Editing Lester Patrick Trophy

{{Short description|Ice hockey award for contributions to the sport in the United States}}{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{for|the [[Western Hockey League (1952–1974)]] championship trophy|Lester Patrick Cup}}
{{Infobox sports award
| name        = Lester Patrick Trophy
| image       = Lester patrick trophy.jpg
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| sport       = [[Ice hockey]]
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| givenfor    = Personnel who provide outstanding service to hockey in the United States.
| sponsor     =
| first       = [[1965–66 NHL season|1966]]
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| last        = 
| firstwinner =
| mostwins    =
| mostrecent  = [[Sam Rosen (sportscaster)| Sam Rosen]] [[2023-24 NHL season| 2024]]
| url         = 
}}
The '''Lester Patrick Trophy''' has been presented by the [[National Hockey League]] and [[USA Hockey]] since 1966 to honor a recipient's contribution to [[ice hockey]] in the [[United States]]. It is considered a non-NHL trophy because it may be awarded to players, coaches, officials, and other personnel outside the NHL.  The trophy is named after [[Lester Patrick]] (1883–1960), player and longtime coach of the [[New York Rangers]], who was a developer of ice hockey.

==History==
The Lester Patrick Trophy was presented by the [[New York Rangers]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite book |page=212 |editor=Dinger, Ralph |title=NHL Official Guide and Record Book 2010 |year=2009 |publisher=NHL}}</ref> It honors the late [[Lester Patrick]], who was a general manager and coach of the club. It is presented annually for "outstanding service to hockey in the United States".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/trophies/patrick.html |title=Lester Patrick Trophy |access-date=February 3, 2008 |publisher=NHL |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109110928/http://www.nhl.com/trophies/patrick.html |archive-date=January 9, 2010 }}</ref> Players, coaches, referees, and executives are eligible to receive the trophy, and are chosen by a committee including the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) commissioner and a governor, a representative of the New York Rangers; and a previous inductee into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]'s [[List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame#Builders|builder section]], Hockey Hall of Fame player's section, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, NHL Broadcasters' Association, and the [[Professional Hockey Writers' Association]]. The trophy's first recipient was [[Jack Adams]].

108 individuals, and three teams, have been given the trophy. The trophy has been given to women on two occasions; in 1999, the 1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team was presented the trophy along with [[Harry Sinden]], and in 2007, [[Cammi Granato]] individually won the trophy. Granato was also a member of the 1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team that received the trophy in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhof.com/HTML/wmspla03.shtml |title=Notable Woman Hockey Players |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=February 3, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203052216/http://www.hhof.com/html/wmspla03.shtml |archive-date=December 3, 2010 }}</ref>

==Recipients==
''<sup>†</sup> - Trophy was awarded posthumously.''

