Mark Messier Leadership Award

Award

Mark Messier Leadership AwardSport| Ice hockey

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Awarded for| Individual who leads by positive example through on-ice performance, motivation of team members and a dedication to community activities and charitable causes.[1]
History
First award| 2007
Most recent| Alexander Ovechkin
Washington Capitals

The Mark Messier Leadership Award is a National Hockey League (NHL) award that recognizes an individual as a superior leader within their sport, and as a contributing member of society. The award is given to a player selected by Hockey Hall of Fame center Mark Messier to honor an individual who leads by positive example through on-ice performance, motivation of team members and a dedication to community activities and charitable causes. It was first awarded during 2006–07 NHL season and sponsored by Cold-fX.

## History

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In its first season, the Mark Messier Leadership Award was awarded quite differently from most other trophies in the NHL. In 2006–07, five players were honored with monthly awards as selected by the NHL based on the qualification of potential recipients, while the final decision was made by Mark Messier.[1] At the end of the regular season, one player is chosen as the Leader of the Year. The first winner of the annual award was Chris Chelios of the Detroit Red Wings.[2] The league has not announced monthly winners since 2007–08.

The award's namesake, Mark Messier, played in the NHL for twenty-five seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks; his 1,887 regular-season points are third all-time behind Jaromir Jagr and Wayne Gretzky, and his 1,756 regular-season games third to Patrick Marleau and Gordie Howe (he is first in games played, including playoffs). Messier is, to date, the only person to lead two separate franchises to the Stanley Cup as captain, accomplishing this with the Oilers in 1990 and with the Rangers in 1994.[3]

## Winners

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Key  C  | Centre

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LW  | Left Wing
D  | Defence
RW  | Right Wing
G  | Goaltender

Player is still active in the NHL

Player is inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame

Player is not yet eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame

Chris Chelios, the first winner of the annual award.

### 2006–07 Monthly Award

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Month  | Winner  | Team  | Position  | #

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November  | Brendan Shanahan[4] | New York Rangers | LW  | 1
December  | Scott Niedermayer[5] | Anaheim Ducks | D  | 1
January  | Sidney Crosby[6] | Pittsburgh Penguins | C  | 1
February  | Vincent Lecavalier[7] | Tampa Bay Lightning | C  | 1
March  | Roberto Luongo[8] | Vancouver Canucks | G  | 1

### 2007–present

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Year  | Winner  | Team  | Position  | #

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2006–07 | Chris Chelios[2] | Detroit Red Wings | D  | 1
2007–08 | Mats Sundin[9] | Toronto Maple Leafs | C  | 1
2008–09 | Jarome Iginla[10] | Calgary Flames | RW  | 1
2009–10 | Sidney Crosby[11] | Pittsburgh Penguins | C  | 21
2010–11 | Zdeno Chara[12] | Boston Bruins | D  | 1
2011–12 | Shane Doan[13] | Phoenix Coyotes | RW  | 1
2012–13 | Daniel Alfredsson[14] | Ottawa Senators | RW  | 1
2013–14 | Dustin Brown[15] | Los Angeles Kings | RW  | 1
2014–15 | Jonathan Toews[16] | Chicago Blackhawks | C  | 1
2015–16 | Shea Weber[17] | Nashville Predators | D  | 1
2016–17 | Nick Foligno[18] | Columbus Blue Jackets | LW  | 1
2017–18 | Deryk Engelland | Vegas Golden Knights | D  | 1
2018–19 | Wayne Simmonds | Philadelphia Flyers/Nashville Predators | RW  | 1
2019–20 | Mark Giordano | Calgary Flames | D  | 1
2020–21 | Patrice Bergeron | Boston Bruins | C  | 1
2021–22 | Anze Kopitar | Los Angeles Kings | C  | 1
2022–23 | Steven Stamkos | Tampa Bay Lightning | C  | 1
2023–24 | Jacob Trouba | New York Rangers | D  | 1
2024–25 | Alexander Ovechkin | Washington Capitals | LW  | 1

### Notes

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1.^ Crosby previously won the monthly award in January 2007.[6]

## See also

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* List of National Hockey League awards

## References

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General

* Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award at NHL.com

Specific

1. ^ a b "Leadership Award". Cold fX. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
2. ^ a b "Chelios named Messier Leader of the Year". TSN. 2007-05-30. Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
3. ^ "Mark John Douglas Messier". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
4. ^ "Shanahan wins leader award". CBC. 2006-11-14. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
5. ^ "Crosby takes starring role for week". The Sporting News. 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2008-11-02.[permanent dead link]
6. ^ a b "Mark Messier hands Sid the Kid the monthly NHL leadership award". The Hockey News. 2007-01-24. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
7. ^ "Vincent Lecavalier Receives Mark Messier Leadership Award, Presented By COLD-FX". Center Ice Magazine. 2007-02-20. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
8. ^ "Luongo receives Messier leadership award". Toronto Star. 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
9. ^ "Sundin Receives Messier Leadership Award". Toronto Maple Leafs. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
10. ^ "NHL Awards Winners". NHL.com. 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
11. ^ "Crosby receives Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award Presented by Bridgestone". NHL.com. 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
12. ^ Roarke, Shawn P. (2011-06-22). "Chara wins the Mark Messier Leadership Award". NHL.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
13. ^ Green, Adam (2012-06-21). "Shane Doan wins Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award". Arizona Sports 98.7. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
14. ^ Basu, Arpon (2013-06-14). "Alfredsson on Messier Award: 'humbling experience'". NHL.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
15. ^ "Kings' Brown wins Mark Messier Leadership Award". NHL.com. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
16. ^ "Blackhawks' Toews gets Messier Leadership Award". NHL.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
17. ^ Bratten, Brooks (2016-06-22). "Weber Wins Mark Messier Leadership Award". Nashville Predators. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
18. ^ "Nick Foligno of Blue Jackets takes home two honors". NHL.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.

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