Art Ross Trophy

Art Ross Trophy
Award details
Sport Ice hockey
Given for "Player who leads the League in points at the end of the regular season."[1]
History
First award 1947–48 NHL season
Most recent Patrick Kane

The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National Hockey League (NHL) player who leads the league in points at the end of the regular season. It was presented to the league by former player, General Manager, and head coach Art Ross. The trophy has been awarded 65 times to 27 players since its introduction in the 1947–48 NHL season. Ross is also known for his design of the official NHL puck, with slightly bevelled edges for better control.

The current holder is Patrick Kane, who scored 106 points in the 2015–16 season, which he spent with the Chicago Blackhawks, and became the first American-born player to win.

History

The Art Ross Trophy was presented to the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1947 by Arthur Howey "Art" Ross, former General Manager and head coach of the Boston Bruins and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee as a player.[1] Elmer Lach of the Montreal Canadiens was the winner of the first Art Ross Trophy, which was awarded at the conclusion of the 1947–48 season.

Players from the Pittsburgh Penguins have won the trophy 15 times (all within a 26-season span from 1988–2014); the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks are tied for second, as players from those teams have won it nine times each. Although Joe Thornton, winner from the 2005–06 season, started the season playing for the Boston Bruins, he finished with the San Jose Sharks and the award counts for the Sharks. Therefore, Boston Bruins have seven players winning the trophy to follow the Blackhawks and Canadiens.

From 1963 to 2001, Marcel Dionne and Bryan Trottier were the only single-time winners of the scoring title, while Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Guy Lafleur, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Jaromir Jagr had won it on multiple occasions. For two decades, from 1981 to 2001, only three players won the Art Ross Trophy: Gretzky, Lemieux, and Jagr. The streak ended when Jarome Iginla won the trophy in 2002.

Gretzky has won the trophy ten times, including seven consecutive, during his 20-year NHL career. Gordie Howe and Lemieux have each won it six times, while Esposito and Jagr each have five. Jagr, from the Czech Republic, has won the award the most times out of non-Canadians. Gretzky is the only player to win the trophy for more than one team, while Thornton is the only player to win it while playing for two different teams in one season. Stan Mikita is the only player in NHL history to win the Art Ross, Hart, and Lady Byng trophies all in the same season, which he did twice (1966–67 and 1967–68, with Chicago). Orr is the only defenseman to win the scoring title, doing so in 1970 and 1975, and the first player to capture four individual awards in a single season as he won the Hart, Norris, and Conn Smythe Trophies in 1970 as well.[2]

In 2007, Sidney Crosby not only became the youngest player to win the Art Ross Trophy at age 19, he became the youngest scoring champion in any major North American professional sport.[3] At almost twice Crosby's age, Martin St. Louis became the oldest player to capture the Art Ross at the age of 37, also having the longest gap between scoring titles (nine years). Henrik and Daniel Sedin are the only siblings to win the award, in 2010 and 2011, respectively.[4] Since 2001, only three players, Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and St. Louis have won the award more than once: Crosby in 2007 and 2014, Malkin in 2009 and 2012, and St. Louis in 2004 and 2013.

The NHL rules stipulate three tiebreakers in case two or more players are tied in points:[1]

  1. Player with most goals
  2. Player with fewer games played
  3. Player scoring first goal of the season

Scoring ties happened in the 1961–62, 1979–80, and 1994–95 seasons, all of them being decided by the first tiebreaker of scoring more goals. The NHL's award to recognize the leading goal-scorer, the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, does not have a tiebreaker, allowing multiple winners to be recognized in any one season.

