If you had asked us in 2006, we would have said there is no need for another individual hockey award.  We were wrong.

In the 2006/07 Season, five players were honored monthly as selected by the NHL based on qualifications, with Mark Messier deciding the recipient of the Mark Messier Leadership Award.  Those monthly winners were Brendan Shanahan (New York Rangers), Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins), Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay Lightning), and Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks).  The year after, it was changed to being a yearly award.

There is no better player to name this after than Messier.  He is the only player to lead two NHL teams (Edmonton and New York) to a Stanley Cup as their captain.

The results are as follows:

There are currently five former Mark Messier Leadership winners who are Hockey Hall of Fame eligible, with four entering, yielding a percentage of 80.0. 

As this award has never been a repeat winner, the percentage by year remains the same.

The following are the past players who have won the NHL Mark Messier Leadership Award and are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame, and have been enshrined.

2007:  Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings, Defense.  0 Goals, 11 Assists, 11 Points, +11, 3.3 Point Shares.

At age 45, Chelios had been a leader for decades, and despite his age, he was in the NHL for three more seasons.  The American Defenseman had won three Norris Trophies, was a five-time First Team All-Star, and won three Stanley Cups, one with Montreal and two with Detroit.  It is hard to debate that this award did not get off to a perfect start.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013.

2008:  Mats Sundin, Toronto Maple Leafs, Center.  32 Goals, 46 Assists, 78 Points, +17, 9.8 Point Shares.

This was Sundin’s penultimate year in the NHL and his last with the Toronto Maple Leafs.  A Maple Leaf since 1994, Sundin was a leader on the ice since day one and was Toronto's best player for over a decade.  He had previously been a Second Team All-Star twice.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.

2009:  Jarome Iginla:  Calgary Flames, Right Wing.  35 Goals, 54 Assists, 89 Points, -2, 9.5 Point Shares.

Iginla was not just Calgary's leader but had been the Flames best player for years.  This was his third First Team All-Star season, and seven years before, he was the winner of both the Art Ross and Lester B. Pearson Awards.  Iginla would later play for Pittsburgh, Boston, Colorado, and Los Angeles.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2020.

2013:  Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators, Right Wing.  10 Goals, 16 Assists, 26 Points, +1.  2.7 Point Shares.   

Alfredsson was in his 17^th and final year as an Ottawa Senator, and while he couldn't lead them to a Stanley Cup, he was the leader on many good Senator teams.  He played one more year in Detroit and scored 1157 career Points.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022.

The following are the players who have won the NHL Mark Messier Leadership Award who are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame and have not been selected:

2012:  Shane Doan, Phoenix Coyotes, Right Wing.  22 Goals, 28 Assists, 50 Points, -8, 5.0 Point Shares.    

Since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg to Phoenix, Shane Doan was the franchise's best and most important player when they were in Arizona.  Doan led the Coyotes to a Conference Final this year, and he was with Phoenix for his entire 21-year career.

Eligible since 2020.  Ranked #58 on Notinhalloffame.com.

The following are the players who have won the NHL Mark Messier Leadership Award who have retired but have not met the mandatory years out of the game to qualify for the Hockey Hall of Fame:

2011:  Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins, Defense.  14 Goals, 30 Assists, 44 Points, +33, 10.0 Point Shares. 

A Second Team All-Star this year, Chara was the Norris Trophy winner two years previous, and he was a First Team All-Star and Second Team All-Star twice before.  Chara led by example, and the Bruins won the Stanley Cup this year, mainly on what the big man did.

Eligible in 2025.

2014:  Dustin Brown, Los Angeles Kings, Right Wing.  15 Goals, 12 Assists, 27 Points, +7, 3.1 Point Shares. 

Dustin Brown helped lead the Kings to a Stanley Cup in 2012 and did it again this season.  Brown was an All-Star in 2009.

Eligible in 2025.

2018:  Deryk Engelland, Vegas Golden Knights, Defense.  5 Goals, 18 Assists, 23 Points, +6, 4.5 Point Shares.

For the second year in a row, the Mark Messier Leadership Award winner also won the King Clancy.  Engelland was the first Golden Knight to win this trophy, but with all due respect to the former Defenseman, he is the least likely Mark Messier Award winner to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Eligible in 2023.

The following are the players who have won the NHL Mark Messier Leadership Award and are still active.

2010:  Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, Center.  51 Goals, 58 Assists, 109 Points, +15, 14.7 Point Shares

At age 23, it will be difficult to envision another Mark Messier Leadership Award winner to be younger than Sidney Crosby.  Crosby is a three-time Stanley Cup Champion.  This season, Crosby was in his fifth NHL season and was a Second Team All-Star and a Rocket Richard winner.  He was already a Hart Trophy winner and would be again four years later.

35 Years Old, Playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

2015:  Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks, Center.  28 Goals, 38 Assists, 66 Points, +30, 9.4 Point Shares.

This season Toews led Chicago to their third (and his) Stanley Cup win of the decade.  The Center had previously been named a Second Team All-Star (2013), a Conn Smythe winner (2010), and a Frank J. Selke Trophy winner (2013).

35 Years Old, Playing for the Chicago Blackhawks.

2016:  Shea Weber, Nashville Predators, Defense.  20 Goals, 31 Assists, 51 Points, -7, 9.5 Point Shares.

Weber had been the core player in Nashville for years by this time, and before this Mark Messier Award, he was twice a First Team All-Star, twice a Second Team All-Star, and had five top-four finishes for the Norris Trophy.

37 Years Old, Playing for the Vegas Golden Knights.

2017:  Nick Foligno, Columbus Blue Jackets, Left Wing.  26 Goals, 25 Assists, 51 Points, -4, 5.9 Point Shares.

Foligno also won the King Clancy Award this year, marking the first time a Blue Jacket won.  

35 Years Old, Playing for the Boston Bruins.

2019:  Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators, Right Wing.  17 Goals, 13 Assists, 30 Points, -16, 1.9 Point Shares.

This is the first and, to date, only Mark Messier Leadership winner who split his award-winning season between two years.  Simmonds was dealt from Philadelphia to Nashville for their playoff run, primarily due to his overall contributions as a Flyer, though do not discount what he did as a Predator.

34 Years Old, Playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

2020:  Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames, Defense.  5 Goals, 26 Assists, 31 Points, +2, 5.4 Point Shares.

Giordano is a late bloomer, winning his first Norris Trophy at age 35 and setting personal statistical bests.   Giordano played most of his career with Calgary and was their leader for years.

39 Years Old, Playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

2021:  Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins, Center.  23 Goals, 25 Assists, 48 Points, +27, 6.9 Point Shares.

Bergeron is one of the best two-way players of his generation (if not the best) and was already a four-time Selke winner (he won a fifth a year after).  He won a Cup with the Bruins in 2011 and captured the King Clancy award in 2013.

37 Years Old, Playing for the Boston Bruins.

2022:  Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings, Center.  19 Goals, 48 Assists, 67 Points, -6, 5.7 Point Shares.

Kopitar already anchored Los Angeles to two Stanley Cups (2012 & 2014), and the Slovenian Center added to his already ample trophy case (he had two Selkes and a Lady Byng) with the acquisition of the 2022 Mark Messier Leadership Award.

35 Years Old, Playing for the Los Angeles Kings.

The Mark Messier Leadership Award is not exclusive to superstars, but the character requirement is off the chart.   

First awarded in 1988, the King Clancy Memorial Award is given annually to the player who best exemplifies leadership on and off the ice who has also made significant contributions to his community.

The award is named after King Clancy, who played for the original Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs, was later a successful coach and executive, and was known for his philanthropy.

An award like this often is given to a player, usually a very good one, near the end of his career, though this should not be viewed as a “lifetime achievement award”, as players whit little to no philanthropic endeavors will not win.

The results are as follows:

There are currently 28 former Frank J. Selke Trophy winners who are Hockey Hall of Fame eligible, with 11 entering, yielding a percentage of 39.2.  

If we go by yearly winners, there is a small increase to 29 eligible years with 12 of them generating a Hockey Hall of Famer.  That is a 41.4 Percentage.

The following are the past players who have won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame and have been enshrined.

1988:  Lanny McDonald, Calgary Flames, Right Wing.  10 Goals, 13 Assists, 23 Points, +2, 0.6 Point Shares.  

By this point, Lanny was still an effective leader but was not necessarily at a point where he was putting the puck in the net.  Still good in doing the unsung work of the game, McDonald only score 23 Points this season, but was a season away from retirement, but more importantly winning his first Stanley Cup.  Lanny won the inaugural award for his charitable work both in Calgary and Toronto, and is an excellent first choice for this award.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992.

1989:  Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders, Center.  17 Goals, 28 Assists, 45 Points, -7, 2.6 Point Shares.  

Like Lanny McDonald, Bryan Trottier was in clear decline at this point and was coming off his worst performance of the year, though he would have four more seasons in the NHL each of which would follow the pattern of being his worst offensive output.  Trottier was however a bona fide star earlier in his career with the Islanders Dynasty and was active in Special Olympics and Make-A-Wish Program.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997.

1990:  Kevin Lowe, Edmonton Oilers, Defenseman.  7 Goals, 26 Assists, 33 Points, +18, 6.0 Point Shares. 

Lowe was in the second half of his career, but was already a proven winner with four Stanley Cups and a fifth one this year.  The Defenseman was active in the community with Christmas-related charities.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2020.

1991:  Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins, Defense.  21 Goals, 60 Assists, 81 Points, +11, 11.2 Point Shares.  

This is the first King Clancy winner who had a solid career after winning this award.  Bourque was only 31 and was still a Norris Trophy Winner and Stanley Cup Champion after this accolade.  Bourque was a community leader in Boston, and this year he served as the Honourable Chairman for Boston’s Floating Hospital.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004.

1995:  Joe Nieuwendyk, Calgary Flames, Center.  21 Goals, 29 Assists, 50 Points, +11, 5.5 Point Shares.  

Joe Nieuwendyk was in the prime of his career at this point and would soon move on to the Dallas Stars and win the Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe, a performance that might have put him over the Hall of Fame hump.  The Forward, who was the Flames captain at the time, spearheaded the team’s humanitarian efforts in the community.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

2002:  Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes, Center.  27 Goals, 50 Assists, 77 Points, +4, 8.7 Point Shares.  

Francis also won his third Lady Byng this season, and won the Clancy based on his work with Duke’s Children’s Hospital.  He is one of the fev players to have over 1,700 career Points.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007.

2003:  Brendan Shanahan, Detroit Red Wings, Left Wing.  30 Goals, 38 Assists, 68 Points, +5, 7.9 Point Shares.  

