HHOF - Art Ross Trophy

Art Ross Trophy

History

Although Art Ross is primarily remembered as an executive with the Boston Bruins hockey club, he is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame not as a builder, but as a player. Ross was born in Naughton Ontario, but grew up in Montreal Quebec where he also began his hockey career. Before the National Hockey League existed, the Stanley Cup was a trophy that allowed teams to challenge for the championship. Art Ross won a Stanley Cup while on loan to the Kenora Thistles in 1906-07, and enjoyed a second celebration with the Montreal Wanderers the next season.

He played in the National Hockey Association with Haileybury, Ottawa and the Montreal Wanderers for eight seasons, but when the Wanderers joined the National Hockey League in 1917-18, Ross was with them, playing defense. Unfortunately, fire destroyed the Wanderers' arena, and when the team withdrew from the league, Ross retired as a player, having played just 3 NHL games. Art Ross was named coach of the Boston Bruins in their inaugural season (1924-25), and won three Stanley Cups with them before moving into the general manager's chair. In 1945, the Hockey Hall of Fame named its twelve chartered honourees, and Art Ross was one of them.

If two players finish the season with the same number of points, the trophy is awarded in the following manner: 1. Player with most goals; 2. Player with fewer games played; 3. Player scoring first goal of the season.

Leading winners: Wayne Gretzky (10), Gordie Howe (6), Mario Lemieux (6), Phil Esposito (5), Jaromir Jagr (5), Connor McDavid (5).


