William M. Jennings Trophy

William M. Jennings Trophy
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	National Hockey League goaltender(s) that have played for the team that allows the fewest goals scored against it.
History
First award	1981–82 NHL season
Most recent	Connor Hellebuyck Winnipeg Jets

The William M. Jennings Trophy is an award in the National Hockey League (NHL) given each year to "to the goalkeeper(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it. Winners are selected based on regular-season play." Up until 1981, the Vezina Trophy had been awarded under that definition, but it was later changed and replaced by the Jennings Trophy. Since it began in 1982, it has been awarded at the end of 25 seasons to 27 different players. The most recent winners are Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks and Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens, who both allowed only 189 team goals against for their teams in the 2014–15 NHL season.

History

Until the 1980–81 season, the Vezina Trophy was awarded to the goaltender(s) of the team allowing the fewest goals during the regular season. However, it was discovered that this often meant the trophy went to the goaltender of the better team rather than the individual, so they changed it to offer the Vezina to the most outstanding goaltender, as voted by the NHL General Managers. The William M. Jennings Trophy was created as a replacement and is given to the goaltender(s) playing for the team with the fewest goals scored against them.

The Jennings Trophy was donated by the NHL's board of governors and first handed out at the end of the 1981–82 season. It is named for the late William M. Jennings, who was a governor and president of the New York Rangers and who helped build ice hockey in the United States. Normally the lowest number of games a goaltender must play to be eligible for the trophy is 25, but for the lockout shortened 1994–95 season, the lowest was fourteen games.

Five players have won both the Jennings and Vezina Trophy for the same season: Patrick Roy (1988–89 and 1991–92), Ed Belfour (1990–91 and 1992–93), Dominik Hasek (1993–94 and 2000–01), Martin Brodeur (2002–03 and 2003–04) and Miikka Kiprusoff (2005–06). Roy has won the trophy five times, the most of any goaltender. Belfour and Brodeur are tied for second, having each won the trophy four times. It has been won most often by the Montreal Canadiens, on 5 occasions. The New Jersey Devils have won four times, and Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Blackhawks have three wins each.

Winners

Patrick Roy, five-time winner

Dominik Hasek, three-time winner

Martin Brodeur, five-time winner

Chris Osgood, two-time winner

Jaroslav Halak, one-time winner

  Player is still active in the NHL

  Player's team won the Stanley Cup

Bold Player with the fewest goals ever scored against in a season.

William M. Jennings Trophy winners

Season	Winner	Team	Goals allowed	Win #	Team Win #
1981–82	Rick Wamsley	Montreal Canadiens	223	1	1
	Denis Herron			1
1982–83	Roland Melanson	New York Islanders	226	1	1
	Billy Smith			1
1983–84	Al Jensen	Washington Capitals	226	1	1
	Pat Riggin			1
1984–85	Tom Barrasso	Buffalo Sabres	237	1	1
	Bob Sauve			1
1985–86	Bob Froese	Philadelphia Flyers	241	1	1
	Darren Jensen			1
1986–87	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	241	1	2
	Brian Hayward			1
1987–88	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	238	2	3
	Brian Hayward			2
1988–89	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	218	3	4
	Brian Hayward			3
1989–90	Andy Moog	Boston Bruins	232	1	1
	Rejean Lemelin			1
1990–91	Ed Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks	211	1	1
1991–92	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	207	4	5
1992–93	Ed Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks	239	2	2
1993–94	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	218	1	2
	Grant Fuhr			1
1994–95	Ed Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks	115	3	3
1995–96	Chris Osgood	Detroit Red Wings	181	1	1
	Mike Vernon			1
1996–97	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	182	1	1
	Mike Dunham			1
1997–98	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	166	2	2
1998–99	Ed Belfour	Dallas Stars	168	4	1
	Roman Turek			1
1999–2000	Roman Turek	St. Louis Blues	165	2	1
2000–01	Dominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	184	2	3
2001–02	Patrick Roy	Colorado Avalanche	169	5	1
2002–03	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	166	3	3
	Roman Cechmanek	Philadelphia Flyers	166	1	2
	Robert Esche			1
2003–04	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	164	4	4
2004–05	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
2005–06	Miikka Kiprusoff	Calgary Flames	200	1	1
2006–07	Niklas Backstrom	Minnesota Wild	191	1	1
	Manny Fernandez			1
2007–08	Dominik Hasek	Detroit Red Wings	184	3	2
	Chris Osgood			2
2008–09	Tim Thomas	Boston Bruins	196	1	2
	Manny Fernandez			2
2009–10	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	191	5	5
2010–11	Roberto Luongo	Vancouver Canucks	185	1	1
	Cory Schneider			1
2011–12	Brian Elliott	St. Louis Blues	165	1	2
	Jaroslav Halak			1
2012–13	Corey Crawford	Chicago Blackhawks	102	1	4
	Ray Emery			1
2013–14	Jonathan Quick	Los Angeles Kings	174	1	1
2014–15	Corey Crawford	Chicago Blackhawks	189	2	5
	Carey Price	Montreal Canadiens		1	6
2015–16	Frederik Andersen	Anaheim Ducks	192	1	1
	John Gibson			1
2016–17	Braden Holtby	Washington Capitals	182	1	2
2017–18	Jonathan Quick	Los Angeles Kings	203	2	2
2018–19	Thomas Greiss	New York Islanders	191	1	2
	Robin Lehner			1
2019–20	Tuukka Rask	Boston Bruins	174	1	3
	Jaroslav Halak			2
2020–21	Marc-Andre Fleury	Vegas Golden Knights	124	1	1
	Robin Lehner			2
2021–22	Frederik Andersen	Carolina Hurricanes	202	2	1
	Antti Raanta			1
2022–23	Linus Ullmark	Boston Bruins	177	1	4
	Jeremy Swayman			1
2023–24	Connor Hellebuyck	Winnipeg Jets	199	1	1

Notes

Note 1: For the 2002–03 season, there was a tie between Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils and Robert Esche and Roman Cechmanek of the Philadelphia Flyers. This is the only time that there has been a tie between players from different teams.

References

General

• "William M. Jennings Trophy history". NHL.com. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
• "William M. Jennings Trophy history". Legends of Hockey.net. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
• "Final Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved 2007-09-18.

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