Shanahan’s charitable endeavors featured the creation of a program that assisted in the purchase and installation of smoke detectors in low-income homes.  The power forward won three Stanley Cups with the Red Wings and had 1,354 career Points.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013.

2004:  Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames, Right Wing.  41 Goals, 32 Assists, 73 Points, +21, 11.1 Point Shares.  

Iginla was in the prime of his career, capturing his second Rocket Richard award as the game’s leading goal scorer, and he was also named a Second Team All-Star.  Within the community, Iginla was at the center of the Flames’ philanthropic endeavors and he personally donated 1,000 dollars for every goal he scored.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2020.

2012:  Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators, Right Wing.  27 Goals, 32 Assists, 59 Points, +16, 7.5 Point Shares.  

Alfredsson won the Calder in 1996, and the Mark Messier Leadership Award the year after this King Clancy win.  While he was a Senator (15 year), Alfredsson was a pillar of the local Ottawa community and was constant in his charitable work.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022.

2016:  Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks, Center.  11 Goals, 44 Assists, 55 Points, 0, 5.4 Point Shares.

The Canucks Captain, along with his brother, Daniel created the Sedin Foundation in 2014, and underwent plans for Clubhouse 36, an after-school program for at-risk kids.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022.

2018:  Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks, Left Wing.  23 Goals, 32 Assists, 55 Points, -21, 5.4 Point Shares.

See below!  Daniel was involved in the same charities that Henrik was, and you have to wonder how he was not a co-winner with his twin two years earlier.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022.

2018 (2):  Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks, Center.  3 Goals, 47 Assists, 50 Points, -22, 2.7 Point Shares.

Henrik was the co-winner with his twin brother, Daniel, and this is likely the only time that we will ever see a repeat winner.  The Sedins were in their final season, and their charitable donations across Vancouver and beyond made them legends.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022.

The following are the players who have won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy who are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame and have not been selected:

1991:  Dave Taylor, Los Angeles Kings, Right Wing.  23 Goals, 30 Assists, 53 Points, +27, 4.6 Point Shares. 

Dave Taylor, who played his entire career with the Los Angeles Kings, would win his only individual trophies this season as not only did he capture the Clancy, he was also awarded the Bill Masterton.  Taylor was 35 when he won this accolade and had his best years behind him.  Still, his charitable work in SoCal, especially involving those with speech impediments earned this award.  

Eligible Since 1997.  Ranked #17 on Notinhalloffame.com.

1993:  Dave Poulin, Boston Bruins, Center.  16 Goals, 33 Assists, 49 Points, +29, 3.5 Point Shares.

Dave Poulin had a solid career and was one of the better defensive forwards in the game.  1993 was his last decent year and he would retire two years later.  In this season, Poulin was honored for his work as the Co-Chairman of the March of Dimes.

Eligible Since 1998.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.    

1994:  Adam Graves, New York Rangers, Left Wing.  52 Goals, 27 Assists, 79 Points, +27, 9.8 Point Shares.

To date, Adam Graves is the youngest winner of the King Clancy, and the 1993-94 Season was by far his most memorable.  This was the season where he would win in his second Stanley Cup, and was a major part of the win.  This is also the only season where he was named a post season All-Star.  Still, this was his peak, and a career worthy of Hall of Very Good, which should not detract from the work he did to win the Clancy.  Graves was the Celebrity Chairman of New York’s Dynamic Family Program, and he did other charitable work in NYC.

Eligible Since 2006.  Ranked #67 on Notinhalloffame.com.    

1996:  Kris King, Winnipeg Jets, Left Wing.  9 Goals, 11 Assists, 20 Points, -7, 0.0 Point Shares.  

The King Clancy Award would be the only NHL Award that fourteen-year NHL veteran, Kris King would win.  The rugged forward was a fan favorite but was never going to be considered a Hall of Famer, but he was to those he helped.  King was the Team Captain, and the man who spearheaded the Jets charities.

Eligible Since 2004.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.    

1997:  Trevor Linden, Vancouver Canucks, Center.  9 Goals, 31 Assists, 40 Points, -5, 3.3 Point Shares. 

Linden’s King Clancy win was the only major award that he won, but the ultra-popular player was one of the most beloved players in Vancouver’s history.  Linden won the Clancy by developing the “Captain’s Crew”, a program that brought underprivileged kids to his private suite to games.  

Eligible Since 2011.  Ranked #80 on Notinhalloffame.com.

1998:  Kelly Chase, St. Louis Blues, Right Wing.  4 Goals, 3 Assists, 7 Points, +10, -0.3 Point Shares. 

Not only is this the only NHL Award that Kelly Chase won, this is the only time he was remotely close.  Chase was a goon, who never had 100 career Points but off the ice, his charitable efforts made him a saint.  He was involved with the Gateway Project, which helped mentally challenged kids get involved with sports.

Eligible Since 2003.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.    

1999:  Rob Ray, Buffalo Sabres, Right Wing.  0 Goals, 4 Assists, 4 Points, -2, -0.3 Point Shares. 

Scoring only 4 Points in this campaign, like Kelly Chase, Rob Ray was a popular figure for his fisticuffs.  Ray, who would play a total of 900 NHL Games and would lead the NHL in Penalty Minutes twice, including his King Clancy Award winning season.  Despite his tough guy exterior, Ray’s charitable work included the March of Dimes, Walk America and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Eligible Since 2007.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.    

2000:  Curtis Joseph, Toronto Maple Leafs, Goalie.  36 Wins, 20 Losses, 7 Ties, 2.49 GAA, .915 Save Percentage, 13.4 Point Shares.

Joseph was the first Goalie to win the King Clancy, and this would be the only major award he won, though he was in the top ten for the Vezina six times, including a third-place finish this year.  He helped a lot of sick kids, starting “Cujo’s Kids”, placing ill children in luxury suites for Leafs home games, and he also developed a room at the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto that resembled the Leafs locker room.

Eligible Since 2012.  Ranked #16 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2001:  Shjon Podein, Colorado Avalabche, Right Wing.  15 Goals, 17 Assists, 32 Points, +7, 2.9 Point Shares.

Podein formed the Shjon Podein Children’s Foundation designed to help sick and underprivileged children.  The Avs would win the Stanley Cup this year

Eligible Since 2009.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

2006:  Olaf Kolzig, Washington Capitals, Goalie.  20 Wins, 28 Losses, 11 Ties/Overtime Losses, 3.53 GAA, .896, 11.0 Point Shares.

Kolzig became the second Goalie to win the King Clancy, and the veteran won based on his co-founding of “Athletes against Autism”, which was generated by discovering his own son had the affliction.

Eligible Since 2012.  Ranked #132 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2007:  Saku Koivu, Montreal Canadiens, Center.  22 Goals, 53 Assists, 75 Points, -21, 6.9 Point Shares.

Koivu won the Bill Masterton Trophy win in 2002 after coming back from cancer, and he started his own cancer foundation, which by this time had raised over 2.5 million dollars.

Eligible Since 2017.  Ranked #131 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2008:  Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning, Center.  40 Goals, 52 Assists, 92 Points, -17, 10.7 Point Shares.

Lecavalier was already a long time established offensive star for the Lightning, and was a Stanley Cup champ with the Bolts four years prior.  The Center had formed his own charitable foundation, which won him this award.

Eligible Since 2019.  Ranked #23 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2009:  Ethan Moreau, Edmonton Oilers, Left Wing.  14 Goals, 12 Assists, 26 Points, +0, 1.9 Point Shares.

Moreau was in the 13^th of a 16-year career, 11 of which were as an Oiler.  The gritty player worked within the Edmonton’s inner city specifically with High Schools.

Eligible Since 2015.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

2010:  Shane Doan, Phoenix Coyotes, Right Wing.  18 Goals, 37 Assists, 55 Points, +3, 5.5 Point Shares. 

Doan was with the Coyotes for all of his 21 seasons (20 when the franchise was in Arizona), and he spearheaded most of the team’s charitable endeavors.  He won the Mark Messier Leadership Award two years later and had 972 career Points.  

Eligible Since 2013.  Ranked #58 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2011:  Doug Weight, New York Islanders, Center.  2 Goals, 7 Assists, 9 Points, -3, 0.5 Point Shares. 

Weight won his final year of a 20-season run, and his charity and philanthropy spread across six teams. 

Eligible Since 2013.  Ranked #63 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2014:  Andrew Ference, Edmonton Oilers, Defense.  3 Goals, 15 Assists, 18 Points, -18, 2.4 Point Shares. 

Ference was then the Oilers Team Captain, and was in charge of the November Project, designed to increase community involvement.  This was his third last season of a 16-year career.  

Eligible Since 2019.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

2015:  Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings, Left Wing.  17 Goals, 49 Assists, 66 Points, -6, 6.7 Point Shares. 

Zetterberg had long been active in the community of Detroit and was also raising money for relief efforts in Ethiopia, Guatemala and Nepal.  He played his entire career with Detroit, where he won a Stanley Cup, a Conn Smythe and scored 960 Points.

Eligible Since 2021.  Ranked #25 on Notinhalloffame.com.

The following are the players who have won the NHL King Clancy Trophy who have retired but have not met the mandatory years out of the game to qualify for the Hockey Hall of Fame: 

2021:  Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators, Goalie.  10 Wins, 12 Losses, 1 Tie/Overtime Loss, 2.84 GAA, .907 Save Percentage, 3.8 Point Shares.

Rinne was in his final season, where he established himself as one of the best players in the history of the young franchise of Nashville.  The Finnish Goalie won the Clancy for the co-creation (with Shea Weber) of the 365 Fund, raising money for cancer.  He also participated in the Predators’ “Feed the Frontline” initiative to supply meals to the frontline workers during COVID.

Eligible in 2024.

2022:  P.K. Subban, New Jersey Devils, Defense.  5 Goals, 17 Assists, 22 Points, -8, 3.4 Point Shares.

Subban concluded his NHL career this year, and while he was playing in New Jersey, his main work was in Montreal, where he raised $1 million is support of Le Spot, a mental health organization.  He also donated to Ukrainian relief, COVID relief and diversity and inclusion in hockey.

Eligible in 2025.

The following are the past players who have won the NHL King Clancy Trophy and are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame, and are still active.

2013:  Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins, Center.  10 Goals, 22 Assists, 32 Points, +24, 12.6 Point Shares, 4.3 Defensive Point Shares.

Bergeron formed Patrice’s Pals, a charity that brings hospital patients and sick kids to watch Bruins games in luxury suites.  Bergeron won five Frank J. Selke trophies.

37 Years Old, Playing for the Boston Bruins.

2017:  Nick Foligno, Columbus Blue Jackets, Left Wing.  26 Goals, 25 Assists, 51 Points, -4, 5.9 Point Shares.