Winner Profiles

2023-24 Kucherov, Nikita Tampa Bay Lightning
2022-23 McDavid, Connor Edmonton Oilers
2021-22 McDavid, Connor Edmonton Oilers
2020-21 McDavid, Connor Edmonton Oilers
2019-20 Draisaitl, Leon Edmonton Oilers
2018-19 Kucherov, Nikita Tampa Bay Lightning
2017-18 McDavid, Connor Edmonton Oilers
2016-17 McDavid, Connor Edmonton Oilers
2015-16 Kane, Patrick Chicago Blackhawks
2014-15 Benn, Jamie Dallas Stars
2013-14 Crosby, Sidney Pittsburgh Penguins
2012-13 St. Louis, Martin Tampa Bay Lightning
2011-12 Malkin, Evgeni Pittsburgh Penguins
2010-11 Sedin, Daniel Vancouver Canucks
2009-10 Sedin, Henrik Vancouver Canucks
2008-09 Malkin, Evgeni Pittsburgh Penguins
2007-08 Ovechkin, Alex Washington Capitals
2006-07 Crosby, Sidney Pittsburgh Penguins
2005-06 Thornton, Joe San Jose Sharks
2003-04 St. Louis, Martin Tampa Bay Lightning
2002-03 Forsberg , Peter Colorado Avalanche
2001-02 Iginla, Jarome Calgary Flames
2000-01 Jagr, Jaromir Pittsburgh Penguins
1999-2000 Jagr, Jaromir Pittsburgh Penguins
1998-99 Jagr, Jaromir Pittsburgh Penguins
1997-98 Jagr, Jaromir Pittsburgh Penguins
1996-97 Lemieux, Mario Pittsburgh Penguins
1995-96 Lemieux, Mario Pittsburgh Penguins
1994-95 Jagr, Jaromir Pittsburgh Penguins
1993-94 Gretzky, Wayne Los Angeles Kings
1992-93 Lemieux, Mario Pittsburgh Penguins
1991-92 Lemieux, Mario Pittsburgh Penguins
1990-91 Gretzky, Wayne Los Angeles Kings
1989-90 Gretzky, Wayne Los Angeles Kings
1988-89 Lemieux, Mario Pittsburgh Penguins
1987-88 Lemieux, Mario Pittsburgh Penguins
1986-87 Gretzky, Wayne Edmonton Oilers
1985-86 Gretzky, Wayne Edmonton Oilers
1984-85 Gretzky, Wayne Edmonton Oilers
1983-84 Gretzky, Wayne Edmonton Oilers
1982-83 Gretzky, Wayne Edmonton Oilers
1981-82 Gretzky, Wayne Edmonton Oilers
1980-81 Gretzky, Wayne Edmonton Oilers
1979-80 Dionne, Marcel Los Angeles Kings
1978-79 Trottier, Bryan New York Islanders
1977-78 Lafleur, Guy Montreal Canadiens
1976-77 Lafleur, Guy Montreal Canadiens
1975-76 Lafleur, Guy Montreal Canadiens
1974-75 Orr, Bobby Boston Bruins
1973-74 Esposito, Phil Boston Bruins
1972-73 Esposito, Phil Boston Bruins
1971-72 Esposito, Phil Boston Bruins
1970-71 Esposito, Phil Boston Bruins
1969-70 Orr, Bobby Boston Bruins
1968-69 Esposito, Phil Boston Bruins
1967-68 Mikita, Stan Chicago Blackhawks
1966-67 Mikita, Stan Chicago Blackhawks
1965-66 Hull, Bobby Chicago Blackhawks
1964-65 Mikita, Stan Chicago Blackhawks
1963-64 Mikita, Stan Chicago Blackhawks
1962-63 Howe, Gordie Detroit Red Wings
1961-62 Hull, Bobby Chicago Blackhawks
1960-61 Geoffrion, Bernie Montreal Canadiens
1959-60 Hull, Bobby Chicago Blackhawks
1958-59 Moore, Dickie Montreal Canadiens
1957-58 Moore, Dickie Montreal Canadiens
1956-57 Howe, Gordie Detroit Red Wings
1955-56 Beliveau, Jean Montreal Canadiens
1954-55 Geoffrion, Bernie Montreal Canadiens
1953-54 Howe, Gordie Detroit Red Wings
1952-53 Howe, Gordie Detroit Red Wings
1951-52 Howe, Gordie Detroit Red Wings
1950-51 Howe, Gordie Detroit Red Wings
1949-50 Lindsay, Ted Detroit Red Wings
1948-49 Conacher, Roy Chicago Blackhawks
1947-48 Lach, Elmer Montreal Canadiens
1946-47 Bentley, Max Chicago Blackhawks
1945-46 Bentley, Max Chicago Blackhawks
1944-45 Lach, Elmer Montreal Canadiens
1943-44 Cain, Herbie Boston Bruins
1942-43 Bentley, Doug Chicago Blackhawks
1941-42 Hextall, Bryan New York Rangers
1940-41 Cowley, Bill Boston Bruins
1939-40 Schmidt, Milt Boston Bruins
1938-39 Blake, Toe Montreal Canadiens
1937-38 Drillon, Gordie Toronto Maple Leafs
1936-37 Schriner, Sweeney New York Americans
1935-36 Schriner, Sweeney New York Americans
1934-35 Conacher, Charlie Toronto Maple Leafs
1933-34 Conacher, Charlie Toronto Maple Leafs
1932-33 Cook, Bill New York Rangers
1931-32 Jackson, Busher Toronto Maple Leafs
1930-31 Morenz, Howie Montreal Canadiens
1929-30 Weiland, Cooney Boston Bruins
1928-29 Bailey, Ace Toronto Maple Leafs
1927-28 Morenz, Howie Montreal Canadiens
1926-27 Cook, Bill New York Rangers
1925-26 Stewart, Nels Montreal Maroons
1924-25 Dye, Babe Toronto St. Pats
1923-24 Denneny, Cy Ottawa Senators
1922-23 Dye, Babe Toronto St. Pats
1921-22 Broadbent, Punch Ottawa Senators
1920-21 Lalonde, Newsy Montreal Canadiens
1919-20 Malone, Joe Quebec Bulldogs
1918-19 Lalonde, Newsy Montreal Canadiens
1917-18 Malone, Joe Montreal Canadiens
* The scoring leaders list above includes scoring leaders form 1917-18 through 1946-47 prior to the inception of the Art Ross Trophy during the 1947-48 season.