[[File:Clarence Campbell Stanley Cup 1957.jpg|200 px|right|Clarence S. Campbell, winner in 1972.|thumb]]
[[File:Terry Sawchuk 1963.JPG|right| 200 px|Terry Sawchuk, winner in 1971.|thumb]]
[[File:Gretzky aug2001 closeup.jpg|200 px|right|Wayne Gretzky, winner in 1994.|thumb]]
[[File:Mario Lemieux 2001.jpg|right| 200 px|Mario Lemieux, winner in 2000.|thumb]]
[[File:Scottybowman-2006awards.jpg|right| 200 px|Scotty Bowman, winner in 2001.|thumb]]
[[File:Mike Emrick.jpg|right| 200 px|Mike "Doc" Emrick, winner in 2004.|thumb]]
[[File:Brian Leetch New York Rangers 1997.jpg|right| 200 px|Brian Leetch, winner in 2007.|thumb]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;" width = 50%
! Year!! Recipient<!--Posthumous recipients are in ''italics''. Also, there could be multiple recipients per year.-->!! Role 
|-
| [[1965–66 NHL season|1966]]
| [[Jack Adams]]
| Coach
|-
| [[1966–67 NHL season|1967]]
| [[Gordie Howe]]
| Player
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Charles Adams (ice hockey)|Charles Adams]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| 1967
| ''[[James E. Norris]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| [[1967–68 NHL season|1968]]
| [[Tommy Lockhart]]
| Executive
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Walter A. Brown]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| 1968
| ''[[John Kilpatrick]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| [[1968–69 NHL season|1969]]
| [[Bobby Hull]]
| Player
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Eddie Jeremiah|Edward J. Jeremiah]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Coach
|-
| [[1969–70 NHL season|1970]]
| [[Eddie Shore]]
| Player
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Jim Hendy]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| [[1970–71 NHL season|1971]]
| [[William M. Jennings]]
| Executive
|-
| 1971
| ''[[John B. Sollenberger]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Terry Sawchuk]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Player
|-
| [[1971–72 NHL season|1972]]
| [[Clarence S. Campbell]]
| Executive
|-
| 1972
| [[John Kelley (ice hockey)|John A. "Snooks" Kelley]]
| Coach
|-
| 1972
| [[Ralph Weiland]]
| Player
|-
| 1972
| ''[[James D. Norris]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| [[1972–73 NHL season|1973]]
| [[Walter Bush]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1973–74 NHL season|1974]]
| [[Alex Delvecchio]]
| Player
|-
| 1974
| [[Murray Murdoch]]
| Coach
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Weston Adams]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Charles L. Crovat]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| [[1974–75 NHL season|1975]]
| [[Donald M. Clark]]
| Executive
|-
| 1975
| [[Bill Chadwick]]
| Official
|-
| 1975
| [[Tommy Ivan]]
| Coach
|-
| [[1975–76 NHL season|1976]]
| [[Stan Mikita]]
| Player
|-
| 1976
| [[Al Leader]]
| Official
|-
| 1976
| [[Bruce Norris (ice hockey)|Bruce Norris]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1976–77 NHL season|1977]]
| [[Johnny Bucyk]]
| Player
|-
| 1977
| [[Murray Armstrong]]
| Player 
|-
| 1977
| [[John Mariucci]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[1977–78 NHL season|1978]]
| [[Phil Esposito]]
| Player
|-
| 1978
| [[Tom Fitzgerald (journalist)|Tom Fitzgerald]]
| Media
|-
| 1978
| [[William Thayer Tutt]]
| Executive
|-
| 1978
| [[Bill Wirtz]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1979]]
| [[Bobby Orr]]
| Player
|-
| [[1979–80 NHL season|1980]]
| [[Bobby Clarke]]
| Player
|-
| 1980
| [[Ed Snider]]
| Executive
|-
| 1980
| [[Fred Shero]]
| Coach
|-
| 1980
| [[Miracle on Ice|1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[1980–81 NHL season|1981]]
| [[Charles M. Schulz]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1981–82 NHL season|1982]]
| [[Emile Francis]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1983]]
| [[Bill Torrey]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1984]]
| [[John Ziegler Jr.|John Ziegler, Jr.]]
| Executive
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Art Ross]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1985]]
| [[Jack Butterfield (ice hockey)|Jack Butterfield]]
| Executive
|-
| 1985
| [[Arthur M. Wirtz]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1986]]
| ''[[John MacInnes (ice hockey)|John MacInnes]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Coach
|-
| 1986
| [[John P. Riley Jr.]]
| Coach
|-
| [[1986–87 NHL season|1987]]
| ''[[Hobey Baker]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Player
|-
| 1987
| [[Frank Mathers]]
| Coach
|-
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1988]]
| [[Keith Allen (ice hockey)|Keith Allen]]
| Executive
|-
| 1988
| [[Fred Cusick]]
| Executive
|-
| 1988
| [[Bob Johnson (ice hockey, born 1931)|Bob Johnson]]
| Coach
|-
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1989]]
| ''[[Dan Kelly (sportscaster)|Dan Kelly]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| 1989
| [[Lou Nanne]]
| Multiple
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Lynn Patrick]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Player
|-
| 1989
| [[Bud Poile]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1990]]
| [[Len Ceglarski]]
| Player
|-
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1991]]
| [[Rod Gilbert]]
| Player
|-
| 1991
| [[Mike Ilitch]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1992]]
| [[Al Arbour]]
| Coach
|-
| 1992
| [[Art Berglund]]
| Executive
|-
| 1992
| [[Lou Lamoriello]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1993]]