Foligno donated over $1 million to children’s hospitals in the Columbus and Boston area, and created a foundation in honor of his mother in 2009.

35 Years Old, Playing for the Boston Bruins.

2019:  Jason Zucker, Minnesota Wild, Left Wing.  21 Goals, 21 Assists, 42 Points, -9, 4.1 Point Shares.

Zucker began a foundation the year before that raised over $1 million for the Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital.

30 Years Old, Playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

2020:  Matt Dumba, Minnesota Wild, Defense.  6 Goals, 18 Assists, 24 Points, -7, 3.6 Point Shares.

Dumba was a founding member of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, and he helped to spearhead the “Rebuild Minnesota” project to help business impacted by the George Floyd protests.  He also raised funds for COVID-19 relief.

28 Years Old, Playing for the Minnesota Wild.

The King Clancy Memorial Award can generate players of all skill level, but their class is always high.  This may not be the best Hall of Fame metric, but it does measure heart.

The National Hockey League has been ahead of the curve regarding creating individual awards, and they were the first of the major sports to have a dedicated trophy for the Rookie of the Year.  

Named after Frank Calder, the NHL's first President and the incumbent when the award was first issued in 1937, but that was the debut of that trophy.  The NHL began Rookie of the Year accolades in 1933, which we include in our piece.  It is voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writer's Association. 

In hockey, we will see that winning the Calder does not mean that you are an automatic legend.  There is first ballot Hall of Famers and flame-outs on this list, but as the league expanded, it was easier for the Calder winners to stay on and put forth a Hall of Fame resume.

The results are as follows:

There are currently 73 former Calder Trophy winners who are Hockey Hall of Fame eligible, with 34 entering, yielding a percentage of 46.6.  

If we go by yearly winners, nothing changes, as you cannot win this award twice.

The following are the past players who have won The Calder Trophy who are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame and have been enshrined.

1935: Sweeney Schriner, New York Americans, Left Wing: 18 G, 22 A, 40 P, 4.5 PS

Schriner was the first Russian-born player in the NHL, though he was an infant when he moved to Canada.  Making the New York Americans in 1934/35, Schriner played there five seasons, earning First Team and a Second Team in his second and third year, respectively, both of which saw Schriner lead the NHL in Points.  Traded to the Maple Leafs in 1939, the Left Wing enjoyed another First Team All-Star and would win two Stanley Cups (1942 & 1945).  Overall, Schriner scored 407 Points in 484 Games.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962.

1937:  Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs, Center.  16 Goals, 29 Assists, 45 Points, 6.1 Point Shares.  

The official Calder is off to an excellent start at Syl Apps would lead the National Hockey League in Assists as a Rookie, and he built on that to be named a postseason All-Star five times.  More importantly, for Apps and the Maple Leafs, he would help them win three Stanley Cups and retire as a Point per Game player. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1961.

1939:  Frank Brimsek, Boston Bruins, Goalie.  33-9-1 Tie, 1.56 GAA, 11.3 PS.  

Very few players had a start to their career like Frank Brimsek as not only was he the Calder Trophy winner, he also was the Vezina Trophy winner, a First Team All-Star, and he took the Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup.  The native of Eveleth, Minnesota, would lead the Bruins to another Cup win in 1941, and he was also a Vezina Trophy winner in 1942. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966.

1946:  Edgar Laprade, New York Rangers.  15 Goals, 19 Assists, 34 Points, 2.9 Point Shares.  

15 Goals, 19 Assists, 34 Points, 2.9 Point Shares.  Edgar Laprade played his entire career with the New York Rangers, and he would finish third in Lady Byng balloting that year.  He would win the Lady Byng in the 1949/50 season. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993.

1951:  Terry Sawchuk, Detroit Red Wings.  44 Wins, 13 Losses, 13 Ties, 1.56 GAA, 17.0 Goalie Point Shares.

In what would be a colossal opening year, Terry Sawchuk would lead the National Hockey League in Goalie Point Shares and was also a First Team All-Star.  Sawchuk was the leader in Wins his year and would be the next four seasons. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971.

1952:  Bernie Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens.  30 Goals, 24 Assists, 54 Points, 7.0 Point Shares.  

The future Hockey Hall of Famer would lead the NHL in Power-Play Goals.  The future Hart Trophy winner would win six Stanley Cups with a Hart and Art Ross Trophy win in 1961.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972.

1953:  Gump Worsley, New York Rangers.  13 Wins, 29 Losses, 8 Ties, 3.02 GAA, 4.4 Goalie Point Shares.

The "Gump" would lose way more games than he won this season (16), and this would be a theme for Worsley, but he gave it everything he always had, which was why he would enter the Hockey Hall of Fame and would win two Vezina Trophies.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971.

1956:  Glenn Hall, Detroit Red Wings.  30 Wins, 24 Losses, 16 Ties, 2.10 GAA, 14.5 Goalie Point Shares

As a rookie, Glenn Hall was not only the Calder Trophy winner but also a Second Team All-Star, the leader in Shutouts and Minutes Played, and a second-place finish in Point Shares.  Hall would later be a multi-time postseason All-Star and first-ballot Hall of Famer. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975.

1958:  Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs.  20 Goals, 16 Assists, 37 Points, 3.3 Point Shares.  

The "Big M" had a. good rookie season, but he would later become a six-time Stanley Cup winner and also a nine-time postseason All-Star.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972.

1961:  Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs.  20 Goals, 25 Assists, 45 Points, 4.2 Point Shares.  

20 Goals, 25 Assists, 45 Points, 4.2 Point Shares.  With the Toronto Maple Leafs for most of his career, Dave Keon would later be a two-time Lady Byng Trophy winner and was the Conn Smythe Trophy winner for the last Toronto Maple Leaf Stanley Cup Championship team.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986.

1964:  Jacques Laperriere, Montreal Canadiens.  2 Goals, 28 Assists, 30 Points, 6.7 Point Shares.  

Laperriere was another great Quebecer to play for his home province team, where he was immediately one of the better Defensemen in the NHL.  Playing for the Montreal Canadiens his entire career, he was a Second Team All-Star as a rookie and would be a First Team All-Star the next two seasons after, which included a Norris Trophy win in 1966.  Laperriere would help the Habs win five Stanley Cups.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987.

1967:  Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins.  13 Goals, 28 Assists, 41 Points, 6.0 Point Shares.

Any chance we have here to talk about Bobby Orr is always a blessing to us!  Orr is, without question, the most outstanding Defenseman that ever lived, and some will go as far as to say he is the best hockey player, period.  As a rookie, the Boston Bruin was a Second Team All-Star roster member.  Orr finished third in Norris Trophy voting but would go on to win the next eight.  He was a great player who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame without the mandatory three-year wait. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979.

1970:  Tony Esposito, Chicago Blackhawks.  38 Wins, 17 Losses, 8 Ties, 2.17 GAA, 14.7 Goalie Point Shares.

This would be an incredible career for Tony Esposito, who, as a rookie, would not only win the Calder but the Vezina Trophy, the First Team NHL and was the league leader in Wins and Save Percentage.  He would win the Vezina two more times. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988.

1971:  Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres.  38 Goals, 34 Assists, 72 Points, 6.5 Point Shares.

38 Goals, 34 Assists, 72 Points, 6.5 Point Shares.  One of the greatest Buffalo Sabres of all time, Gilbert Perreault, played his entire career in Western New York.  The Quebecer would later be named a Second Team All-Star on two occasions and a later Lady Byng Trophy winner.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1990.

1972:  Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens.  38 Wins, 8 Losses, 15

 Ties, 2.24 GAA, 15.0 Goalie Point Shares.

In terms of a brief career, nobody in any team sport equals that if Ken Dryden.  Before winning the Calder, Ken Dryden would win the Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe, which made him more successful than any other Calder Trophy winner.  Dryden would later win four Vezina Trophy wins and hoist the Stanley Cup five more times.  Long story short, Ken Dryden was the best NHL Goalie of the 1970s. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983.

1974:  Denis Potvin, New York Islanders.  17 Goals, 37 Assists, 54 Points, 6.5 Point Shares.  

Denis Potvin was the first piece in what would eventually become the New York Islanders dynasty that would win four Stanley Cups in the 1980s.  Potvin anchored the Islanders blueline, where he would win three Norris Trophies and was a five-time First Team All-Star.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991.

1976:  Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders.  32 Goals, 63 Assists, 95 Points, 8.6 Point Shares.  

See above!  With the Denis Potvin entry, we talked about him being the building block for the Islanders dynasty.  Here was the next massive piece of the puzzle was Bryan Trottier, who was eighth in the NHL in Assists as a Rookie and had an excellent finish of 95 Points.  Trottier would later win the Hart Trophy (1979), was a four-time postseason Al-Star and in addition to the four Stanley Cups he won with the Islanders, he would help the Pittsburgh Penguins two Cups in the early 1990s.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997.

1978:  Mike Bossy, New York Islanders.  53 Goals, 38 Assists, 91 Points, 10.3 Point Shares.  

See above!  Again!  Potvin.  Trottier.  Mike Bossy.  Three Calder trophy winners in five years and all three Hall of Famers resulting in four Stanley Cups.  As a rookie, Mike Bossy scored 53 Goals and was second in that metric.  Except for his final season, he never had a year where he dipped below 50.  A Second Team All-Star as a Rookie, Bossy would later be a First Team All-Star five times.  His excellent career ended early at the age of 30 due to back issues.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991.

1980:  Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins.  17 Goals, 48 Assists, 65 Points, 10.3 Point Shares.  

When you had Bobby Orr, how lucky are you as an organization to land Ray Bourque?  The Boston Bruins Defenseman was a First Team All-Star as a rookie, and he would be named to either a First or Second Team All-Star every year after until the 1996/97 season.  Bourque would later win the Norris Trophy five times.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004.

1981:  Peter Stastny, Quebec Nordiques.  39 Goals, 70 Assists, 109 Points, 8.6 Point Shares.  

While some might point to Stastny's age (24) and that he had already been playing in his native Czechoslovakia for a while to paint this Calder win as tainted, this was a massive deal as Stastny had already established himself as the best player on the Czechoslovakian team and his defection (along with his brother Anton) ushered in others from the Iron Curtain to do the same.  As an NHL rookie, he scored 109 Points and would have five more 100 Point seasons.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998.

1982:  Dale Hawerchuk, Winnipeg Jets.  45 Goals, 58 Assists, 103 Points, 7.9 Point Shares.  

Scoring 103 Points as a rookie, Hawerchuk would later be a Second Team All-Star and runner-up for the Hart Trophy in the 1984/85 season.  He would score 1,409 Points over his National Hockey League career.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001.

