Who has won the most Lady Byng awards?
Frank Boucher
First awarded in 1925, Frank Boucher (Canada) has won the most Lady Byng trophies with seven in 1928-31 and 1933-35 playing for the New York Rangers. The Lady Byng trophy is awarded each season to the National Hockey League player who displays the most sportsmanlike behaviour combined with the highest standard of play.
Can goalies win the Lady Byng?
Mikita is also the only player to win the Hart, Art Ross, and Lady Byng trophies in the same season, doing so consecutively in the 1966–67 and 1967–68 seasons. Gretzky, Bobby Hull, and Martin St. Louis also won these three awards, but not in the same season. No goaltender has ever won the award.
Who was Lady Byng?
(Marie) Evelyn Byng, Viscountess Byng of Vimy (11 January 1870 – 20 June 1949), also known as Lady Byng, was the wife of Lord Byng, the 12th Governor General of Canada (1921–26).
Who won the Lady Byng Trophy this year?
defenceman Jaccob Slavin
Carolina Hurricanes defenceman Jaccob Slavin has been named the winner of the 2021 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player “adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.”
How do you win the Lady Byng?
It was known as the Lady Byng Trophy until her death in 1949, when it was renamed the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. The winner is chosen through a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association at the end of the regular season and is awarded after the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Why is it called the Lady Byng Trophy?
The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) player “adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.” The trophy was donated to the NHL in 1925 by Lady Evelyn Byng, wife of Governor General Byng.
Who has won the Lady Byng Trophy the most times?
After her death in 1949, the NHL presented a new trophy and changed the name to the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. In addition to Boucher, several players have won the award multiple times — including Wayne Gretzky (five), Red Kelly and Pavel Datsyuk (four), and Bobby Bauer, Alex Delvecchio, Mike Bossy, Ron Francis and Martin St. Louis (three).
What is the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy?
The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is an annual award given “to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.”
What is the Lady Byng award in hockey?
A sport known for being rough and tough, NHL hockey places a high value on sportsmanship-so much so that the league annually presents the Lady Byng award to the player displaying the best sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high level of on-ice skill.
What is Lady Byng’s legacy?
Lady Byng (and her husband) were big hockey fans, attending many Ottawa Senators games. In 1925, she donated the trophy to the league, and even selected the first winner-Frank Nighbor, of the Ottawa Senators. Home ice advantage? Perhaps, but Nighbor was also the first winner of the Hart Trophy (MVP) and a 1947 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee.