Cyclone Taylor Trophy

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The Cyclone Taylor Trophy is the award given each year to the most valuable player on the Vancouver Canucks (a National Hockey League team). It is named after Cyclone Taylor, a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who led the Vancouver Millionaires to the Stanley Cup in 1915. The award was dedicated to him prior to the 1979-80 Canuck season, the season after his death on June 9, 1979, although an award for the Canucks MVP has existed since the team's inauguration in 1970. Previously it was a Canucks MVP Award as selected by the fans while the other MVP award, the President's Trophy was selected by CP Air and later Canadian Airlines. However after the 1995–96 season, the Cyclone Taylor Trophy officially became the lone Canucks MVP award since the winners of each trophy was identical.

Brothers Henrik Sedin (back) and Daniel (front) combined to win the award four times
Four-time winner (1989, 1991, 1995, 1996), Trevor Linden
Three-time winner (1993, 1994, 1998), Pavel Bure
Five-time winner (1999, 2001–2004), Markus Naslund
Two-time winner (2007, 2008), Roberto Luongo
Two-time winner (2017, 2021), Bo Horvat

The most prolific winner of the Cyclone Taylor Trophy is Markus Naslund, who has been awarded five times (including four straight from 2001 to 2004), followed by Trevor Linden with four. The trophy's present holder is J.T Miller (2024).

Winners

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Positions key
CCentreLWLeft wingDDefenceRWRight wingGGoaltender
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SeasonWinnerPositionWin #
1970–71Orland KurtenbachC1
1971–72Orland KurtenbachC2
1972–73Orland KurtenbachC3
1973–74Gary SmithG1
1974–75Gary SmithG2
1975–76Don LeverLW1
1976–77Cesare ManiagoG1
1977–78Cesare ManiagoG2
1978–79Thomas GradinC1
1978–79Glen HanlonG1
1979–80[1]Stan SmylRW1
1980–81Richard BrodeurG1
1981–82Richard BrodeurG2
1982–83Stan SmylRW2
1983–84Patrik SundstromC1
1984–85Richard BrodeurG3
1985–86Stan SmylRW3
1986–87Barry PedersonC1
1987–88Tony TantiLW1
1988–89Trevor LindenC1
1989–90Kirk McLeanG1
1990–91Trevor LindenC2
1991–92Kirk McLeanG2
1992–93Pavel BureRW1
1993–94Pavel BureRW2
1994–95Trevor LindenC3
1995–96Trevor LindenC4
1996–97Martin GelinasLW1
1997–98Pavel BureRW3
1998–99Markus NaslundLW1
1999–00Mark MessierC1
2000–01Markus NaslundLW2
2001–02Markus NaslundLW3
2002–03Markus NaslundLW4
2003–04Markus NaslundLW5
2004–052004–05 NHL lockout
No winner
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2005–06Alex AuldG1
2006–07Roberto LuongoG1
2007–08Roberto LuongoG2
2008–09Ryan KeslerC1
2009–10Henrik SedinC1
2010–11Daniel SedinLW1
2011–12Henrik SedinC2
2012–13Cory SchneiderG1
2013–14Ryan Kesler [2]C2
2014–15Radim Vrbata [3]RW1
2015–16Daniel Sedin [4]LW2
2016–17Bo Horvat[5]C1
2017–18Brock BoeserRW1
2018–19Jacob MarkstromG1
2019–20Jacob MarkstromG2
2020–21Bo Horvat[6]C2
2021–22Thatcher DemkoG1
2022–23Elias PetterssonC1
2023–24J.T. MillerC1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Award renamed Cyclone Taylor Award
  2. ^ "Canucks announce 2013.14 team awards". Vancouver Canucks. April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "Canucks announce 2013.14 team awards". Vancouver Canucks. April 11, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  4. ^ "Canucks announce 2015.16 team awards". Vancouver Canucks. April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  5. ^ Canucks Media Relations (April 8, 2017). "Canucks Announce Team Awards at Fan Appreciation". National Hockey League. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Canucks Media Relations (May 18, 2021). "Canucks announce 2021 Cyclone Taylor Award winner". Vancouver Canucks. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
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