks
| G
| 1
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| 1954–55
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| Toronto Maple Leafs
| C
| 1
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| 1955–56
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| Montreal Canadiens
| C
| 1
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| 1956–57
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| Detroit Red Wings
| RW
| 3
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| 1957–58
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| Detroit Red Wings
| RW
| 4
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| 1958–59
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| New York Rangers
| LW
| 1
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| 1959–60
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| Detroit Red Wings
| RW
| 5
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| 1960–61
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| Montreal Canadiens
| RW
| 1
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| 1961–62
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| Montreal Canadiens
| G
| 1
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| 1962–63
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| Detroit Red Wings
| RW
| 6
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| 1963–64
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| Montreal Canadiens
| C
| 2
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| 1964–65
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| Chicago Black Hawks
| LW
| 1
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| 1965–66
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| Chicago Black Hawks
| LW
| 2
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| 1966–67
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| Chicago Black Hawks
| C
| 1
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| 1967–68
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| Chicago Black Hawks
| C
| 2
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| 1968–69
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| Boston Bruins
| C
| 1
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| 1969–70
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| Boston Bruins
| D
| 1
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| 1970–71
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| Boston Bruins
| D
| 2
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| 1971–72
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| Boston Bruins
| D
| 3
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| 1972–73
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| Philadelphia Flyers
| C
| 1
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| 1973–74
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| Boston Bruins
| C
| 2
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| 1974–75
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| Philadelphia Flyers
| C
| 2
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| 1975–76
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| Philadelphia Flyers
| C
| 3
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| 1976–77
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| Montreal Canadiens
| RW
| 1
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| 1977–78
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| Montreal Canadiens
| RW
| 2
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| 1978–79
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| New York Islanders
| C
| 1
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| 1979–80
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| Edmonton Oilers
| C
| 1
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| 1980–81
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| Edmonton Oilers
| C
| 2
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| 1981–82
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| Edmonton Oilers
| C
| 3
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| 1982–83
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| Edmonton Oilers
| C
| 4
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| 1983–84
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| Edmonton Oilers
| C
| 5
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| 1984–85
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| Edmonton Oilers
| C
| 6
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| 1985–86
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| Edmonton Oilers
| C
| 7
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| 1986–87
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| Edmonton Oilers
| C
| 8
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| 1987–88
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| Pittsburgh Penguins
| C
| 1
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| 1988–89
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| Los Angeles Kings
| C
| 9
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| 1989–90
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| Edmonton Oilers
| C
| 1
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| 1990–91
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| St. Louis Blues
| RW
| 1
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| 1991–92
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| New York Rangers
| C
| 2
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| 1992–93
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| Pittsburgh Penguins
| C
| 2
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| 1993–94
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| Detroit Red Wings
| C
| 1
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| 1994–95
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| Philadelphia Flyers
| C
| 1
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| 1995–96
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| Pittsburgh Penguins
| C
| 3
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 1996–97
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| Buffalo Sabres
| G
| 1
|-bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 1997–98
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| Buffalo Sabres
| G
| 2
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 1998–99
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| Pittsburgh Penguins
| RW
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 1999–2000
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| St. Louis Blues
| D
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2000–01
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| Colorado Avalanche
| C
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2001–02
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| Montreal Canadiens
| G
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2002–03
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| Colorado Avalanche
| C
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2003–04
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| Tampa Bay Lightning
| RW
| 1
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| 2004–05
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| -
| -
| -
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2005–06
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| Boston Bruins/San Jose Sharks
| C
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2006–07
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| Pittsburgh Penguins
| C
| 1
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2007-08 nominees
The finalists for the Hart Trophy for the 2007-08 NHL season were announced on April 29. The winner will be announced on June 12, 2008. The three finalists are:
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