2017 Lady Byng Trophy Nominees

2017 Lady Byng Trophy Nominees

Johnny Gaudreau

(Calgary Flames)

Mikael Granlund

(Minnesota Wild)

Vladimir Tarasenko

(St. Louis Blues)

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Errol Thompson 

(LW Toronto Maple Leafs)

Led the 1975-76 Leafs in goals with 43 and was 3rd in points with 80 (43G, 37A) 

He was 5th in voting for the Lady Byng Trophy

2002 NHL AWARDS

Ron Francis

(Carolina Hurricanes)

2002 Lady Byng Trophy and King Clancy Trophy 

2001 NHL Awards

Joe Sakic 

(Colorado Avalanche) 

Hart Trophy (NHL MVP)

Lady Byng Trophy (Most Gentlemanly Player) 

2001 Stanley Cup

Today in Hockey History (February 9th)

1924 - Frank Nighbor received the first NHL Hart Trophy. The award, that judges the most valuable player to his team, was the first individual award in the NHL.   In 1925 he would also be the first player to win the Lady Byng trophy for gentlemanly play.  Frank won 4 Stanley cup trophies with the original Ottawa Senators in 1920, 1921, 1923 and 1927.

Frank Nighbor looks at his display at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto in the early 1960s

Martin St. Louis

For 14 years he was the face of the Tampa Bay Lightning, helping guide them to a Stanley Cup championship in 2004 and winning the Hart Trophy and Art Ross trophy in the process, Martin St.Louis left his mark and built a legacy of winning in Tampa Bay.

He is a 3 time winner of the Lady Byng trophy as the NHL's most gentlemanly player and a 2 time Art Ross trophy winner as the regular season's league point scorer, but his legend was made in 2004.  Leading a little hearlded Lightning team to the Stanley cup final against a Calgary Flames team that was carrying the hopes of a nation, he scored the double OT winner goal in game six to force a game 7 back in Tampa.  In that Game 7 the Lightning held on for 2-1 win for their first Stanley Cup championship.

After being traded in 2013-2014 season to the NY Rangers, he picked up where he left off and with some tremendous goal tending, drove the Rangers to the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals and again to the Eastern Conference finals.  This time he met his former team from Tampa and they battled 7 games before the Lightning closed the door.

Martin also made his world hockey career a success by playing for Team Canada and winning the gold medal at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and the 2014 Olympic gold medal.

In announcing his retirement today, we should only have to wait the minimum 5 years to see the name of Martin St. Louis grace the Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2020.

His regular season totals in the NHL :

1,134 games played

391 goals

642 assist

1,033 points

310 penalty minutes

1 Stanley Cup - 2004

1 Hart Trophy - 2004

2 Art Ross Trophies - 2004,2013

3 Lady Byng Trophies - 2010,2011,2013

6 All star Games

Plus/Minus Award - 2004

Lester B Pearson award - 2004

Enjoy retirement Martin, you deserve some rest and all the accolades you should be getting.

NHL AWARDS 1965

Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull and Pierre Pilote hold their NHL Awards for the 1964-65 season.

Mikita took home his 2nd Art Ross trophy as the league's leading scorer (87 points) while Bobby Hull hods the Hart Trophy as NHL regular season MVP and the Lady Byng Trophy as the league's most gentlemanly player.  BlackHawks Captain Pierre Pilote holds his 3rd consecutive (and last) James Norris trophy as the NHL's top defenseman.

Ryan O'Reilly wins the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Joe Sakic 2000-2001 NHL Awards

Joe Sakic winner of the 2000/2001 Hart Trophy as NHL regular season MVP, Lady Byng Trophy as the NHL's Most Gentlemanly player and the Stanley Cup.   

Sakic captained the 2000/2001 Colorado Avalanche to the Stanley Cup victory over the New Jersey Devils.

1967 NHL Triple Crown Winner - Stan Mikita

Stan Mikita in 1967 led the NHL in points with 97 (17 more than teammate and 2nd leading scorer Bobby Hull), he had 35 goals (2nd to Hull's 52) and 62 assist which was the best in the league.
Mikita took home the Art Ross Trophy for scoring and the Hart Trophy as NHL regular season MVP and also added the Lady Byng Trophy (excellence in sportsmanship) for the 1966-67 season.  

2014 Lady Byng Trophy Finalist

The Lady Byng Trophy (Sportsmanship)

The Lady Byng trophy which is given "to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability".

The 2010 nominees:

Pavel Datsyuk - Detroit RedWings - The 4 time defending winner of this award is going for his 5th consecutive Lady Byng. He would become the first player to win the award 5 consecutive years and second all time in Lady Byng Trophies behind Hall of Famer Frank Boucher who won it 7 times between 1927 and 1935.

Brad Richards - Dallas Stars - This is Brad's third nomination and he took home the trophy in 2004.

Martin St. Louis - Tampa Bay Lightning - this is the fourth time for Martin to be nominated, he has yet to win the trophy.