1985:  Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins.  43 Goals, 57 Assists, 100 Points, 7.9 Point Shares.  

With a 100 Point season as a rookie, Mario Lemieux was just getting started.  He would win the Hart Trophy three times, the Art Ross six times, was a postseason NHL All-Star nine times, and took the Pittsburgh Penguins to a Stanley Cup win in 1991 and 1992.  He would become the player to rival Wayne Gretzky.  Lemieux retired in 1997 but returned in 2000 as a player owner and retired again in 2006.  Lemieux would later win three more Stanley Cups as an owner and is the only man in history to have his name etched on the Cup as a player and owner.  Had the Penguins never drafted him, there is an excellent chance that Pittsburgh would not have an NHL team today.  He was inducted immediately after his first retirement, and he would become the first player to win the Calder; he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and returned to action.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997.

1987:  Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings.  45 Goals, 39 Assists, 84 Points, 6.8 Point Shares.  

In addition to winning the Calder, Luc Robitaille would be named a Second Team All-Star.  This was just the beginning of a great career that was spent predominantly with Los Angeles, and he would be named a First Team All-Star five times and a Second Team All-Star three times.  He retired with 1,394 points and entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006.

1988:  Joe Nieuwendyk, Calgary Flames.  51 Goals, 41 Assists, 92 Points, 8.7 Point Shares.  

Nieuwendyk would lead the NHL in Power Play Goals as a rookie and later in his career would win the Stanley Cup with three different teams; 1989 with Calgary, 1999 with Dallas (where he won the Conn Smythe), and 2003 with New Jersey. He finished his career with 1,126 Points.  Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

1989:  Brian Leetch, New York Rangers.  23 Goals, 48 Assists, 71 Points, 9.0 Point Shares.  

Brian Leetch had an exceptional career in the NHL, and securing the Calder Trophy was just the beginning.  Leetch played for the Rangers most of his career, winning the Norris Trophy twice and leading his team to win the Stanley Cup in 1994, where he was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner.  He scored 1,028 Points and entered the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

1990:  Sergei Makarov, Calgary Flames.  24 Goals, 62 Assists, 86 Points, 6.8 Point Shares.  

Makarov is the most controversial Calder Trophy winner as Makarov was over 30, but this was, in fact, his professional season as he played for the Soviet Union and was a star for the Red Army throughout the 1980s and through Canada Cups and other small tournaments he had played against the NHL's best many times.  Still, by the definition of what a rookie is, he qualified though he entered the Hockey Hall of Fame more on what he did Internationally.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016.

1991:  Ed Belfour, Chicago Blackhawks.  43 Wins, 19 Losses, 7 Ties, 2.47 GAA, 14.0 Goalie Point Shares.

Ed Belfour had many excellent seasons in the National Hockey League, and the argument can be made that this was his best one.  Belfour won the Vezina and William M. Jennings trophy and was the leader in Goals Against Average, Save Percentage, and Minutes Played.  Belfour would later earn his second Vezina as a Blackhawk two years later, and he was also a William M. Jennings Trophy winner three more times.  More importantly, "Eddie the Eagle" would backstop the Dallas Stars to a Stanley Cup win in 1999. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

1992:  Pavel Bure, Vancouver Canucks.  34 Goals, 26 Assists, 60 Points, 6.8 Point Shares.  

This was a good season for "The Russian Rocket," but he would later have five 50 Goal Seasons, two of which would see him net 60.  Bure a First Team All-Star with the Canucks and later for the Florida Panthers would have back-to-back Second Team All-Star Selections, and Maurice Richard Trophy wins as the NHL's leading Goal Scorer.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016. 

1993:  Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg Jets.  76 Goals, 56 Assists, 132 Points, 13.4 Point Shares.  

Wow!!!  First off, Selanne was the first player from Finland to win the Calder, but there is so much more here.  Selanne scored 76 Goals and 132 Points, which are by far the most of any rookie and Calder winner.  Considering the current landscape, this could be untouchable.  Selanne would score the most goals this year, but this would be his best season by far of his career though "The Finnish Flash" was no flash in the pan (sorry, I couldn't resist).  Selanne would have three more 100 Point seasons, play into his early 40s and score 1,457 Points over his career.  He would win a Stanley Cup with the Ducks and was a first-ballot Hall of Famer. 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017.

1994:  Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils.  27 Wins, 11 Losses, 8 Ties, 8.9 Point Shares.  

Martin Brodeur is one of the most successful Goalies of all time, and save for seven games with the St. Louis Blues, and it was done with the Devils.  Brodeur would later win four Vezina Trophies, five William M. Jennings Trophies, and four Stanley Cups.  Brodeur had a good rookie year, but unlike other Calder winners who were Goalies, Brodeur's Calder year was not even in his top ten.  He is the all-time leader in Wins, Saves, Games Played (by a Goalie), and Minutes Played, and that may not change in 50 years.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018.

1995:  Peter Forsberg, Quebec Nordiques.  15 Goals, 35 Assists, 50 Points, 8.2 Point Shares. 

When the Philadelphia Flyers traded for Eric Lindros, there was a piece of the puzzle that was an unknown factor.  That was the NHL rights to Peter Forsberg, who would turn out (we think) to be the best player in the deal.  The Swedish star would later help the Colorado Avalanche win two Stanley Cups and, for his trophy case, the Hart Trophy and Art Ross in 2002/03.  He would also be a three First Team All-Star.  

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.

1996.  Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators.  26 Goals, 35 Assists, 61 Points, 5.3 Point Shares.  

Daniel Alfredsson was the second straight Swedish player to win the Calder (following Peter Forsberg), and the Ottawa Senator would lead the team to their most tremendous success to date.  The greatest player in franchise history would score 1,157 Points and be named a Second Team All-Star in 2005/06.  

Inducted in 2022.

 

The following are the players who have won the Calder Trophy who are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame and have not been selected:

1933:  Carl Voss, New York Rangers & Detroit Red Wings, Center: 8 Goals, 16 Assists, 24 Points, 2.8 Point Shares.

Okay, Carl Voss is in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but he was inducted as a builder in 1974 for his work as a referee and, later, referee-in-chief, not as a player.  This is not to say that he was not a good player; he was, but realistically was, a journeyman, as his 264 Games were not just in New York and Detroit.  Voss also played for Toronto, Ottawa, the St. Louis Eagles, New York Americans, Montreal Maroons, and Chicago and had 105 Points in total.  For this project, Voss belongs on this side of the ledger.

Eligible Since 1947. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com

1934:  Russ Blinco, Montreal Maroons, Center: 14 Goals, 9 Assists, 23 Points, 4.1 Point Shares.

Blinco was only in the NHL for six seasons, as a knee injury in the 1938 training camp led to his retirement at the end of the season.  He played the first five years of his career with the Maroons, winning a Stanley Cup in 1935, and was a Chicago Blackhawk in his last campaign.  He had 125 Points in 265 Games.

Eligible Since 1947. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1936:  Mike Karakas, Chicago Blackhawks, Goalie: 21-19-8, 1.85 GAA, 9.5 Point Shares.

Karakas is the first Goalie to win the Calder, and the native of Minnesota would have a nice career in the NHL, playing all but five Games in his eight seasons with Chicago.  A Second Team All-Star in 1945, he backstopped Chicago to a Stanley Cup in 1938.  He is an inaugural member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.

Eligible Since 1949. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1938:  Cully Dahlstrom, Chicago Blackhawks, Center:  10 Goals, 9 Assists, 19 Points, 1.3 Point Shares.  

Dahlstrom would have better seasons in the National Hockey League, but he would never have a season that could be considered excellent.  He would, however, win the Stanley Cup as a rookie with the Blackhawks, and his 206 Points in 345 Games were perfectly decent.   

Eligible Since 1948. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1940:  Kilby MacDonald, New York Rangers.  15 Goals, 13 Assists, 28 Points, 3.8 Point Shares.  

This would be the best season of Kilby MacDonald's brief four-year career as he would bounce back and forth between the Rangers and the minors after.  MacDonald, who also won a Stanley Cup with the Rangers this year, also served in the Army between stints in professional hockey.   

Eligible Since 1948.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1941:  John Quilty, Montreal Canadiens.  18 Goals, 16 Assists, 34 Points, 3.8 Point Shares

18 Goals, 16 Assists, 34 Points, 3.8 Point Shares.  This was by far and away the best season of John Quilty’s career, and after another season for the Montreal Canadiens, he would join the Canadian Military.  Quilty would later return but did not do much and retired with only 81 Points in 125 NHL Games.   

Eligible Since 1951.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1942:  Grant Warwick, New York Rangers.  16 Goals, 17 Assists, 33 Points, 3.0 Point Shares

16 Goals, 17 Assists, 33 Points, 3.0 Point Shares.  Warwick would play for nine seasons in the NHL and peaked with 42 Points in the 1944/45 Season.  He would play most of his career with the New York Rangers, with two seasons with Boston and a year with Montreal following.  

Eligible Since 1953.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1943: Gaye Stewart, Toronto Maple Leafs.  24 Goals, 23 Assists, 47 Points, 4.0 Point Shares. 

The Calder Trophy win for Gaye Stewart had so much historical meaning.  The first is that he would become the first player to win the Calder after he won the Stanley Cup as he played for the Maple Leafs in three games in the 1942 Playoffs.  Like so many, Stewart's career took on a sabbatical as he joined the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, but he returned in the 1945/46 Season to lead the National Hockey League in Goals, and he was the runner-up for the Hart Trophy and the year after he helped Toronto win the 1947 Stanley Cup.  He was traded the following season to Chicago and was a Second Team All-Star that season.  He finished his career with 344 Points in 502 Games.  

Eligible Since 1956.  Ranked #118 on Notinhalloffame.com.

1944:  Gus Bodnar, Toronto Maple Leafs.  22 Goals, 40 Assists, 62 Points, 4.5 Point Shares.  

Bodnar's 62 Points were the best of his career, which was likely because it occurred in the depleted talent pool of the World War II NHL.  Bodnar's career was not Hall of Fame worthy, but it was a good one that spanned 12 years long, and he would win two Stanley Cups with Toronto in 1945 and 1947.  

Eligible Since 1958.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1945:  Frank McCool, Toronto Maple Leafs.  24 Wins, 22 Losses, 4 Ties, 3.22 GAA, 10.1 Goalie Point Shares.

Frank McCool had a very interesting and brief career.  The Goalie played hockey at Gonzaga and would join the Canadian Military to serve in World War II.  He would return to hockey, and this time it was at the professional level where he would operate between the pipes for the Toronto Maple Leafs and take them to the Finals and win the Cup.  In the process, he recorded four Shutouts in the postseason and three straight, which still is tied for the record today.  So what did Frank McCool do for an encore?  Not much.  He would play 22 more games for the Leafs and retire shortly after due to ulcers.  

