The Hockey Writers has chronicled some of the most incredible seasons played by many of the NHL’s greats. The single seasons where they, perhaps unexpectedly, did something very special.
- 1967-68 Les Binkley, Pittsburgh Penguins
- 1968-69 Doug Harvey, St. Louis Blues
- 1970-71 Charlie Hodge, Vancouver Canucks
- 1970-71 Roger Crozier, Buffalo Sabres
- 1972-73 Alex Delvecchio, Detroit Red Wings
- 1972-73 Bill ‘Cowboy’ Flett, Philadelphia Flyers
- 1973-74 Bill Goldsworthy, Minnesota North Stars
- 1975-76 Gary Bergman, Kansas City Chiefs
- 1979-80 Dave Keon, Hartford Whalers
- 1979-80 Jim Schoenfeld, Buffalo Sabres
- 1980-81 Kent Nilsson, Calgary Flames
- 1981-82 Billy Smith, New York Islanders
- 1983-84 Tom Barrasso, Buffalo Sabres
- 1985-86 Mats Naslund, Montreal Canadiens
- 1988-89 Mike Vernon, Calgary Flames
- 1989-90 Guy LaFleur, Quebec Nordiques
- 1989-90 Sergei Makarov, Calgary Flames
- 1993-94 Sergei Zubov, New York Rangers
- 1995-96 Wayne Gretzky, St. Louis Blues
- 1997-98 Gary Roberts, Carolina Hurricanes
- 2002-03 Steve Thomas, Anaheim Ducks
- 2003-04 Alexandre Daigle, Minnesota Wild
- 2005-06 Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames
- 2011-12 Ray Whitney, Phoenix Coyotes
