Awards

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Conn Smythe Trophy

MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs / 60 seasons awarded

Description: First awarded in 1964-65, the Conn Smythe Trophy is presented annually “to the most valuable player for his team in the playoffs.” Voting: A panel of the Professional Hockey Writers Association submits ballots for the Conn Smythe Trophy at the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. History: The Conn Smythe Trophy was presented by Maple Leaf Gardens Limited in 1964 to honor Conn Smythe, the former coach, manager, president and owner-governor of the Toronto Maple Leafs. 2024-25 Winner: Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett, who led the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs with 15 goals (including a record 13 total on the road), won the Conn Smythe Trophy. Bennett became the second player in League history – and first in more than a century (Newsy Lalonde: 17 in 1919 w/ MTL) – to register at least 15 goals in a postseason without posting a 30-goal regular season to that point in his NHL career. He also became the fourth player in the 21st century with 15 or more goals in a single playoff year, following Zach Hyman (16 in 2024 w/ EDM), Sidney Crosby (15 in 2009 w/ PIT) and Alex Ovechkin (15 in 2018 w/ WSH). Bennett, who scored at least three goals in each series and totaled 15-7—22 during the postseason (23 GP), established an NHL or franchise record in each of the first three games of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers. In Game 1, he scored his 12th goal to set a Panthers record for the most in a playoff year. In Game 2, he registered his 12th road goal to establish a League record (ahead of the 11 scored by Mark Scheifele in 2018 w/ WPG). In Game 3, he dazzled the home crowd with a must-see sequence that began with two hits in the defensive zone and ended with a breakaway goal, setting a Florida record for the longest goal streak in a single postseason (4 GP). Bennett finished the Stanley Cup Final with 5-1—6 (6 GP), ranking third in goals in the series behind teammates Sam Reinhart (7) and Brad Marchand (6). Only one other team in NHL history has had three players score at least five goals in a single Stanley Cup Final: the 1955 Detroit Red Wings’ trio of Alex Delvecchio (6), Gordie Howe (5) and Ted Lindsay (5). Bennett and Marchand also became the second set of teammates in League history to each score a goal in Games 1-3 of the Stanley Cup Final, joining Minnesota North Stars forwards Steve Payne (4 GP) and Dino Ciccarelli (3 GP) in 1981.

Season	Result	Recipient	Team
2024-25	Winner	Sam Bennett	FLA
2023-24	Winner	Connor McDavid	EDM
2022-23	Winner	Jonathan Marchessault	VGK
2021-22	Winner	Cale Makar	COL
2020-21	Winner	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL
2019-20	Winner	Victor Hedman	TBL
2018-19	Winner	Ryan O'Reilly	STL
2017-18	Winner	Alex Ovechkin	WSH
2016-17	Winner	Sidney Crosby	PIT
2015-16	Winner	Sidney Crosby	PIT
2014-15	Winner	Duncan Keith	CHI
2013-14	Winner	Justin Williams	LAK
2012-13	Winner	Patrick Kane	CHI
2011-12	Winner	Jonathan Quick	LAK
2010-11	Winner	Tim Thomas	BOS
2009-10	Winner	Jonathan Toews	CHI
2008-09	Winner	Evgeni Malkin	PIT
2007-08	Winner	Henrik Zetterberg	DET
2006-07	Winner	Scott Niedermayer	ANA
2005-06	Winner	Cam WardR	CAR
2003-04	Winner	Brad Richards	TBL
2002-03	Winner	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	ANA
2001-02	Winner	Nicklas Lidstrom	DET
2000-01	Winner	Patrick Roy	COL
1999-00	Winner	Scott Stevens	NJD
1998-99	Winner	Joe Nieuwendyk	DAL
1997-98	Winner	Steve Yzerman	DET
1996-97	Winner	Mike Vernon	DET
1995-96	Winner	Joe Sakic	COL
1994-95	Winner	Claude Lemieux	NJD
1993-94	Winner	Brian Leetch	NYR
1992-93	Winner	Patrick Roy	MTL
1991-92	Winner	Mario Lemieux	PIT
1990-91	Winner	Mario Lemieux	PIT
1989-90	Winner	Bill Ranford	EDM
1988-89	Winner	Al MacInnis	CGY
1987-88	Winner	Wayne Gretzky	EDM
1986-87	Winner	Ron HextallR	PHI
1985-86	Winner	Patrick RoyR	MTL
1984-85	Winner	Wayne Gretzky	EDM

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