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Cyclone Taylor Trophy

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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 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.

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
C Centre LW Left wing D Defence RW Right wing G Goaltender
  Player is still active with the Canucks
Season Winner Position Win #
1970–71 Orland Kurtenbach C 1
1971–72 Orland Kurtenbach C 2
1972–73 Orland Kurtenbach C 3
1973–74 Gary Smith G 1
1974–75 Gary Smith G 2
1975–76 Don Lever LW 1
1976–77 Cesare Maniago G 1
1977–78 Cesare Maniago G 2
1978–79 Thomas Gradin C 1
1978–79 Glen Hanlon G 1
1979–80[1] Stan Smyl RW 1
1980–81 Richard Brodeur G 1
1981–82 Richard Brodeur G 2
1982–83 Stan Smyl RW 2
1983–84 Patrik Sundstrom C 1
1984–85 Richard Brodeur G 3
1985–86 Stan Smyl RW 3
1986–87 Barry Pederson C 1
1987–88 Tony Tanti LW 1
1988–89 Trevor Linden C 1
1989–90 Kirk McLean G 1
1990–91 Trevor Linden C 2
1991–92 Kirk McLean G 2
1992–93 Pavel Bure RW 1
1993–94 Pavel Bure RW 2
1994–95 Trevor Linden C 3
1995–96 Trevor Linden C 4
1996–97 Martin Gelinas LW 1
1997–98 Pavel Bure RW 3
1998–99 Markus Naslund LW 1
1999–00 Mark Messier C 1
2000–01 Markus Naslund LW 2
2001–02 Markus Naslund LW 3
2002–03 Markus Naslund LW 4
2003–04 Markus Naslund LW 5
2004–05 2004–05 NHL lockout
No winner
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2005–06 Alex Auld G 1
2006–07 Roberto Luongo G 1
2007–08 Roberto Luongo G 2
2008–09 Ryan Kesler C 1
2009–10 Henrik Sedin C 1
2010–11 Daniel Sedin LW 1
2011–12 Henrik Sedin C 2
2012–13 Cory Schneider G 1
2013–14 Ryan Kesler [2] C 2
2014–15 Radim Vrbata [3] RW 1
2015–16 Daniel Sedin [4] LW 2
2016–17 Bo Horvat[5] C 1
2017–18 Brock Boeser RW 1
2018–19 Jacob Markstrom G 1
2019–20 Jacob Markstrom G 2
2020–21 Bo Horvat[6] C 2
2021–22 Thatcher Demko G 1
2022–23 Elias Pettersson C 1
2023–24 J.T. Miller C 1

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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