Awarded to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.
1925 Frank Nighbor 1926 Frank Nighbor 1927 Billy Burch 1928 Frank Boucher 1929 Frank Boucher 1930 Frank Boucher 1931 Frank Boucher 1932 Joe Primeau 1933 Frank Boucher 1934 Frank Boucher 1935 Frank Boucher 1936 Elwyn "Doc" Romnes 1937 Marty Barry 1938 Gordie Drillon 1939 Clint Smith 1940 Bobby Bauer 1941 Bobby Bauer 1942 Syl Apps 1943 Max Bentley 1944 Clint Smith 1945 Bill Mosienko 1946 Hector "Toe" Blake 1947 Bobby Bauer 1948 Buddy O'Connor 1949 Bill Quackenbush 1950 Edgar Laprade 1951 Leonard "Red" Kelly 1952 Sid Smith 1953 Leonard "Red" Kelly 1954 Leonard "Red" Kelly 1955 Sid Smith 1956 Earl Reibel 1957 Andy Hebenton 1958 Camille Henry 1959 Alex Delvecchio 1960 Don McKenney 1961 Leonard "Red" Kelly 1962 Dave Keon 1963 Dave Keon 1964 Ken Wharram 1965 Bobby Hull 1966 Alex Delvecchio 1967 Stan Mikita 1968 Stan Mikita 1969 Alex Delvecchio 1970 Phil Goyette 1971 Johnny Bucyk 1972 Jean Ratelle 1973 Gilbert Perreault 1974 Johnny Bucyk 1975 Marcel Dionne 1976 Jean Ratelle 1977 Marcel Dionne 1978 Butch Goring 1979 Bob MacMillan 1980 Wayne Gretzky 1981 Rick Kehoe 1982 Rick Middleton 1983 Mike Bossy 1984 Mike Bossy 1985 Jari Kurri 1986 Mike Bossy 1987 Joe Mullen 1988 Mats Naslund 1989 Joe Mullen 1990 Brett Hull 1991 Wayne Gretzky 1992 Wayne Gretzky 1993 Pierre Turgeon 1994 Wayne Gretzky 1995 Ron Francis 1996 Paul Kariya 1997 Paul Kariya 1998 Ron Francis 1999 Wayne Gretzky 2000 Pavol Demitra 2001 Joe Sakic 2002 Ron Francis 2003 Alexander Mogilny 2004 Brad Richards 2005 No Winner (Owner's Lockout) 2006 Pavel Datsyuk 2007 Pavel Datsyuk 2008 Pavel Datsyuk 2009 Pavel Datsyuk 2010 Martin St. Louis 2011 Martin St. Louis 2012 Brian Campbell 2013 Martin St. Louis 2014 Ryan O'Reilly 2015 Jiri Hudler 2016 Anze Kopitar 2017 Johnny Gaudreau 2018 William Karlsson 2019 Aleksander Barkov 2020 Nathan MacKinnon 2021 Jaccob Slavin 2022 Kyle Connor 2023 Anze Kopitar 2023 Jaccob Slavin |