Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award

The Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award (officially billed as the MBNA/MasterCard Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award) was an award in ice hockey given annually to the goaltender who finished the regular season with the best save percentage in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Only goaltenders who played 25 games or more in the season were eligible for the award.

A goaltender's save percentage represents the percentage of shots on goal that he stops, and is calculated by dividing the number of saves by the total number of shots on goal.

History

The award was first presented at the conclusion of the 1999–2000 season and was named in honor of former Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals goaltender Roger Crozier, a Calder and Conn Smythe Trophy winner who played in the NHL from 1964 to 1977.

It was presented by the MBNA corporation in memory of Crozier, who worked for the MBNA America Bank after retiring as a player, and died on January 11, 1996.

The winner of the trophy received a commemorative crystal trophy and was given US$25,000 to donate to a youth hockey or other educational program of their choice.

As of 2007, after which it ceased being presented, the award had been handed to six different players on seven occasions.

Marty Turco is the only goaltender to have won the award twice. The Dallas Stars have won the award three times, whereas the Montreal Canadiens and the Minnesota Wild have won it twice.

The award was not presented in 2005, as the entire 2004–05 season was canceled due to the lockout.

Winners

Season	Player	Team	Save %	Win #	Ref.
1999–2000	Belfour, EdEd Belfour	Dallas Stars	.919	1	2000–01	Turco, MartyMarty Turco	Dallas Stars	.925	1
2001–02	Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	Montreal Canadiens	.931	1
2002–03	Turco, MartyMarty Turco	Dallas Stars	.932	2
2003–04	Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson	Minnesota Wild	.933	1
2004–05	Not awarded due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout
2005–06	Huet, CristobalCristobal Huet	Montreal Canadiens	.929	1
2006–07	Template:Hs{{sortname|Niklas|Backstrom}	Minnesota Wild	.929	1

Save-percentage leaders (1982–1999)

Before 2000, there was no award for leading the league in save percentage. The NHL started counting the statistic in 1982 and this lists all the leaders from the inception of the statistic to the inception of the award.

* Season shortened by the 1994–95 NHL lockout

Season	Player	Team	Save %	Win #
1982–83	Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	New York Islanders	.910	1
1983–84	Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	New York Islanders	.903	2
1984–85	Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	Chicago Black Hawks	.903	1
1985–86	Froese, BobBob Froese	Philadelphia Flyers	.909	1
1986–87	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	Philadelphia Flyers	.902	1
1987–88	Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	.900	1
1988–89	Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	.908	2
1989–90	Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	.912	3
1990–91	Belfour, EdEd Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks	.910	1
1991–92	Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	.914	4
1992–93	Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	St. Louis Blues	.911	1
1993–94	Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	.930	1
1994–95*	Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	.930	2
1995–96	Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	.920	3
1996–97	Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	.930	4
1997–98	Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	.932	5
1998–99	Dominik|Hasek}	Buffalo Sabres	.937	6

Save-percentage leaders (2007–present)

* Season shortened by the 2012–13 NHL lockout

Season	Player	Team	Save %	Win #
2007–08	Ellis, DanDan Ellis	Nashville Predators	.924	1
2008–09	Thomas, TimTim Thomas	Boston Bruins	.933	1
2009–10	Rask, TuukkaTuukka Rask	Boston Bruins	.931	1
2010–11	Thomas, TimTim Thomas	Boston Bruins	.938	2
2011–12	Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott	St. Louis Blues	.940	1
2012–13*	Anderson, CraigCraig Anderson	Ottawa Senators	.941	1
2013–14	Harding, JoshJosh Harding	Minnesota Wild	.933	1
2014–15	Price, CareyCarey Price	Montreal Canadiens	.933	1