Eligible since 1949.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1947:  Howie Meeker, Toronto Maple Leafs.  27 Goals, 18 Assists, 45 Points, 4.5 Point Shares

The first season of Howie Meeker’s career was arguably his finest as he had career highs with 27 Goals and 45 Points as a rookie and would help the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.  Meeker would win two more Stanley Cups with Toronto and retired with 185 Points in 346 Games.  Meeker would later become more famous as a broadcaster.  

Eligible Since 1957.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1948:  Jim McFadden, Detroit Red Wings.  24 Goals, 24 Assists, 48 Points, 5.7 Point Shares.  

In terms of traditional statistics, Jim McFadden's best season was his rookie year, where he had career highs in Goals, Assists, and Points.  McFadden's career was not long, as it lasted seven seasons, four with Detroit and three with Chicago.  His last season in Motown would see him win the Stanley Cup.  

Eligible Since 1957.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1949:  Pentti Lund, New York Rangers.  14 Goals, 16 Assists, 30 Points, 2.6 Point Shares.  

This was the best season of Lund's career, where he had career highs in Points and would become the first European born to win the Calder.  Lund was born in Finland, although he arrived in Canada at six.  The Forward would last five years in the NHL. 

Eligible Since 1956.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1950:  Jack Gelineau, Boston Bruins (1950)

22 Wins, 30 Losses, 15 Ties, 3.28 GAA, 7.3 Point Shares.  Jack Gelineau may have had a losing record, but he was a machine in terms of workload.  The Boston Bruin was fifth in Goalie Point Shares this season and was third in the season after, but his overall career ended shortly after.  

Eligible Since 1957.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1954:  Camille Henry, New York Rangers.  24 Goals, 15 Assists, 39 Points, 5.4 Point Shares.

Camille Henry's rookie season would see him lead the National Hockey League in Power Play Goals (20).  Henry would regress and bounce around in the AHL but return to have a Second Team All-Star and Lady Byng-winning season in 1957/58.  Henry would finish in the top five in Lady Byng voting five more times, finish first in Power Play Goals two more times, and retire with 528 Points in 727 Games.  

Eligible Since 1973.  Ranked #190 on Notinhallofame.com.

1955: Ed Litzenberger, Montreal Canadiens & Chicago Blackhawks.  23 Goals, 28 Assists, 51 Points, 5.8 Point Shares

According to the story, the Montreal Canadiens “gifted” Litzenberger in a trade to the Chicago Blackhawks to keep the team viable in the NHL, basically so they would not go bankrupt!  He would score 51 Points as a rookie and would later be a Second Team All-Star in 1957, where he was sixth in Hart Trophy voting.  He retired with 416 Points in 619 Games. 

Eligible Since 1967.  Ranked #147 on Notinhalloffame.com.

1957:  Larry Regan, Boston Bruins.  14 Goals, 19 Assists, 33 Points, 2.8 Point Shares.

With all due respect to Larry Regan, he had a pedestrian career in professional hockey and did nothing more than what you saw this season.  The forward would only score 136 Points over his career in the NHL. 

Eligible in 1964.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1959:  Ralph Backstrom, Montreal Canadiens.  18 Goals, 22 Assists, 40 Points, 3.8 Point Shares

Ralph Backstrom would win six Stanley Cup Rings with the Montreal Canadiens and was also a six-time All-Star.  

Eligible in 1980.  Ranked #27 on Notinhalloffame.com.

1960:  Bill Hay, Chicago Blackhawks.  18 Goals, 37 Assists, 50 Points, 4.9 Point Shares.  

Bill Hay played all eight seasons in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks, where he would win a Stanley Cup and a Calder, but these would be the only awards he would win.  He did enter the Hall as a builder for his work as the Calgary Flames CEO and work as the Hall's Chairman, but for our purposes, Hay was not (nor would he have been) enshrined as a player.  

Eligible Since 1970.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1962:  Bobby Rousseau, Montreal Canadiens.  21 Goals, 24 Assists, 45 Points, 4.3 Point Shares.  

Rousseau would lead the NHL in Short-Handed Goals and later help the Montreal Canadiens win four Stanley Cups in the 1960s.  In the 1965/66 season, he would lead the NHL in Assists and was named a Second Team All-Star.  He would score 703 Points over his career.  

Eligible Since 1978.  Ranked #141 on Notinhalloffame.com.

1963:  Kent Douglas, Toronto Maple Leafs.  7 Goals, 15 Assists, 22 Points, 6.6 Point Shares.  

While Kent Douglas would have better individual stats in later years, his first season in the NHL was special as he not only won the Calder but was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 1963 Stanley Cup win. 

Eligible Since 1976.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Roger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings.  40 Wins, 22 Losses, 7 Ties, 2.42 GAA, 14.4 Point Shares.  

The rookie season of Roger Crozier was also the best of his career as he was the league leader in Wins, Saves, Shutouts, and Minutes Played while also being named a First Team All-Star.  Crozier was named the Conn Smythe winner the following year, but he never had a season like this again though he is still a 200 Game winner. 

Eligible Since 1980.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1966.  Brit Selby, Toronto Maple Leafs.  14 Goals, 13 Assists, 27 Points, 2.0 Point Shares.  

14 Goals, 13 Assists, 27 Points, 2.0 Point Shares.  Considering that he was a Calder Trophy winner, Brit Selby did not have a great career, as he would be sent down to the minors the year after and never had a season higher than 30 Points.  He isn't the worst player to win the Calder but is he in the top ten, or is it the bottom ten?

Eligible Since 1978.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1968:  Derek Sanderson, Boston Bruins.   24 Goals, 25 Assists, 49 Points, 4.8 Point Shares.

Many books can be written on the career of Derek Sanderson, but for this purpose, we have an exciting Calder Trophy winner who had the tiger by the tail.  Sanderson would later win the Stanley Cup twice with the Boston Bruins but never again win another individual accolade.  

Eligible Since 1981.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

Danny Grant, Minnesota North Stars.  34 Goals, 31 Assists, 65 Points, 6.8 Point Shares.  

Danny Grant had an understated career spent predominantly with the Minnesota North Stars and Detroit Red Wings.  Grant would have four 60 Point Seasons, this being the first of them, but overall, it did not warrant serious Hall of Fame consideration.  

Eligible Since 1982.   Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1973:  Steve Vickers, New York Rangers.  30 Goals, 23 Assists, 53 Points, 5.9 Point Shares.

Steve Vickers made history as the first rookie to score consecutive hat tricks, and he would put the puck in the net 30 times in his Calder Trophy-winning season.  Vickers would be named a Second Team All-Star two seasons later with a 41 Goal year, but by age 30, he was out of the NHL after his play dropped considerably.  

Eligible since 1985.   Ranked #229 Notinhalloffame.com.

1975:  Eric Vail, Atlanta Flames.  39 Goals, 21 Assists, 60 Points, 6.1 Point Shares.

39 Goals, 21 Assists, 60 Points, 6.1 Point Shares.  Eric Vail's best goal-scoring season was as a rookie (39), and he would become the first player in Flames franchise history to win the Calder.  Vail would have two more 30 Goal seasons, and when the team moved to Calgary, he was the leading goal scorer in franchise history.  

Eligible Since 1985.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1977:  Willi Plett, Atlanta Flames.  33 Goals, 23 Assists, 56 Points, 6.1 Point Shares.  

This was the second Calder trophy in three years for the Atlanta Flames, but unlike the Islanders, who had the same earlier with Potvin and Trottier, Eric Vail and Willi Plett were not in that league.  Still, Plett had 33 Goals as a rookie and would have another 30-goal season when he scored 38 the year the Flames moved to Calgary.  This would be the only individual award that Plett would win in the NHL.  

Eligible Since 1991.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

1979:  Bobby Smith, Minnesota North Stars.  30 Goals, 44 Assists, 74 Points, 6.1 Point Shares.  

Bobby Smith had a promising career where he would score 1,036 Points and would be a four-time All-Star.  His best individual seasons were with the Minnesota North Stars, but he would later win the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1986. 

Eligible Since 1996.  Ranked #36 on Notinhalloffame.com.

Steve Larmer, Chicago Blackhawks (1983)

43 Goals, 47 Assists, 90 Points, 8.4 Point Shares.  Steve Larmer was a Point per Game player in the National Hockey League, which was very good for the 1980s but not what it means today.  Larmer would go to two All-Star Games, and late in his career, he would assist the New York Rangers would win the Stanley Cup.  

Eligible Since 1998.  Ranked #31 on Notinhalloffame.com.

1984:  Tom Barrasso, Buffalo Sabres.  26 Wins, 12 Losses, 3 Ties, 2.85 GAA, 7.5 Point Shares.  

Tom Barrasso would have a very long career in the National Hockey League (19 years), but like other Calder-winning Goalies, his best season professionally was as a rookie.  He would not only win the Calder but was a First Team All-Star and would win the Vezina.  Barrasso would later win the William M. Jennings Trophy and two Second Team All-Star nods and won 369 Games in the NHL overall.  

Eligible Since 2006.  Ranked #14 on Notinhalloffame.com.

Gary Suter, Calgary Flames.  18 Goals, 50 Assists, 68 Points, 8.0 Point Shares.  

Gary Suter would score well for a Defenseman, and in his third season, he scored 91 Points en route to a third-place finish in Norris Trophy voting and a Second Team All-Star Selection.  Suter would help the Flames win the Stanley Cup the year after and overall would score 844 Points in his NHL career.  

Eligible Since 2005.  Ranked #54 on Notinhalloffame.com.

1997.  Bryan Berard, New York Islanders.  8 Goals, 40 Assists, 48 Points, 7.6 Point Shares.  

The native of Rhode Island would never have a season where he had more Points or Point Shares, but he still had a good career, especially considering it was almost over after getting slashed in the eye by a stick in 2000 that nearly caused him to lose it.  The fact that he came back at all to be effective was a testament to who Berard was, and he would win the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in the 2003/04 Season.  

Eligible Since 2011.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com

1998.  Sergei Samsonov, Boston Bruins.  22 Goals, 25 Assists, 47 Points, 5.5 Point Shares.  

Sergei Samsonov would have a pretty good career in the NHL with 571 Points in 888 Games, but when you a teen sensation from Russia winning the Calder, you expected something more, and likely the Bruins faithful hoped for the same. 

Eligible Since 2014.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com

1999:  Chris Drury, Colorado Avalanche.  20 Goals, 24 Assists, 44 Points, 5.0 Point Shares.  

