The Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's top rookie. At the end of the NHL season, members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote on all the major NHL awards. The trophy was first awarded in 1937 by then-league president Frank Calder. It is presented to the winner during the NHL Awards Show, which is held every June.
During the 1989 season, the "Sergei Makarov" rule was added, stating that players over the age of 26 would be ineligible for the Calder. Makarov was 31 at the time he began his "rookie" season, but Soviet officials had prohibited players from the USSR from playing in the NHL until 1988.
Winners:
2015-16 - Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks
2014-15 - Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers
2013-14 - Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
2012-13 - Jonathan Huberdeau, Florida Pantehrs
2011-12 - Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche
2010-11 - Jeff Skinner, Carolina Hurricanes
2009-10 - Tyler Myers, Buffalo Sabres
2008-09 - Steve Mason, Columbus Blue Jackets
2007-08 - Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
2006-07 - Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
2005-06 - Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
2004-05 - N/A
2003-04 - Andrew Raycroft, Boston Bruins
2002-03 - Barret Jackman, St. Louis Blues
2001-02 - Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
2000-01 - Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose Sharks
1999-00 - Scott Gomez, New Jersey Devils
1998-99 - Chris Drury, Colorado Avalanche
1997-98 - Sergei Samsonov, Boston Bruins
1996-97 - Bryan Berard, New York Islanders
1995-96 - Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators
1994-95 - Peter Forsberg, Quebec Nordiques
1993-94 - Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
1992-93 - Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg Jets
1991-92 - Pavel Bure Vancouver Canucks
1990-91 - Ed Belfour, Chicago Blackhawks
1989-90 - Sergei Makarov, Calgary Flames
1988-89 - Brian Leetch, New York Rangers
1987-88 - Joe Nieuwendyk, Calgary Flames
1986-87 - Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings
1985-86 - Gary Suter, Calgary Flames
1984-85 - Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
1983-84 - Tom Barrasso, Buffalo Sabres
1983-84 - Steve Larmer, Chicago Blackhawks
1981-82 - Dale Hawerchuk, Winnipeg Jets
1980-81 - Peter Stastny, Quebec Nordiques
1979-80 - Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins
1978-79 - Bobby Smith, Minnesota North Stars
1977-78 - Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
1976-77 - Willi Plett, Atlanta Flames
1975-76 - Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders
1974-75 - Eric Vail, Atlanta Flames
1973-74 - Denis Potvin, New York Islanders
1972-73 - Steve Vickers, New York Rangers
1971-72 - Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens
1970-71 - Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres
1969-70 - Tony Esposito, Chicago Blackhawks
1968-69 - Danny Grant, Minnesota North Stars
1967-68 - Derek Sanderson, Boston Bruins
1966-67 - Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
1965-66 - Brit Selby, Toronto Maple Leafs
1964-65 - Roger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings
1963-64 - Jacques Laperriere, Montreal Canadiens
1962-63 - Kent Douglas, Toronto Maple Leafs
1961-62 - Bobby Rousseau, Montreal Canadiens
1960-61 - Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs
1959-60 - Bill Hay, Chicago Blackhawks
1958-59 - Ralph Backstrom, Montreal Canadiens
1957-58 - Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs
1956-57 - Larry Regan, Boston Bruins
1955-56 - Glenn Hall, Detroit Red Wings
1954-55 - Ed Litzenberger, Chicago Blackhawks
1953-54 - Camille Henry, New York Rangers
1952-53 - Lorne "Gump" Worsley, New York Rangers
1951-52 - Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens
1950-51 - Terry Sawchuk, Detroit Red Wings
1949-50 - Jack Gelineau, Boston Bruins
1948-49 - Pentti Lund, New York Rangers
1947-48 - Jim McFadden, Detroit Red Wings
1946-47 - Howie Meeker, Toronto Maple Leafs
1945-46 - Edgar Laprade, New York Rangers
1944-45 - Frank McCool, Toronto Maple Leafs
1943-44 - August Bodnar, Toronto Maple Leafs
1942-43 - Gaye Stewart, Toronto Maple Leafs
1941-42 - Grant Warwick, New York Rangers
1940-41 - Johnny Quilty, Montreal Canadiens
1939-40 - Kilby MacDonald, New York Rangers
1938-39 - Frank Brimsek, Boston Bruins
1937-38 - Cully Dahlstrom, Chicago Blackhawks
1936-37 - Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs
Sources
NHL.com - http://nhl.com/hockeyu/history/trophies/calder.html