The Calder Trophy is a National Hockey League award given to the player deemed most proficient in his first year of play in the NHL. Typically called Rookie of the Year, the award is voted by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association (The Hockey Writers website has no affiliation with the PHWA).
The Trophy was first presented in the 1936-37 season although rookie of the year honors had started being announced in 1932-33.
In 1990 Sergei Makarov won the award – he was 31 and not a rookie by any accounts but it was his first year in the NHL. The rules were modified the following season.
Some Highlights of Calder Trophy winners here at The Hockey Writers
1933–34 Russ Blinco
1934–35 Sweeney Schriner
1935–36 Mike Karakas
1936–37 Syl Apps
1937–38 Cully Dahlstrom
1938–39 Frank Brimsek
1939–40 Kilby MacDonald
1940–41 Johnny Quilty
1941–42 Grant Warwick
1942–43 Gaye Stewart
1943–44 Gus Bodnar
1944–45 Frank McCool
1945–46 Edgar Laprade
1946–47 Howie Meeker
1947–48 Jim McFadden
1948–49 Pentti Lund
1949–50 Jack Gelineau
1950–51 Terry Sawchuk
1951–52 Bernie Geoffrion
1952–53 Gump Worsley
1953–54 Camille Henry
1954–55 Ed Litzenberger
1955–56 Glenn Hall
1956–57 Larry Regan
1957–58 Frank Mahovlich
1959–60 Bill Hay
1960–61 Dave Keon
1961–62 Bobby Rousseau
1962–63 Kent Douglas
1963–64 Jacques Laperriere
1964–65 Roger Crozier
1965–66 Brit Selby
1966–67 Bobby Orr
1967–68 Derek Sanderson
1968–69 Danny Grant
1969–70 Tony Esposito
1970–71 Gilbert Perreault
1971–72 Ken Dryden
1972–73 Steve Vickers
1973–74 Denis Potvin
1974–75 Eric Vail
1975–76 Bryan Trottier
1976–77 Willi Plett
1977–78 Mike Bossy
1978–79 Bobby Smith
1979–80 Ray Bourque
1980–81 Peter Stastny
1981–82 Dale Hawerchuk
1982–83 Steve Larmer
1983–84 Tom Barrasso
1985–86 Gary Suter
1986–87 Luc Robitaille
1987–88 Joe Nieuwendyk
1988–89 Brian Leetch
1989–90 Sergei Makarov
1990–91 Ed Belfour
1991–92 Pavel Bure
1992–93 Teemu Selanne
1993–94 Martin Brodeur
1994–95 Peter Forsberg
1995–96 Daniel Alfredsson
1996–97 Bryan Berard
1997–98 Sergei Samsonov
1998–99 Chris Drury
1999–00 Scott Gomez
2000–01 Evgeni Nabokov
2001–02 Dany Heatley
2002–03 Barret Jackman
2003–04 Andrew Raycroft
2004–05 NHL lockout
2005–06 Alexander Ovechkin
2006–07 Evgeni Malkin
2007–08 Patrick Kane
2008–09 Steve Mason
2009–10 Tyler Myers
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