Cyclone Taylor Trophy

Brothers Daniel (front) and Henrik Sedin (back) are the two most recent award-winners (2011 and 2010, respectively).

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

The Cyclone Taylor Award 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 winger Daniel Sedin (2011).

Winners

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	Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	1
1971–72	Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	2
1972–73	Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	3
1973–74	Smith, GaryGary Smith	G	1
1974–75	Smith, GaryGary Smith	G	2
1975–76	Lever, DonDon Lever	LW	1
1976–77	Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	G	1
1977–78	Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	G	2
1978–79	Gradin, ThomasThomas Gradin	C	1
1978–79	Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	G	1
1979–80[1]	Smyl, StanStan Smyl	RW	1
1980–81	Brodeur, RichardRichard Brodeur	G	1
1981–82	Brodeur, RichardRichard Brodeur	G	2
1982–83	Smyl, StanStan Smyl	RW	2
1983–84	Sundstrom, PatrikPatrik Sundstrom	C	1
1984–85	Brodeur, RichardRichard Brodeur	G	3
1985–86	Smyl, StanStan Smyl	RW	3
1986–87	Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson	C	1
1987–88	Tanti, TonyTony Tanti	LW	1
1988–89	Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden	C	1
1989–90	McLean, KirkKirk McLean	G	1
1990–91	Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden	C	2
1991–92	McLean, KirkKirk McLean	G	2
1992–93	Bure, PavelPavel Bure	RW	1
1993–94	Bure, PavelPavel Bure	RW	2
1994–95	Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden	C	3
1995–96	Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden	C	4
1996–97	Gelinas, MartinMartin Gelinas	LW	1
1997–98	Bure, PavelPavel Bure	RW	3
1998–99	Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund	LW	1
1999–00	Messier, MarkMark Messier	C	1
2000–01	Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund	LW	2
2001–02	Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund	LW	3
2002–03	Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund	LW	4
2003–04	Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund	LW	5
2004–05	2004–05 NHL lockout No winner	-	-
2005–06	Auld, AlexAlex Auld	G	1
2006–07	Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	G	1
2007–08	Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	G	2
2008–09	Kesler, RyanRyan Kesler	C	1
2009–10	Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin	C	1
2010–11	Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin	LW	1

1. ^ Award renamed Cyclone Taylor Award

External links

• Official Canucks Award Winner Archive on Canucks.com
• Canucks Award Winners
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See also

• Babe Pratt Trophy
• Cyrus H. McLean Trophy
• Fred J. Hume Award
• Molson Cup
• Most Exciting Player Award