| ''[[Frank Boucher]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Player
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Red Dutton]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| 1993
| [[Bruce McNall]]
| Executive
|-
| 1993
| [[Gil Stein (ice hockey)|Gil Stein]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1994]]
| [[Wayne Gretzky]]
| Player
|-
| 1994
| [[Robert Ridder]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1995]]
| [[Joe Mullen]]
| Player
|-
| 1995
| [[Brian Mullen]]
| Player
|-
| 1995
| [[Bob Fleming (ice hockey)|Bob Fleming]]
| Executive
|-
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1996]]
| [[George Gund III]]
| Executive
|-
| 1996
| [[Ken Morrow]]
| Player
|-
| 1996
| [[Milt Schmidt]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1997]]
| ''[[Seymour H. Knox III]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| 1997
| [[Bill Cleary (ice hockey)|Bill Cleary]]
| Player
|-
| 1997
| [[Pat LaFontaine]]
| Player
|-
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1998]]
| [[Peter Karmanos Jr.]]
| Executive
|-
| 1998
| [[Neal Broten]]
| Player
|-
| 1998
| [[John Mayasich]]
| Player
|-
| 1998
| [[Max McNab]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1999]]
| [[Harry Sinden]]
| Executive
|-
| 1999
| [[United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[1999–2000 NHL season|2000]]
| [[Mario Lemieux]]
| Player
|-
| 2000
| [[Craig Patrick]]
| Executive
|-
| 2000
| [[Lou Vairo]]
| Coach
|-
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2001]]
| [[Gary Bettman]]
| Executive
|-
| 2001
| [[Scotty Bowman]]
| Coach
|-
| 2001
| [[David Poile]]
| Executive
|-
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2002]]
| [[Herb Brooks]]
| Coach
|-
| 2002
| [[Larry Pleau]]
| Multiple
|-
| 2002
| [[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics#Medalists|1960 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2003]]
| [[Willie O'Ree]]
| Player
|-
| 2003
| [[Ray Bourque]]
| Player
|-
| 2003
| [[Ron DeGregorio]]
| Executive
|-
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2004]]
| [[Mike Emrick|Doc Emrick]]
| Media
|-
| 2004
| [[John Davidson (ice hockey)|John Davidson]]
| Media
|-
| 2004
| [[Ray Miron]]
| Executive
|-
| [[2004–05 NHL season|2005]]
| [[2004–05 NHL lockout]]; no winner
| -
|-
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2006]]
| [[Red Berenson]]
| Multiple
|-
| 2006
| [[Marcel Dionne]]
| Player
|-
| 2006
| [[Reed Larson]]
| Player
|-
| 2006
| [[Glen Sonmor]]
| Coach
|-
| 2006
| [[Steve Yzerman]]
| Player
|-
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2007]]
| [[Brian Leetch]]
| Player
|-
| 2007
| [[Cammi Granato]]
| Player
|-
| 2007
| [[Stan Fischler]]
| Media
|-
| 2007
| [[John Halligan (ice hockey)|John Halligan]]
| Executive
|-
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2008]]
| [[Ted Lindsay]]
| Player
|-
| 2008
| [[Bob Naegele, Jr.]]
| Executive
|-
| 2008
| [[Brian Burke (ice hockey)|Brian Burke]]
| Executive
|-
| 2008
| [[Phil Housley]]
| Player
|-
| [[2008–09 NHL season|2009]]
| [[Mark Messier]]
| Player
|-
| 2009
| [[Mike Richter]]
| Player
|-
| 2009
| [[Jim Devellano]]
| Executive
|-
| [[2009–10 NHL season|2010]]
| [[David Andrews (ice hockey)|Dave Andrews]]
| Executive
|-
| 2010
| [[Cam Neely]]
| Multiple
|-
| 2010
| [[Jack Parker (ice hockey)|Jack Parker]]
| Coach
|-
| 2010
| [[Jerry York]]
| Coach
|-
| [[2010–11 NHL season|2011]]
| [[Mark Johnson (ice hockey)|Mark Johnson]]
| Coach
|-
| 2011
| [[Jeff Sauer]]
| Coach
|-
| 2011
| [[Tony Rossi (ice hockey)|Tony Rossi]]
| Executive
|-
| 2011
| [[Bob Pulford]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[2011–12 NHL season|2012]]
| [[Bob Chase]]
| Media
|-
| 2012
| [[Dick Patrick]]
| Executive
|-
| [[2012–13 NHL season|2013]]
| [[Kevin Allen (journalist)|Kevin Allen]]
| Media
|-
| [[2013–14 NHL season|2014]]
| [[Bill Daly]]
| Executive
|-
| 2014
| [[Paul Holmgren]]
|| Multiple
|-
| [[2014–15 NHL season|2015]]
| [[Jeremy Jacobs]]
| Executive
|-
| 2015
| [[Bob Crocker]]
|| Multiple
|-
| [[2015–16 NHL season|2016]]
| [[Mark Howe]]
| Player
|-
| 2016
| [[Patrick J. Kelly (ice hockey)|Patrick J. Kelly]]
| Executive
|-
| [[2016–17 NHL season|2017]]
| [[Peter Lindberg]]
| Executive
|-
| 2017
| [[Dave Ogrean]]
| Executive
|-
| [[2017–18 NHL season|2018]]
| ''[[Jim Johannson]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Executive
|-
| [[2018–19 NHL season|2019]]
| [[Jack Blatherwick (ice hockey)|Jack Blatherwick]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[2019–20 NHL season|2020]]
| [[Lynn Olson]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[2020–21 NHL season|2021]]
| [[Jack Barzee]]
| Multiple
|-
| [[2021–22 NHL season|2022]]
| ''[[Warren Strelow]]<sup>†</sup>''
| Multiple
|-
| [[2022–23 NHL season|2023]]
| Joe Bertagna
| Multiple
|-
|[[2023-24 NHL season|2024]]
|[[Sam Rosen (sportscaster)|Sam Rosen]]
|Media
|-
|}

==Notes and references==
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*{{cite web|url=https://records.nhl.com/awards/trophies/lester-patrick-trophy|title=Lester Patrick Trophy|publisher=[[NHL]]|access-date=October 11, 2021|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009221801/https://records.nhl.com/awards/trophies/lester-patrick-trophy|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlSilverware/silver_splashlesterpatrick.shtml|title=Lester Patrick Trophy|publisher=[[Hockey Hall of Fame]]|access-date=February 12, 2015|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035622/http://www.hhof.com/htmlSilverware/silver_splashlesterpatrick.shtml|url-status=dead}}
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