Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award
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File:Pavel Bure in Canucks uniform.jpg (1992–1995, 1998).]]
The Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award is an annual award presented by the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) to the player judged to be team's most exciting as voted by the fans. It is one of six annual team awards presented to Canucks players, awarded on the last home game of the regular season. Although the Canucks media guide does not recognize any recipients prior to the 1992–93 season, there is record of an annual winner every year since the Canucks' inaugural NHL season in 1970. Prior to the 2013–14 Vancouver Canucks season, the award was simply known as the Most Exciting Player Award.
On November 1, 2013, Canucks Sports & Entertainment announced that it would renamed the award as the Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award in honour of the team's first Hockey Hall of Fame inductee and five-time winner of the award, Pavel Bure.{{cite news|title=Canucks honour Pavel Bure with awards in his name - Vancouver Canucks - News|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=689521|accessdate=November 25, 2013|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|date=November 1, 2013}}
The most recent recipient is Quinn Hughes, who won it for the first time in the 2024–25 season.
The most prolific award winners in award's history have been:
- Tony Tanti – 5 times (1984–1988)
- Pavel Bure – 5 times (1992–1995, 1998)
- Todd Bertuzzi – 4 times (2000, 2002–2004)
- Bobby Lalonde – 3 times (1975–1977)
- Alexandre Burrows – 3 times (2008–2010)
Winners
File:Linden3cropped1.JPG (1989, 1991).]]
File:Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi.jpg (left; 1999, 2001) and four-time winner Todd Bertuzzi (right; 2000, 2002–2004).]]
File:Alexandre burrows.jpg (2008–2010).]]
File:Ryan Kesler Canucks practice 2012.jpg won the award in 2011.]]
class="wikitable"
|+Positions key | C | Centre
| LW | Left wing
| D | Defence
| RW | Right wing
| G | Goaltender |
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class="wikitable sortable"
!Season !Winner !Position !Win # |
1970–71
| {{sortname|Andre|Boudrias|André Boudrias |
| C
| 1
|-
| 1971–72
| {{sortname|Andre|Boudrias|André Boudrias|}}
| C
| 2
|-
| 1972–73
| {{sortname|Bobby|Schmautz}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 1973–74
| {{sortname|Don|Lever}}
| LW
| 1
|-
| 1974–75
| {{sortname|Bobby|Lalonde}}
| C
| 1
|-
| 1975–76
| {{sortname|Bobby|Lalonde}}
| C
| 2
|-
| 1976–77
| {{sortname|Bobby|Lalonde}}
| C
| 3
|-
| 1977–78
| {{sortname|Hilliard|Graves}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 1978–79
| {{sortname|Thomas|Gradin}}
| C
| 1
|-
| 1979–80
| {{sortname|Stan|Smyl}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 1980–81
| {{sortname|Tiger|Williams}}
| LW
| 1
|-
| 1981–82
| {{sortname|Thomas|Gradin}}
| C
| 2
|-
| 1982–83
| {{sortname|Darcy|Rota}}
| LW
| 1
|-
| 1983–84
| {{sortname|Tony|Tanti}}
| LW
| 1
|-
| 1984–85
| {{sortname|Tony|Tanti}}
| LW
| 2
|-
| 1985–86
| {{sortname|Tony|Tanti}}
| LW
| 3
|-
| 1986–87
| {{sortname|Tony|Tanti}}
| LW
| 4
|-
| 1987–88
| {{sortname|Tony|Tanti}}
| LW
| 5
|-
| 1988–89
| {{sortname|Trevor|Linden}}
| C
| 1
|-
| 1989–90
| {{sortname|Brian|Bradley|Brian Bradley (ice hockey, born 1965)}}
| C
| 1
|-
| 1990–91
| {{sortname|Trevor|Linden}}
| C
| 2
|-
| 1991–92
| {{sortname|Pavel|Bure}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 1992–93All awards henceforth officially recognized by Canucks Media Guide.
| {{sortname|Pavel|Bure}}
| RW
| 2
|-
| 1993–94
| {{sortname|Pavel|Bure}}
| RW
| 3
|-
| 1994–95
| {{sortname|Pavel|Bure}}
| RW
| 4
|-
| 1995–96
| {{sortname|Alexander|Mogilny}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 1996–97
| {{sortname|Martin|Gelinas|Martin Gélinas}}
| LW
| 1
|-
| 1997–98
| {{sortname|Pavel|Bure}}
| RW
| 5
|-
| 1998–99
| {{sortname|Markus|Naslund|Markus Näslund}}
| LW
| 1
|-
| {{sortname|Todd|Bertuzzi}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 2000–01
| {{sortname|Markus|Naslund|Markus Näslund}}
| LW
| 2
|-
| 2001–02
| {{sortname|Todd|Bertuzzi}}
| RW
| 2
|-
| 2002–03
| {{sortname|Todd|Bertuzzi}}
| RW
| 3
|-
| 2003–04
| {{sortname|Todd|Bertuzzi}}
| RW
| 4
|-
| 2004–05
| colspan="3"|Season cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout
|-
| 2005–06
| {{sortname|Anson|Carter}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 2006–07
| {{sortname|Roberto|Luongo}}
| G
| 1
|-
| 2007–08
| {{sortname|Alexandre|Burrows}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 2008–09
| {{sortname|Alexandre|Burrows}}
| RW
| 2
|-
| 2009–10
| {{sortname|Alexandre|Burrows}}
| RW
| 3
|-
| 2010–11
| {{sortname|Ryan|Kesler}}
| C
| 1
|-
| 2011–12
| {{sortname|David|Booth|David Booth (ice hockey)}}
| LW
| 1
|-
| 2012–13
| {{sortname|Jannik|Hansen}}{{cite news|title=Canucks announce team awards|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=667680|accessdate=April 26, 2013|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|date=April 25, 2013}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 2013–14
| {{sortname|Zack|Kassian}}{{cite web|title=Canucks announce 2013.14 team awards|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=714389|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|date=April 13, 2014|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 2014–15
| {{sortname|Radim|Vrbata}}{{cite web|title=Canucks announce 2013.14 team awards|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=762822#&navid=VAN-search|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|date=April 11, 2014|accessdate=July 15, 2014}}
| RW
| 1
|-
| 2015–16
| {{sortname|Bo|Horvat|Bo Horvat}}
| C
| 1
|-
| 2016–17
| {{sortname|Bo|Horvat|Bo Horvat}}
| C
| 2
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2017–18
| {{sortname|Brock|Boeser|Brock Boeser}}
| RW
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2018–19
| {{sortname|Elias|Pettersson|Elias Pettersson}}
| C
| 1
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2019–20
| {{sortname|Elias|Pettersson|Elias Pettersson}}
| C
| 2
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2020–21
| {{sortname|Nils|Hoglander|Nils Höglander}}
| LW
| 1
|-
| 2021–22
| {{sortname|J. T.|Miller}}
| C/LW
| 1
|-
| 2022–23
| {{sortname|Andrei|Kuzmenko|Andrei Kuzmenko}}
| LW
| 1
|-
| 2023–24
|{{sortname|J. T.|Miller}}
| C/LW
| 2
|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"
| 2024–25
|{{sortname|Quinn|Hughes}}
| D
| 1
|}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124652/http://www.nhl.com/canucks/ext/alltime_07_08.pdf Official Canucks Award Winner Archive on Canucks.com]
- [http://www.dmarchak.com/canaward.htm Canucks Award List]
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