Art Ross Trophy

History

The Art Ross Trophy was presented to the National Hockey League in 1947 by Arthur Howie "Art" Ross, former general manager and head coach of the Boston Bruins and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee as a player. Elmer Lach was the winner of the first Art Ross Trophy, which was awarded at the conclusion of the 1947–48 NHL season.

Wayne Gretzky won the Art Ross Trophy 10 times during his 20-year NHL career. Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux each won it six times, while Phil Esposito and Jaromir Jagr each have five. The non-Canadian player with most awards is Czech Jaromir Jagr. Gretzky is the only player to win the trophy for more than one team and Joe 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 — and he did it twice (1966-67 and 1967-68).

Players from the Pittsburgh Penguins have won the trophy 13 times; players from the Montreal Canadiens have won it nine times; and the Chicago Blackhawks have seen players win the award eight times.Although Joe Thornton, winner in 2005–06, 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 players have won the trophy seven times. 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 1980 to 2001, only three players won the Art Ross Trophy—Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Jaromir Jagr. The streak ended when Jarome Iginla won the trophy in 2002. In 2007, 19-year-old Sidney Crosby became the youngest player to win the Art Ross Trophy and the youngest scoring champion in any major North American professional sport. Only one defenseman has won the NHL scoring title: Bobby Orr did it in 1969–70 and 1974–75.

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

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. Interestingly, the NHL's award to recognize the leading goal-scorer, the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, does not have a tiebreaker so multiple winners can be recognized in one season. In 2002–03 season, the Vancouver Canucks' Markus Näslund entered the final game as the league's leading point and goal scorer, but ending up lost both the Art Ross and Rocket Richard trophies to Peter Forsberg (who recorded three points that night) and Milan Hejduk, respectively."

Winners

Key

^(#) Including the number of scoring titles prior to the inception of the trophy

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width=60% |- !Season !Winner !Team !Pts !Win # |- | 1947–48 | | Montreal Canadiens | 061 | 1⁽²⁾ |- | 1948–49 | | Chicago Black Hawks | 068 | 1 |- | 1949–50 | | Detroit Red Wings | 078 | 1 |- | 1950–51 | | Detroit Red Wings | 086 | 1 |- | 1951–52 | | Detroit Red Wings | 086 | 2 |- | 1952–53 | | Detroit Red Wings | 095 | 3 |- | 1953–54 | | Detroit Red Wings | 081 | 4 |- | 1954–55 | | Montreal Canadiens | 075 | 1 |- | 1955–56 | | Montreal Canadiens | 088 | 1 |- | 1956–57 | | Detroit Red Wings | 089 | 5 |- | 1957–58 | | Montreal Canadiens | 084 | 1 |- | 1958–59 | | Montreal Canadiens | 096 | 2 |- | 1959–60 | | Chicago Black Hawks | 081 | 1 |- | 1960–61 | | Montreal Canadiens | 095 | 2 |- | 1961–62 | | Chicago Black Hawks | 084 | 2 |- | 1962–63 | | Detroit Red Wings | 086 | 6 |- | 1963–64 | | Chicago Black Hawks | 089 | 1 |- | 1964–65 | | Chicago Black Hawks | 087 | 2 |- | 1965–66 | | Chicago Black Hawks | 097 | 3 |- | 1966–67 | | Chicago Black Hawks | 097 | 3 |- | 1967–68 | | Chicago Black Hawks | 087 | 4 |- | 1968–69 | | Boston Bruins | 126 | 1 |- | 1969–70 | | Boston Bruins | 120 | 1 |- | 1970–71 | | Boston Bruins | 152 | 2 |- | 1971–72 | | Boston Bruins | 133 | 3 |- | 1972–73 | | Boston Bruins | 130 | 4 |- | 1973–74 | | Boston Bruins | 145 | 5 |- | 1974–75 | | Boston Bruins | 135 | 2 |- | 1975–76 | | Montreal Canadiens | 125 | 1 |- | 1976–77 | | Montreal Canadiens | 136 | 2 |- | 1977–78 | | Montreal Canadiens | 132 | 3 |- | 1978–79 | | New York Islanders | 134 | 1 |- | 1979–80 | | Los Angeles Kings | 137 | 1 |- | 1980–81 | | Edmonton Oilers | 164 | 1 |- | 1981–82 | | Edmonton Oilers | 212 | 2 |- | 1982–83 | | Edmonton Oilers | 196 | 3 |- | 1983–84 | | Edmonton Oilers | 205 | 4 |- | 1984–85 | | Edmonton Oilers | 208 | 5 |- | 1985–86 | | Edmonton Oilers | 215 | 6 |- | 1986–87 | | Edmonton Oilers | 183 | 7 |- | 1987–88 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 168 | 1 |- | 1988–89 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 199 | 2 |- | 1989–90 | | Los Angeles Kings | 142 | 8 |- | 1990–91 | | Los Angeles Kings | 163 | 9 |- | 1991–92 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 131 | 3 |- | 1992–93 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 160 | 4 |- | 1993–94 | | Los Angeles Kings | 130 | 9910 |- | 1994–95 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 070*season shortened by lockout | 1 |- | 1995–96 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 161 | 5 |- | 1996–97 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 122 | 6 |- | 1997–98 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 102 | 2 |- | 1998–99 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 127 | 3 |- | 1999–2000 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 096 | 4 |- | 2000–01 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 121 | 5 |-bgcolor="#CFECEC" | 2001–02 | | Calgary Flames | 096 | 1 |- | 2002–03 | | Colorado Avalanche | 106 | 1 |-bgcolor="#CFECEC" | 2003–04 | | Tampa Bay Lightning | 094 | 1 |- | 2004–05 | | - | - | - |-bgcolor="#CFECEC" | 2005–06 | | Boston Bruins/San Jose Sharks | 125 | 1 |-bgcolor="#CFECEC" | 2006–07 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 120 | 1 |-bgcolor="#CFECEC" | 2007–08 | | Washington Capitals | 112 | 1 |-bgcolor="#CFECEC" | 2008–09 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 113 | 1 |}

References

General

[http

//www.nhl.com/trophies/ross.html Art Ross Trophy history] at NHL.com

»Art Ross Trophy history at Legends of Hockey.net

See also

• List of NHL players
• List of NHL statistical leaders

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• [[List of NHL players
• List of NHL statistical leaders

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