The William M. Jennings Trophy is an annual National Hockey League (NHL) award given to "the goaltender(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it ... based on regular-season play."
From 1946 until 1981, the Vezina Trophy had been awarded under that definition, but it was later changed and replaced by the Jennings Trophy.
Since its beginnings in 1982, it has been awarded at the end of 32 seasons to 53 different players; mostly in tandems of two goaltenders.
The most recent winners are Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks and Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens, the starting goaltenders for their respective teams, which tied for a league-leading 189 team goals-against in the 2014–15 NHL season.
History[]
From 1946 until the 1980–81 season, the Vezina Trophy was awarded to the goaltender(s) of the National Hockey League (NHL) team allowing the fewest number of goals during the regular season.
However, it was recognized that this system often meant the trophy went to the goaltender of the better team rather than the individual and was changed to offer the trophy to the most outstanding goaltender, as voted by the NHL General Managers.
The William M. Jennings Trophy was created as a replacement and is awarded to the starting goaltender(s) playing for the team with the fewest goals against.
The Jennings Trophy was donated by the NHL's board of governors and first presented at the conclusion of the 1981–82 season.
The trophy is named in honor of the late William M. Jennings, who was a longtime governor and president of the New York Rangers and a builder of ice hockey in the United States.
Normally, the minimum number of games a goaltender must play to be eligible for the trophy is 25, but for the lockout shortened 1994–95 season, the required minimum was fourteen games.
Seven players have won both the Jennings and Vezina Trophy for the same season: Patrick Roy (1988–89 and 1991–92), Ed Belfour (1990–91 and 1992–93), Dominik Hasek (1993–94 and 2000–01), Martin Brodeur (2002–03, 2003–04), Miikka Kiprusoff (2005–06), Tim Thomas (2008–09) and Carey Price (2014–15).
Roy and Brodeur have won the trophy five times each, the most of any goaltenders. Belfour is second, having won four times.
The Montreal Canadiens have the most wins, with six, followed by the New Jersey Devils and the Chicago Blackhawks with five each, and the Buffalo Sabres with three.
Winners[]
| Season | Winner | Team | Goals allowed |
Win # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–82 | Rick Wamsley | Montreal Canadiens | 223 | 1 |
| Denis Herron | 1 | |||
| 1982–83 | Roland Melanson | New York Islanders | 226 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 1 | |||
| 1983–84 | Al Jensen | Washington Capitals | 226 | 1 |
| Pat Riggin | 1 | |||
| 1984–85 | Tom Barrasso | Buffalo Sabres | 237 | 1 |
| Bob Sauve | 1 | |||
| 1985–86 | Bob Froese | Philadelphia Flyers | 241 | 1 |
| Darren Jensen | 1 | |||
| 1986–87 | Patrick Roy | Montreal Canadiens | 241 | 1 |
| Brian Hayward | 1 | |||
| 1987–88 | Patrick Roy | Montreal Canadiens | 238 | 2 |
| Brian Hayward | 2 | |||
| 1988–89 | Patrick Roy | Montreal Canadiens | 218 | 3 |
| Brian Hayward | 3 | |||
| 1989–90 | Andy Moog | Boston Bruins | 232 | 1 |
| Rejean Lemelin | 1 | |||
| 1990–91 | Ed Belfour | Chicago Blackhawks | 211 | 1 |
| 1991–92 | Patrick Roy | Montreal Canadiens | 207 | 4 |
| 1992–93 | Ed Belfour | Chicago Blackhawks | 239 | 2 |
| 1993–94 | Dominik Hasek | Buffalo Sabres | 218 | 1 |
| Grant Fuhr | 1 | |||
| 1994–95 | Template:Sort name | Chicago Blackhawks | 115 | 3 |
| 1995–96 | Chris Osgood | Detroit Red Wings | 181 | 1 |
| Mike Vernon | 1 | |||
| 1996–97 | Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 182 | 1 |
| Mike Dunham | 1 | |||
| 1997–98 | Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 166 | 2 |
| 1998–99 | Ed Belfour | Dallas Stars | 168 | 4 |
| Roman Turek | 1 | |||
| 1999–2000 | Roman Turek | St. Louis Blues | 165 | 2 |
| 2000–01 | Dominik Hasek | Buffalo Sabres | 184 | 2 |
| 2001–02 | Patrick|Roy} | Colorado Avalanche | 169 | 5 |
| 2002–03 | New Jersey Devils | 166 | 3 | |
| Roman Cechmanek | Philadelphia Flyers | 166 | 1 | |
| Robert Esche | 1 | |||
| 2003–04 | Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 164 | 4 |
| 2004–05 (Not awarded due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout) | Template:Sort dash | Template:Sort dash | Template:Sort dash | Template:Sort dash |
| 2005–06 | Miikka Kiprusoff | Calgary Flames | 200 | 1 |
| 2006–07 | Niklas Backstrom | Minnesota Wild | 191 | 1 |
| Manny Fernandez | 1 | |||
| 2007–08 | Dominik Hasek | Detroit Red Wings | 184 | 3 |
| Chris Osgood | 2 | |||
| 2008–09 | Tim Thomas | Boston Bruins | 196 | 1 |
| Manny Fernandez | 2 | |||
| 2009–10 | Martin Brodeur | New Jersey Devils | 191 | 5 |
| 2010–11 | Roberto Luongo | Vancouver Canucks | 185 | 1 |
| Cory Schneider | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | Brian Elliott | St. Louis Blues | 165 | 1 |
| Jaroslav Halak | 1 | |||
| 2012–13 | Corey Crawford | Chicago Blackhawks | 102 | 1 |
| Ray Emery | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | Jonathan Quick | Los Angeles Kings | 174 | 1 |
| 2014–15 | Corey Crawford | Chicago Blackhawks | 189 | 2 |
| Carey Price | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | Frederik Andersen | Anaheim Ducks | 192 | 1 |
| John Gibson | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | Braden Holtby | Washington Capitals | 182 | 1 |