Drury would have a solid career helping the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in 2001.  He would later blossom into a strong defensive forward, and for five years in a row (2005-06 to 2009-10), he would receive votes for the Frank J. Selke. 

Eligible Since 2014.  Ranked #295 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2000:  Scott Gomez, New Jersey Devils.  19 Goals, 51 Assists, 70 Points, 7.3 Point Shares.  

From the great state of Alaska, Scott Gomez scored 70 Points as a rookie and would hit that mark three more times.  Gomez helped the Devils win the Stanley Cup as a rookie and again in 2003, and he would be a two-time All-Star.  He scored 756 Points over his career.  

Eligible Since 2019.  Ranked #258 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2001:  Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose Sharks.  32 Wins, 21 Losses, 7 Ties, 2.19 GAA, .915 Save Percentage, 11.7 Point Shares.  

Evgeni Nabokov finished fourth in Vezina Trophy as a rookie and would finish in the top six five more times.  He would also be a First Team All-Star in 2007/08 when he led the Goalies in Wins.  He would have a career record of 353-227-86.  

Eligible Since 2018.  Ranked #119 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2002:  Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers.  26 Goals, 41 Assists, 67 Points, 6.8 Point Shares.  

Heatley had a great start to his career, but a car crash that killed a teammate necessitated a change of scenery, and he would be traded to the Ottawa Senators, who would later have a pair of 100 Point Seasons, where he was named a First Team and Second Team All-Star.  He would score 791 Points in 869 Games.  

Eligible Since 2018.  Ranked #112 on Notinhalloffame.com.

2003:  Barret Jackman, St. Louis Blues.  3 Goals, 16 Assists, 19 Points, 5.4 Point Shares.  

Barret Jackman would have a promising career as a stay-at-home Defenseman, and he spent with the St. Louis Blues for all but one season.  Jackman never would come close to winning an individual award, but the fact that the Blues held on to him for 13 seasons shows what kind of asset he was.   

Eligible Since 2019.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

2004:  Andrew Raycroft, Boston Bruins.  29 Wins, 18 Losses, 9 Ties, 2.05 GAA, .926 Save Percentage, 12.6 Point Shares.  

Other than his Calder trophy win, Raycroft only had one good season of note: with the Toronto Maple Leafs three years after his Calder win.  Those two years contributed to over half of Goalie Point Shares over his 11 seasons in the National Hockey League.  

Eligible Since 2015.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

2009:  Steve Mason, Columbus Blue Jackets.  33 Wins, 20 Losses, 7 Ties, 2.29 GAA, .916 Save Percentage, 11.2 Point Shares.  

Mason's Calder Trophy-winning season was his best year by far, and he was also the runner-up for the Vezina and fourth place finish in Hart Trophy voting.  Mason would have a 205-183-64 record while also playing for Philadelphia and Winnipeg.  

Eligible Since 2021.  Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.

So, who is up next?

The following are the players who have won the NHL Calder Trophy who have retired but have not met the mandatory years out of the game to qualify for the Hockey Hall of Fame: 

None.

The following are the past players who have won the NHL Calder Trophy who are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame and are still active.

2006:  Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals.  52 Goals, 54 Assists, 106 Points, 12.7 Point Shares.  

52 Goals, 54 Assists, 106 Points, 12.7 Point Shares.  Ovechkin was the first Washington Capital to win the Calder, and he did so with a 50 Goal and 100 Point Season, which is no small feat in the dead puck era.  Since that win, Ovechkin took the Capitals to their first Stanley Cup win in 2018, and along the way, he has won seven Maurice Richard Awards, three Hart Trophies, and one Art Ross.  

37 Years Old, Playing for the Washington Capitals.

2007:  Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins.  33 Goals, 52 Assists, 85 Points, 9.4 Point Shares.  

Evgeni Malkin would be the second straight Russian to win the Calder, and to date, he has had a spectacular career where he has been a four-time All-Star, a Hart Trophy winner, and a two-time Art Ross winner.  Malkin would also take the Penguins to three Stanley Cups, continuing the winning tradition of the Western Pennsylvania team.  

36 Years Old, Playing for the Washington Capitals.

2008:  Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks.  21 Goals, 51 Assists, 72 Points, 7.2 Point Shares.  

Patrick Kane has to date an incredible career where; he has won three Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks and was also a three-time First Team All-Star.  He would win the Hart Trophy in 2015/16.  

34 Years Old, Playing for the Chicago Blackhawks.

2010:  Tyler Myers, Buffalo Sabres.  11 Goals, 37 Assists, 48 Points, 9.8 Point Shares.  

As of this writing, Tyler Myers' rookie season was his best by far, as his Goals, Assists, Points, and Point Shares were all career highs.  It has been a good career but not what you would hope for considering his start.  

32 Years Old, Playing for the Vancouver Canucks.

2011:  Jeff Skinner, Carolina Hurricanes.  31 Goals, 32 Assists, 63 Points, 8.1 Point Shares.  

To date, Skinner has been named an All-Star twice and has equaled his rookie point total in 2016/17 but has not eclipsed it.  

30 Years Old, Playing for the Buffalo Sabres.

2012:  Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche.  22 Goals, 30 Assists, 52 Points, 6.8 Point Shares.  

22 Goals, 30 Assists, 52 Points, 6.8 Point Shares.  From Sweden, Gabriel Landeskog has performed well and went to his first All-Star Game in 2019.  He does have a way to go to get onto a Hockey Hall of Fame trajectory, but his Stanley Cup in 2022 helps a lot.

30 Years Old, Playing for the Colorado Avalanche.

2013:  Jonathan Huberdeau, Florida Panthers.  14 Goals, 17 Assists, 31 Points, 3.3 Point Shares.  

Huberdeau has thus far had a good career though it has been spent primarily on smaller-market teams.  He was a back-to-back Second Team All-Star in 2021 and 2022 before he was traded to Calgary.

29 Years Old, Playing for the Calgary Flames

2014:  Nathan McKinnon, Colorado Avalanche.  24 Goals, 39 Assists, 63 Points, 3.3 Point Shares.  

Since his Calder Trophy win, McKinnon has had two 90 Point Seasons and, in 2017/18, was a Second Team All-Star and the runner-up for the Hart Trophy.   In 2022, McKinnon would help lead Colorado to their third Stanley Cup.

27 Years Old, Playing for the Colorado Avalanche.

2015:  Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers.  12 Goals, 27 Assists, 39 Points, 8.5 Point Shares.  

A better than you think blueliner, Ekblad finished 22^ndi n Norris Trophy voting as a rookie and was 16^th as a sophomore.   He would have his first top-ten Norris finish in 2021/22.

26 Years Old, Playing for the Florida Panthers.

2016:  Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks.  30 Goals, 47 Assists, 77 Points, 9.8 Point Shares.  

Panarin played in the KHL a little longer and did not arrive in the NHL until he was 23, making him a little older than most rookies, so perhaps he had a bit of an advantage, but he was great as a rookie, and he would be named a Second Team All-Star in his second season.  In his first year with the Rangers (2019-20), he was chosen as a First Team All-Star

31 Years Old, Playing for the New York Rangers.

2017:  Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs.  40 Goals, 29 Assists, 69 Points, 9.7 Point Shares.  

Maple Leafs fans were thrilled when Matthews scored five goals in his first game, and overall in his rookie year, he had a 40 Goal season that was good enough for second overall.  The American was also named an All-Star, and he led the NHL in Even Strength Goals.  In 2021-22, Matthews won the Hart, fulfilling what many Toronto fans saw on day one.

25 Years Old, Playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

2018:  Mathew Barzal, New York Islanders.  22 Goals, 63 Assists, 85 Points, 8.2 Point Shares.  

Barzal finished fifth in the NHL in Assists as a rookie.  To date, this is the best year that Barzal has had in the NHL.

25 Years Old, Playing for the New York Islanders.

2019:  Elias Petterson, Vancouver Canucks.  28 Goals, 38 Assists, 66 Points, 7.8 Point Shares.  

Petterson went to this year’s All-Star Game and the one after, showing a promising start to his NHL career.

24 Years Old, Playing for the Vancouver Canucks.

2020:  Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche.  12 Goals, 38 Assists, 50 Points, 7.7 Point Shares.  

Regardless of the era, Makar had one of the best rookie seasons of any Defenseman, and he finished ninth in Norris voting.  Two years later, Makar had a season for the ages, winning the Norris, the Stanley Cup, and the Conn Smythe, joining Bobby Orr as the only player to do so.

24 Years Old, Playing for the Colorado Avalanche.

2021:  Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild.  27 Goals, 24 Assists, 51 Points, 6.7 Point Shares.  

Kaprizov had a great rookie year, finishing 15^th in Hart voting and immediately becoming the top player on the Wild.

25 Years Old, Playing for the Minnesota Wild.

2022:  Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings.  7 Goals, 43 Assists, 50 Points, 6.7 Point Shares.  

Seider became the first Red Wing to win the Calder in the post-Original Six era and the first German-born recipient.

21 Years Old, Playing for the Detroit Red Wings.

From what we can see in terms of the Calder Trophy winners, there is some solid Hall of Fame potential, but like so many sports, injuries can derail such great starts.  The Calder looks to be our favorite NHL Award to monitor as we go forward.

As you see, the Calder is a hit-or-miss projection on Hall of Fame potential, and though some serious talents have yet to retire and will immediately enter the Hall, some won't.  We doubt that this percentage will change that much.

It is a huge day for us at Notinhalloffame.com, as the Hockey Hall of Fame has announced the Class of 2022.

It is especially welcoming, as the Hockey Hall elected to select nobody last year, due to the inability to have a proper ceremony due to COVID-19.

Let’s get right to it!

As we expected, the Sedin twins, Daniel and Henrik have been chosen for the Hockey Hall of Fame.  From Sweden, and playing the entirety of their career with the Vancouver Canucks, both brothers may not have won a Stanley Cup, but they did not conclude their career with empty trophy cases.

Playing at Left Wing, Daniel Sedin won the 2011 Ted Lindsay Award and Art Ross Trophy, scoring 1,041 Points over his career.  Henrik, who played at Center, also won the Art Ross (2010), while winning the coveted Hart Trophy the same year.

Internationally, the Sedins also led Sweden to Gold in the 2006 Olympics and secured Silver in 2014.

The Canucks are very well represented with this class, as their long time Goalie, Roberto Luongo, enters Toronto on their first year of the ballot.  The winner of 489 Games (fourth overall) may not have won the Vezina, but was a Finalist three times.  Internationally, Luongo was part of two Olympic Gold Medalist teams.

After five years of eligibility Daniel Alfredsson was chosen.  The greatest player in Ottawa Senators history, Alfredsson won the 1995/96 Calder Trophy and would also capture the King Clancy and Mark Messier Leadership Award late in his career.  He left the game with 1,157 Points, and also had Olympic Gold (2006) and Silver (2014).

