The Vezina Trophy is given annually to the National Hockey League's top goalie. The league's general managers vote to decide the winner.
Prior to 1982, the award was given to the goalies of the team which allowed the fewest goals in the regular season. (The Jennings Trophy took the place of the Vezina as the award for the fewest goals allowed. The winner of the objective Jennings is often the same as the winner of the subjective Vezina).
The award is named after Georges Vezina, a goalie for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1910s and 1920s. Vezina contracted tuberculosis and died in 1926, at the age of 39. The next year, in his memory, the Canadiens' owners gave the NHL a trophy in Vezina's name.
Below's a list of the Vezina Trophy's winners:
Year Player(s) Team
2016 Braden Holtby Washington Capitals
2015 Carey Price Montreal Canadiens
2014 Tuukka Rask Boston Bruins
2013 Sergei Bobrovsky Columbus Blue Jackets
2012 Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers
2011 Tim Thomas Boston Bruins
2010 Ryan Miller Buffalo Sabres
2009 Tim Thomas Boston Bruins
2008 Martin Brodeur New Jersey Devils
2007 Martin Brodeur New Jersey Devils
2006 Miikka Kiprusoff Calgary Flames
2005 N/A
2004 Martin Brodeur New Jersey Devils
2003 Martin Brodeur New Jersey Devils
2002 Jose Theodore Montreal Canadiens
2001 Dominik Hasek Buffalo Sabres
2000 Olaf Kolzig Washington Capitals
1999 Dominik Hasek Buffalo Sabres
1998 Dominik Hasek Buffalo Sabres
1997 Dominik Hasek Buffalo Sabres
1996 Jim Carey Washington Capitals
1995 Dominik Hasek Buffalo Sabres
1994 Dominik Hasek Buffalo Sabres
1993 Ed Belfour Chicago Blackhawks
1992 Patrick Roy Montreal Canadiens
1991 Ed Belfour Chicago Blackhawks
1990 Patrick Roy Montreal Canadiens
1989 Patrick Roy Montreal Canadiens
1988 Grant Fuhr Edmonton Oilers
1987 Ron Hextall Philadelphia Flyers
1986 John Vanbiesbrouck New York Rangers
1985 Pelle Lindbergh Philadelphia Flyers
1984 Tom Barrasso Buffalo Sabres
1983 Pete Peeters Boston Bruins
1982 Billy Smith New York Islanders
1981 Denis Herron, Montreal Canadiens
Michel Larocque,
and Richard Sevigny
1980 Don Edwards Buffalo Sabres
and Bob Sauve
1979 Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens
Glenn Resch,
and Michel Larocque
1978 Ken Dryden Montreal Canadiens
and Michel Larocque
1977 Ken Dryden Montreal Canadiens
and Michel Larocque
1976 Ken Dryden Montreal Canadiens
1975 Bernie Parent Philadelphia Flyers
1974 Bernie Parent Philadelphia Flyers
Tony Esposito Chicago Blackhawks
1973 Ken Dryden Montreal Canadiens
1972 Tony Esposito Chicago Blackhawks
and Gary Smith
1971 Ed Giacomin New York Rangers
and Gilles Villemure
1970 Tony Esposito Chicago Blackhawks
1969 Glenn Hall St. Louis Blues
and Jacques Plante
1968 Lorne Worsley Montreal Canadiens
and Rogatien Vachon
1967 Denis DeJordy Chicago Blackhawks
and Glenn Hall
1966 Charlie Hodge Montreal Canadiens
and Lorne Worsley
1965 Johnny Bower Toronto Maple Leafs
and Terry Sawchuk
1964 Charlie Hodge Montreal Canadiens
1963 Glenn Hall Chicago Blackhawks
Don Simmons Toronto Maple Leafs
1962 Jacques Plante Montreal Canadiens
1961 Johnny Bower Toronto Maple Leafs
1960 Jacques Plante Montreal Canadiens
1959 Jacques Plante Montreal Canadiens
1958 Jacques Plante Montreal Canadiens
Lorne Worsley New York Rangers
1957 Jacques Plante Montreal Canadiens
1956 Jacques Plante Montreal Canadiens
1955 Terry Sawchuk Detroit Red Wings
1954 Harry Lumley Toronto Maple Leafs
1953 Terry Sawchuk Detroit Red Wings
1952 Terry Sawchuk Detroit Red Wings
1951 Al Rollins Toronto Maple Leafs
1950 Bill Durnan Montreal Canadiens
1949 Bill Durnan Montreal Canadiens
1948 Turk Broda Toronto Maple Leafs
1947 Bill Durnan Montreal Canadiens
1946 Bill Durnan Montreal Canadiens
1945 Bill Durnan Montreal Canadiens
Frank McCool Toronto Maple Leafs
1944 Bill Durnan Montreal Canadiens
1943 Johnny Mowers Detroit Red Wings
1942 Frank Brimsek Boston Bruins
1941 Turk Broda Toronto Maple Leafs
Johnny Mowers Detroit Red Wings
1940 Dave Kerr New York Rangers
1939 Frank Brimsek Boston Bruins
1938 Tiny Thompson Boston Bruins
1937 Normie Smith Detroit Red Wings
1936 Tiny Thompson Boston Bruins
1935 Lorne Chabot Chicago Blackhawks
1934 Charlie Gardiner Chicago Blackhawks
1933 Tiny Thompson Boston Bruins
1932 Charlie Gardiner Chicago Blackhawks
1931 Roy Worters New York Americans
1930 Tiny Thompson Boston Bruins
1929 George Hainsworth Montreal Canadiens
1928 George Hainsworth Montreal Canadiens
1927 George Hainsworth Montreal Canadiens