Winners

Wayne Gretzky, ten-time winner and career leader in NHL scoring
Gordie Howe, six-time winner
Mario Lemieux, six-time winner
Jaromir Jagr, five-time winner
Stan Mikita, four-time winner
Daniel Sedin (front) and Henrik Sedin (back), both one-time winners
  Player is still active in the NHL
Art Ross Trophy winners
Season Winner Team Points Win #
1947–48 Lach, ElmerElmer Lach Montreal Canadiens 61 1 (2)[lower-alpha 1]
1948–49 Conacher, RoyRoy Conacher Chicago Black Hawks 68 1
1949–50 Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay Detroit Red Wings 78 1
1950–51 Howe, GordieGordie Howe Detroit Red Wings 86 1
1951–52 Howe, GordieGordie Howe Detroit Red Wings 86 2
1952–53 Howe, GordieGordie Howe Detroit Red Wings 95 3
1953–54 Howe, GordieGordie Howe Detroit Red Wings 81 4
1954–55 Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion Montreal Canadiens 75 1
1955–56 Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau Montreal Canadiens 88 1
1956–57 Howe, GordieGordie Howe Detroit Red Wings 89 5
1957–58 Moore, DickieDickie Moore Montreal Canadiens 84 1
1958–59 Moore, DickieDickie Moore Montreal Canadiens 96 2
1959–60 Hull, BobbyBobby Hull Chicago Black Hawks 81 1
1960–61 Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion Montreal Canadiens 95 2
1961–62 Hull, BobbyBobby Hull Chicago Black Hawks 84 2
1962–63 Howe, GordieGordie Howe Detroit Red Wings 86 6
1963–64 Mikita, StanStan Mikita Chicago Black Hawks 89 1
1964–65 Mikita, StanStan Mikita Chicago Black Hawks 87 2
1965–66 Hull, BobbyBobby Hull Chicago Black Hawks 97 3
1966–67 Mikita, StanStan Mikita Chicago Black Hawks 97 3
1967–68 Mikita, StanStan Mikita Chicago Black Hawks 87 4
1968–69 Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito Boston Bruins 126 1
1969–70 Orr, BobbyBobby Orr Boston Bruins 120 1
1970–71 Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito Boston Bruins 152 2
1971–72 Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito Boston Bruins 133 3
1972–73 Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito Boston Bruins 130 4
1973–74 Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito Boston Bruins 145 5
1974–75 Orr, BobbyBobby Orr Boston Bruins 135 2
1975–76 Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur Montreal Canadiens 125 1
1976–77 Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur Montreal Canadiens 136 2
1977–78 Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur Montreal Canadiens 132 3
1978–79 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier New York Islanders 134 1
1979–80 Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne Los Angeles Kings 137 1
1980–81 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 164 1
1981–82 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 212 2
1982–83 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 196 3
1983–84 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 205 4
1984–85 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 208 5
1985–86 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 215 6
1986–87 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 183 7
1987–88 Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 168 1
1988–89 Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 199 2
1989–90 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Los Angeles Kings 142 8
1990–91 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Los Angeles Kings 163 9
1991–92 Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 131 3
1992–93 Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 160 4
1993–94 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky Los Angeles Kings 130 10
1994–95[lower-alpha 2] Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins 70 1
1995–96 Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 161 5
1996–97 Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 122 6
1997–98 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins 102 2
1998–99 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins 127 3
1999–2000 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins 96 4
2000–01 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins 121 5
2001–02 Iginla, JaromeJarome Iginla Calgary Flames 96 1
2002–03 Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg Colorado Avalanche 106 1
2003–04 St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis Tampa Bay Lightning 94 1
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2005–06 Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton Boston Bruins/San Jose Sharks 125 1
2006–07 Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins 120 1
2007–08 Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin Washington Capitals 112 1
2008–09 Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin Pittsburgh Penguins 113 1
2009–10 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin Vancouver Canucks 112 1
2010–11 Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin Vancouver Canucks 104 1
2011–12 Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin Pittsburgh Penguins 109 2
2012–13[lower-alpha 4] St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis Tampa Bay Lightning 60 2
2013–14 Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins 104 2
2014–15 Benn, JamieJamie Benn Dallas Stars 87 1
2015–16 Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane Chicago Blackhawks 106 1
  1. ↑ Lach won a scoring title prior to the inception of the trophy, making this his second scoring title but only his first Art Ross Trophy win
  2. ↑ Season shortened by the 1994–95 NHL lockout
  3. ↑ Season canceled due to league lockout
  4. ↑ Season shortened by the 2012–13 NHL lockout

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 "Art Ross Trophy History". National Hockey League. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Bobby Orr – Biography". Legends of Hockey. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Penguins' Crosby captures Art Ross Trophy as NHL scoring champion". National Hockey League. April 9, 2007. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  4. ↑ Aykroyd, Lukas (April 11, 2011). "Daniel Sedin wins Art Ross". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved April 17, 2011.

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