The Hockey Hall inducted another female to their midst, with Riikka Sallinen, the first non-North American woman to be chosen.  Representing Finland, Sallinen led Finland to three European Gold Medals, Silver in the Worlds, and had two Olympic Bronze Medals and six World Championship Bronze Medals.

Inducted as a builder is Herb Carnegie, who was one of the first black hockey players.  Predating Willie O’Ree, it was alleged that Carnegie had the skills to play in the NHL in the 1940s and 1950s, but his race kept him from the opportunity.

What comes next? 

We revise our Notinhalloffame Hockey List, based on your votes, eliminating those who have been chosen, those who become eligible in 2023 and adjust based on your votes and comments.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the newest members of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

It is a pretty big day for us at Notinhalloffame.com as we are unveiling our new Notinhalloffame Hockey List of those to consider for the Hockey Hall of Fame.  

However, this is not just any list, as we have expanded it to 300!

First, off we know what you might be thinking;

“There is no way that any of those players from ___ to 300 will get into the Hall of Fame.”.

We agree.  It isn’t likely to happen.  Obviously, we love lists, and that is, and always will be, the crux of what we do.  Think of them as a great batch of players, all of which were damned good and any bottom 25 of whomever is on our 300 (providing there is a Goalie there) could win a Stanley Cup.  

Let’s move on…

We have not just added new entries up to 300, but retooled those that were already listed.

The first thing we did was remove the four former players who were inducted into the Class of 2020.  That consisted of Jarome Iginla (#1), Marion Hossa (#10), Doug Wilson (#14) and Kevin Lowe (#37).  

We then added the new entries who are now eligible for the Class of 2021.  Afterwards, we altered rankings based on your comments and votes.

Before we continue, please note that the Hockey Hall of Fame recently announced that due to the pandemic, they have pushed back the Class of 2020 ceremony to November of next year.  Hall of Fame Chairman, Lanny McDonald said that there might be a dual ceremony with the Class of 2021, or that the 2021 Class might not happen at all.  We certainly are praying that the latter is not the case.

Please note that we do not currently rank women, coaches or builders, although we do have Don Cherry listed.  That is our only exception, which is grandfathered in.

The entire list can be found here, but here is the revised top ten:

1.Henrik Sedin:  Sedin tops the 2021 list, and the career Vancouver Canuck is a former Hart Trophy winner, which usually means you are entering the Hall. If you don’t go by that, he is also a former Art Ross Trophy winner, and every eligible Art Ross winner are in Toronto.

2. Daniel Sedin:  The twin brother of Henrik also played his entire NHL career with the Canucks, but he is not a Hart winner.  That shouldn’t matter as his accolades include an Art Ross (see above), and he won the Ted Lindsay Award.  The Sedins are also Olympic Gold Medalists for Sweden.

3. Alexander Mogilny: The Russian has been eligible since 2009 and was once #1 on our list.  Mogilny, who led the NHL in Goals in 1993, was ranked second number two.

4. Theoren Fleury:  Dropping from #3, Fleury won the Stanley Cup with Calgary in 1989 and the Gold Medal with Canada in 2002.  He is a seven-time All-Star.

5. Daniel Alfredsson: Alfredsson remains at #5, and is one of three Swedish players in the top five.  Playing mostly with the Ottawa Senators, Alfredsson is a six-time All-Star and Olympic Gold Medalist with Sweden in 2006.

6. Don Cherry:  Cherry drops from #4, and at one time he was ranked #1 on our list.  It has not been a good twelve months for Cherry, as he was fired from Sportsnet for what was deemed racist comments.  As mentioned above, Cherry is the lone exception to our rule about ranking coaches/builders in our core lists.

7. Jeremy Roenick:  You could say that Jeremy Roenick had the same year as Cherry, as the acerbic American lost his job with NBC due to sexist comments on a podcast. That does not affect his on-ice accomplishments, which were nine All-Stars and 1,200 Points.  He moves up from #8.

8. Pierre Turgeon:  Turgeon drops from #6, and he has 1,327 career Points and was a four-time All-Star.

9. John LeClair:  LeClair holds on to his number nine slot, and he was chosen for two First Team All-Stars and three Second Team All-Stars.  LeClair accomplished this with Philadelphia and he was a Stanley Cup Champion with the Montreal Canadiens.

10. Bernie Nicholls:  Nicholls drops three spots and concludes our top ten.  He is a three-time All-Star with over 1,200 NHL Points.

There are other significant debuts to our list.  

Swedish Center, Henrik Zetterberg is at #29.  He played his entire NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, and he is a member of the Triple Gold Club.  Just behind him is Rick Nash who makes his first appearance at #30. Nash was a two-time All-Star and a two-time Gold Medal winner with Canada.  Three-time Stanley Cup Champion,Patrick Sharp, debuts at #75.  Scott Hartnell comes in at #106.

You know what we want you to do!

Take a. look and cast your votes and offer your opinions.

As always, we thank you for your support.

The Chairman (Kirk Buchner) and Evan Nolan look at the Mascot Hall of Fame Class of 2020, the passings of Claudell Washington, Bonnie Pointer and Ken Riley and a preview of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

As always we here at Notinhalloffame.com remain focused on our core lists of which those who are not in the Hockey Hall of Fame is one. We have now updated that list and have expanded it to 125, with an intention to grow it to 150 in the fall of the year.

Two names were removed from our list, Martin Brodeur (#1) and Martin St. Louis (#3) as both were chosen for the Hockey Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility and as such we again have a new number one on our list. Every year we have new entries of former players who are now eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame but for the first time none of the new entries crack our top ten.

Our entire Notinhalloffame.com Hockey List can be found here, but in the meantime here is our new Top Ten:

Alexander Mogilny goes to #1 for the first time and jumped from #4. In the 1992-93 season, “Alexander the Great” scored 76 Goals and he was a two time Second Team All Star as well a six time All Star. Mogilny would win an Olympic Gold Medal in 1988 with the Soviet Union and a Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils in 2000.

Don Cherry stays at #2. While the dynamic personality remains polarizing there is no doubt that he is an iconic figure in the game. The host of “Coach’s Corner” is a former Jack Adams Trophy winner himself.

Theoren Fleury moved up from #5 to #3. Fleury was a seven time All Star who led the Calgary Flames to the Stanley Cup in 1989. He is also an Olympic Gold Medalist with Team Canada in 2002.

Daniel Alfredsson went up three spots from #7 to #4. Alfredsson was a six time All Star who spent the majority of his career with the Ottawa Senators. He was an Olympic Gold Medalist for Team Sweden in 2006.

Bernie Nicholls only went up one rank to #5. Nicholls scored 150 Points for Los Angeles in the 1988-89 season and had over 1,200 overall. Nicholls was a three time All Star.

Jeremy Roenick climbed from #8 to #6. Roenick is the highest ranked American on our list and he is a nine time All Star. He is a member of the 1,200 Point Club.

Pierre Turgeon also had a significant jump as he went from #10 to #7. Turgeon has the most Points on this list with 1,327 and he is a four time All Star. He also won the Lady Byng Trophy in the 1992-93 season.

John LeClair rose from #9 to #8. LeClair does not have the accumulation that others in the top ten does but he had a five year run with the Philadelphia Flyers where he was named a post season All Star. He was also a two time Olympian for the United States.

Mike Richter remains the highest ranked netminder but hits the top ten for the first time with an increase in rank from #11 to #9. This marks the third American in a row on our list. Richter is a three time All Star, a Stanley Cup winner with the New York Rangers (1994) and a World Cup of Hockey Champion (1996) where he was the MVP.

Claude Provost also hit the top ten for the first time as he moved #13 to #10.   Provost is one of the most decorated players of all time as he is an eleven time All Star and nine time Stanley Cup Champion in a career spent entirely with the Montreal Canadiens.

While there are no new members in the top ten list, we do have two new entries to the top twenty-five.

Vincent LeCavalier debuts at #15. The four time All Star took Tampa Bay to their first and only Stanley Cup in 2004, which was the same year he helped Canada win the World Cup. Three years later he won the Maurice Richard Trophy.

Brad Richards makes his first appearance at #21. Like LeCavalier, Richards played on Tampa Bay’s Stanley Cup championship team and Team Canada’s World Cup win in 2004. Richard only went to one All Star Game but he was the Conn Smythe Trophy winner in ’04.

As we stated earlier, our list expanded to 125 and as such we have a lot of new entries who have been eligible before.

The new entries are:

Milan Hejduk #89. Hejduk helped the Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in 2001 and was a Second Team All Star and Maurice Richard Trophy winner in the 2002-03 Season. He also won the Olympic Gold Medal with the Czech Republic in 1998.

John Ross Roach #97. Roach was a First Team All Star in the 1932-33 season, nearly a decade after he backstopped the Toronto St. Pats to a Stanley Cup.

Steve Duchesne #98. Duchesne was a three time All Star Defenseman who scored 752 Points. He would win a Stanley Cup late in his career with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002.

Bill White #101. White went to six All Star Games in a career spend predominantly with the Chicago Blackhawks. White was also a Second Team All Star three years in a row from the 1971-72 season to 1973-74)

Teppo Numminen #103. Numminen was a three time NHL All Star who represented Finland multiple times including winning two Silver Medals in the Olympics.

Ziggy Palffy #104. Palffy was a three time All Star who finished in the top five in Goals twice. He represented Slovakia internationally on multiple occasions.

Jean Guy Talbot #105 . Talbot was a six time All Star and seven time Stanley Cup Champion with the Montreal Canadiens seven times. He was also a First Team All Star in the 1961-62 Season.

James Patrick #107. Patrick played 1,280 Games in the NHL and was a workhorse in the game.

Kimmo Timonen #108. Timonen was a three time NHL All Star and was a Stanley Cup Champion with the Chicago Blackhawks (2015) and a four time Olympic Medalist with Finland.

Al Rollins #111. Rollins is one of the few players to have won the Hart Trophy (1954) and to not be in the Hockey Hall of Fame. He also won the Vezina Trophy in 1951, the same season he helped the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

Pat Stapleton #114. Stapleton was a three time Second Team All Star and three time All Star who would later be the Defenceman of the Year in the WHA.

Pit Martin #116. Martin was a four time All Star during his stint with the Chicago Blackhawks and would later win the Bill Masterton Trophy in 1970.

Adam Foote #117. Foote was a two time Stanley Cup Champion with the Colorado Avalanche and he would help Canada win an Olympic Gold Medal in 2002 and a World Cup Gold Medal in 2004.

