NHL Foundation Player Award: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox ice hockeysports award

| name = NHL Foundation Player Award

The '''NHL Foundation Player Award''' was awarded annually to the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) player "who applies the core values of [[ice hockey|([ice)] hockey]]—commitment, perseverance and teamwork—to enrich the lives of people in his community".<ref name="F2008">{{cite web|url=http://lightning.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=364082|title=Vincent Lecavalier and Trevor Linden Receive NHL Foundation Player Award for Outstanding Community Service|date=2008-05-22|accessdateaccess-date=2008-05-22|publisherwebsite=NHL.com|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529171536/http://lightning.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=364082|archivedatearchive-date=2008-05-29|df=}}</ref> The winner is given a grant of [[United States dollar|US$]] 25,000 to help causes that the winner supports.<ref name="F2003">{{cite newsmagazine|author=[[Associated Press]]|author-link=Associated Press|title=Wings' McCarty wins charity award|url=http://tsn.sportingnews.com/nhl/articles/20030527/475557.html|publishermagazine=''[[Sporting News]]''|date=2003-05-27|accessdateaccess-date=2009-02-15}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Many players have been awarded as a result of large charitable contributions to their community. For instance, [[Vincent Lecavalier]] received the award in 2008 for committing US $3 million to build The Vincent Lecavalier Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorder Center at All Children’s Hospital in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]].<ref name="F2008"/>

Fifteen players won the NHL Foundation Player Award during its exsitenceexistence. [[Kelly Chase]] was awarded the inaugural NHL Foundation Player Award in {{NHL Year|1997|end}}.<ref name="F1998">{{cite news|last=Elliott|first=Helen|title=McSorley incident leaves questions but few answers|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/29/sports/sp-3671|publishernewspaper=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|date=2000-02-29|accessdateaccess-date=2009-02-15}}</ref> No player has ever won the award twice. The [[Buffalo Sabres]], [[Calgary Flames]] and the [[Detroit Red Wings]] are the only teams to have been represented twice by winners. The award is closely related to the [[King Clancy Memorial Trophy]], as both are awarded to a player who has made a significant humanitarian contribution to his community.<ref>{{cite web|title=King Clancy Memorial Trophy|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_splashkingclancy.htm|publisher=[[Hockey Hall of Fame]]|accessdateaccess-date=2009-02-15|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921102200/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_splashkingclancy.htm|archivedatearchive-date=2008-09-21|df=}}</ref> German [[Olaf Kölzig|Olaf Kolzig]], Swede [[Henrik Zetterberg]] and Americans [[Ryan Miller]] and [[Dustin Brown (ice hockey)|Dustin Brown]] are the only non-Canadian winners, while [[Ron Francis]] and [[Joe Sakic]] are the only winners to have been elected into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Player|title=Players by Induction Year|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|accessdateaccess-date=2009-02-15|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218151041/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Player|archivedatearchive-date=2009-02-18|df=}}</ref>

|Denotes playerplayers who are still active

| align="center"|<ref>{{cite newsweb|last=Cerny|first=Jim|title=Awards were reflection of Graves' character|url=http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=406566|publisherwebsite=[[New York Rangers]]|date=2009-01-27|accessdateaccess-date=2009-02-15|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130003159/http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=406566|archivedatearchive-date=2009-01-30|df=}}</ref>

| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|title=Olie Kolzig awarded King Clancy Memorial Trophy|url=http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=316249&page=NewsPage&service=page|publisher=[[Washington Capitals]]|date=2006-06-23|accessdateaccess-date=2009-02-15|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726154742/http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=316249&page=NewsPage&service=page|archivedatearchive-date=2011-07-26|df=}}</ref>

| align="center"|<ref>{{cite newsmagazine|author=Associated Press|title=Carolina's Francis wins community service award|url=http://tsn.sportingnews.com/nhl/articles/20020517/404335.html|publishermagazine=''Sporting News''|date=2002-05-17|accessdateaccess-date=2009-02-15}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

|bgcolor="#FFFF99" | {{sortname|Jarome|Iginla}}†

| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|author=[[The Canadian Press]]|author-link=The Canadian Press|title=Lightning's St. Louis is NHL MVP|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/06/10/nhl-awards040610.html|publisher=[[CBC Sports]]|date=2004-06-11|accessdateaccess-date=2009-02-15}}</ref>

|colspan=5|'''Season canceled'''align="center"|—

| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Heika|first=Mike|title=Stars' Turco saves time for charities|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/hockey/stars/stories/103106dnspostarslede.22fa7a4.html|publishernewspaper=''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''|date=2006-10-31|accessdateaccess-date=2009-02-15}}</ref>

| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Dater|first=Adrian|title=Sakic's generosity prompts more giving|url=http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_7188108?loc=interstitialskip|publishernewspaper=''[[The Denver Post]]''|date=2007-10-16|accessdateaccess-date=2009-01-15}}</ref>

|bgcolor="#CFECEC" | {{sortname|Rick|Nash}}*

| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news|title=Columbus Blue Jackets Captain Rick Nash Named Recipient of 2008-09 NHL Foundation Player Award|url=http://bluejackets.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=426014|publisher=[[Columbus Blue Jackets]]|date=2009-06-18|accessdateaccess-date=2009-06-18|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621225758/http://bluejackets.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=426014|archivedatearchive-date=2009-06-21|df=}}</ref>

|bgcolor="#CFECEC" | {{sortname|Ryan|Miller}}*

| align="center"|<ref name="F2011">{{cite newsweb|title=NHL Foundation Award|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=62989|publisherwebsite=NHL.com|accessdateaccess-date=2011-06-23}}</ref>

|bgcolor="#CFECEC" | {{sortname|Dustin|Brown|Dustin Brown (ice hockey)}}*

| {{sortname|Henrik|Zetterberg}}*

|bgcolor="#CFECEC" | {{sortname|Patrice|Bergeron}}*

*{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=62989 |title=NHL Foundation Award |accessdateaccess-date=April 10, 2017|workwebsite=''[[National Hockey League]]''}}

[[Category:Defunct National Hockey League trophies and awards]]