Pittsburgh Penguins Most Valuable Player
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Pittsburgh Penguins Most Valuable Player
The Pittsburgh Penguins Most Valuable Player is an award given by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League at the conclusion of every season to the player or players deemed most valuable to the team. The first winner, following the Penguins first season in the league in 1968, was goaltender Les Binkley. Mario Lemieux was voted team MVP 12 times, between 1985 and 2003. Jaromir Jagr has won the second most awards with four. Jean Pronovost and Sidney Crosby won the award three times each, while Dave Burrows, Ron Schock, Ron Francis, and Evgeni Malkin have each won twice.
The MVP has most frequently been a center, who have been selected 27 times. Eleven wingers have been selected, ten of them right wings. A defenseman was selected six times. Three different goaltenders have also been selected.
Key
| † | Shared award |
| Also won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player | |
| Won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer. All Penguins Hart Trophy winners have also won the Art Ross |
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| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award |
| C | Centre | LW | Left Wing | D | Defence | RW | Right Wing | G | Goaltender |
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References
- ^ "Penguins Players Honored at Annual Awards Ceremony". Pittsburgh Penguins. April 17, 2006. http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=313122&page=NewsPage&service=pagepage. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
- ^ "Penguins Honor Team Award Winners". Pittsburgh Penguins. April 8, 2007. http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=313720&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
- ^ "Penguins Award Winners". Pittsburgh Penguins. April 3, 2008. http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=359032&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
- ^ "Annual Team Awards Announced". Pittsburgh Penguins. April 9, 2009. http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=417377&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
- ^ "Most Valuable Player Award". Pittsburgh Hockey Net. http://www.pittsburghhockey.net/PensPages/Awards/MVP-award.html. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
- ^ "2010-11 Pittsburgh Penguins". Pittsburgh Hockey Net. http://pittsburghhockey.net/penguins/seasons-in-review/pittsburgh-penguins-2010-11. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
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