Mike Ramsey #118. Ramsey was a member of the Miracle on Ice team in 1980 and was a four time All Star in the NHL.

Glenn Resch #120. Resch was a three time All Star who would also be named a Second Team All Star twice. He was a part of the New York Islanders first Stanley Cup win in 1980.

Vic Hadfield #121. Hadfield was a famous New York Ranger who went to two All Star Games and he was also a one time Second Team All Star.

Bob Baun #123. Baun starred for the Toronto Maple Leafs where he would help the buds win four Stanley Cups.

Evgeni Nabokov #124. Nabokov won the Calder Trophy in 2001 and was named a First Team All Star in 2008. He was also a two time All Star.

Brad McCrimmon #125. McCrimmon was a Second Team All Star in 1988 in the same year he helped the Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup.

Please note that we only rank former male players and at this time (with the exception of Don Cherry) we do not rank coaches, builders or former female players. We might create separate lists for that in the future.

Look for this list to expand to 150 in a few months.

As always we here at Notinhalloffame.com encourage all of you to take a look at our updates and give us your opinions and cast your votes.

The International Ice Hockey Federation has announced the eight member Class of 2018 which include four familiar faces to NHL fans.

Lets get right to the new members shall we.

Current Los Angeles Kings General Manager and 20 year NHL veteran Rob Blake will be inducted in Copenhagen. Blake who won a Stanley Cup in 2001 with the Colorado Avalanche and is also a Norris Trophy winner is also a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Representing Canada, Blake in a Gold Medalist in the 2002 Olympics and also twice won a World Championship (1994 & 1997). Blake was also on the 1996 Silver Medal World Cup Team of 1996.

Three time Stanley Cup Champion and three time Norris Trophy winner, Chris Chelios will be joining Blake. On top of 26 seasons in the NHL, Chelios was a four time U.S. Olympian and three time captain of that squad. He would win an Olympic Silver Medal in 2002 at the Salt Lake Games and would win the World Cup of Hockey in 1996. He also played in the Canada Cup three times.

Six time NHL All Star Daniel Alfredsson will be Sweden’s lone representative to the IIHOF. The long time Ottawa Senator suited up for Sweden in the Olympics five times, one resulting in a Gold Medal (2006) and one a Silver Medal (2014). Alfredsson also had two Silvers and a Bronze in World Hockey Championship competition.

Three time Frank J. Selke Award winner, Jere Lehtinen will also be included. The former Stanley Cup Champion with the Dallas Stars represented Finland in the Olympics five times, capturing a Silver Medal in 2006 and three Bronze Medals (1994, 1998 & 2010). In the World Championships he captured a Gold Medal in the 1995 tournament and also won three Silver Medals.

The other four inductees are French National Team and former Executive (Philippe Lacarriere); former Referee Bob Nadin: Danish hockey player Jesper Damgaard and Latvian Kirvos Lipmans who enters via the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding service to hockey.

The Official ceremony will take place during the 2018 World Hockey Championship in Denmark, which is scheduled for May 4-20.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the latest members of the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.

It was not that long ago that the Hockey Hall of Fame selected four former National Hockey League players to their institution, all of which were ranked in our top ten on our Notinhalloffame.com Hockey List. They are Teemu Selanne (#1), Paul Kariya (#3), Mark Recchi (#4) and Dave Andreychuk (#10). As such it is time for us to present our new list of those to consider for the Hockey Hall of Fame for 2018.

When putting together any new list we obviously remove the recently inducted but add on those who we consider worthy. We also look at the opinions that all of you have given and the votes you cast on each former player on the list.

Let’s get right to it shall we?

Debuting on our list at #1 is Goalie, Martin Brodeur. The long time New Jersey Devil did it all in the NHL, including winning the Calder, the Vezina four times and winning three Stanley Cups and an Olympic Gold Medal. He should be a first ballot lock for the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Returning to #2 is Don Cherry, the acid tongued commentator who has been a fixture on Hockey Night in Canada for decades.

Martin St. Louis, the 2004 Hart & Art Ross Trophy winner makes his first appearance at #3. That same year he would lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to their first Stanley Cup win. He is also a three time winner of the Lady Byng Trophy.

Alexander Mogilny moved up to #4 from #6. The Russian had the most Goals in the 1992-93 season and is a six time All Star.

Former Calgary Flame, Theoren Fleury moved up two spots to his highest ever rank of #5. He was a seven time All Star.

Bernie Nicholls also achieved his highest rank with a move up to #6. He is a three time All Star.

Longtime Ottawa Senator, Daniel Alfredsson moves up to #7 and is in his second year of eligibility. The Swedish star was a six time All Star.

Nine time All Star Jeremy Roenick comes in at #8.

John LeClair makes his first appearance in the top ten holding #9 on the list. The Vermont born player is a two time First Team All Star.

Pierre Turgeon rounds out the top ten. The four time All Star makes his biggest jump from #14 to #10.

Brodeur and St. Louis are not the only ones to debut on the list this year. Former blueliner, Sergei Gonchar debuts at #27.

At present, the list goes up to 106 former players, with our intent

The entire revised list can be found here.

You know what we want you to do! Take a look at our revisions and give us your opinions!

As we are working on the All-Time 50 players for each major North American franchise, we have the intent to eventually look at how each of those teams honor the past players/executives who worked for them.  With that in mind, it is major news to us that the Ottawa Senators have announced that they will retire the number of their former longtime forward, Daniel Alfredsson. 

Alfredsson was the 6th Round Pick in the 1994 Draft and would join the Senators a year later where he would win the Calder Trophy as the Rookie of the Year.  The Swedish sniper played all but his final season with Ottawa and would score 1,108 Points.  He would be a six time All Star and was named a Second Team All Star in the 2005/06 campaign.

He is eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame this year and was ranked #8 for HHOF consideration by us.

Alfredsson’s #11 marks the 2nd number retired by the Senators.  When they rebooted over 20 years ago, they retired the #9 of original Senators player, Frank Finnegan, who was part of the push to return hockey to Ottawa.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Daniel Alfredsson for this latest accolade.

Updating and expansion…

That is what we will be doing (sort of) with our hockey revisions.

As most of you know, the Hockey Hall of Fame recently inducted three players from our notinhalloffame.com hockey list, Eric Lindros, Sergei Makarov and Rogie Vachon.  Lindros was ranked #1 by us last year and Makarov had been in varying spots in our top six since our website’s inception seven years ago.

When this occurs, it is always time for us to re-evaluate our list and we do that by looking at the following:



1. Analyzing your votes and opinions and adjusting our rankings accordingly.

2. Inputting the new hockey players who will now be eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.



We added several new players and rather than present the new “100”, we have 107 for your consideration as we did not take out those who did not make that round number.  Rather, our intention is to expand it to 150.  Look for that this winter.

Until then, let’s present the new Notinhalloffame.com Hockey List.

Teemu Selanne is now eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame and the “Finnish Flash” takes over the top spot.  Selanne retired as a Point per Game player and famously scored 76 Goals in his rookie season.  He is also a four time post season All Star. 

Don Cherry has been on our list since the beginning either in the first, second or third spot.  The outspoken host of Coach’s Corner on Hockey Night in Canada has been ranked 2nd on our list the last two years.  He remains in that slot this year.

Paul Kariya, Mark Recchi, Theoren Fleury and Alexander Mogilny all moved up one spot to #3 though #6 respectively.  They are followed by Bernie Nicholls who moved up to spots to #7.

Daniel Alfredsson debuts at #8.  The “love him or hate him” Swedish forward should garner interesting votes and comments from all of you!

Jeremy Roenick (#9) and Dave Andreychuk (#10) round out the top ten.

There are two new additions to the top 60.  Five time All Star Defenceman, Ed Jovanovski, and Goalie, Nikolai Khabibulin debut at #46 and #51 respectively.

Ray Whitney, a member of the 1,000 Point club misses out on the top 60 making his first appearance at #61.  Former Stanley Cup Winning Goalie, Tim Thomas appears at #81.

We received emails and comments that we may have missed some players in previous lists.  Upon further review, we have agreed and three new former players who have been previously eligible but never ranked by us are now part of the list.

Those players are former 60 Goal scorer, Dennis Maruk (#70), 4 time All Star, Bill Guerin (#71) and 2 time All Star blueliner, Mathieu Schneider (#88).

You know what we want you to do!

Take a look at the new rankings and cast your vote and offer your opinions!

Thank you again from all of us at Notinhalloffame.com.

Recently, we here at Notinhalloffame.com unveiled our new (2016) list for our hockey section, naming Eric Lindros as the man most worthy of consideration for the Hockey Hall of Fame.

This came with an updated list, a few new entries (Alex Kovalev, Roman Hamrlik and Miroslav Satan) and a shuffling of positions based on your votes, emails and comments.

Now once we do the repositioning on the main section, we fee it is our duty to address and upload potential entries that will come up in coming years, and allow you to vote ahead of time, BEFORE it gets on to the list without receiving your input.

With that in mind, lets take a look at part 1 of 2 of our revised hockey futures shall we?

First off, the 2015 and 2016 Futures have been removed completely.  Those players who were in the sections previously but were not able to make the Top 100 (as they are all now eligible) are no longer featured on Notinhalloffame.com, that is unless we expand to 250, which we have discussed!

The 2017 Futures Section includes the following:

Daniel Alfredsson, a former superstar for the Ottawa Senators and Calder Trophy winner.  The Swedish born player retired with over 1,100 career Points and a 0.93 Points per Game Average. 

Ed Jovanovski, an excellent two-way defenceman and five time All Star.

Jean Sebastien Giguere, the Conn Smythe Trophy winner with the Anaheim Ducks.

Nikolai Khabibulin, a four time All Star and durable Goalie who was a part of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 2004 Stanley Cup win.

Ray Whitney, a 1,000 Point scorer, a one time Second Team NHL All Star and a member of the Carolina Hurricanes’ first Stanley Cup Championship.

Ryan Smyth, a star player for the Edmonton Oilers who led the NHL in Power Play Goals in the 1996-97 season.

Teemu Selanne, the “Finnish Flash”, is a three time NHL goal scoring champion and four time post season NHL All Star.  Selanne is also a Bill Masterton Trophy winner and Stanley Cup Winner with the Anaheim Ducks. 

Tim Thomas, a Goalie who was a First Team All Star twice and Conn Smythe Trophy winner with the Boston Bruins in 2011.

Todd Bertuzzi, a controversial player who was at one time, a First Team All Star in 2003.

Tomas Kaberle, a four time All Star and classy blueliner who recorded over 500 Points in the NHL.

Gang, you know what we want you to do!

Take a look, cast your votes and offer us your opinions!

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com look forward to your opinions and thank you for your support.