Winners of the Lady Byng Trophy, awarded to the player exhibiting sportsmanship and gentlemanly play combined with playing ability:

YEAR       PLAYER                TEAM

2000-01    Joe Sakic                Colorado

1999-00    Pavol Demitra            St. Louis

1998-99    Wayne Gretzky            N.Y. Rangers

1997-98    Ron Francis              Pittsburgh

1996-97    Paul Kariya              Anaheim 

1995-96    Paul Kariya              Anaheim

1994-95    Ron Francis              Pittsburgh

1993-94    Wayne Gretzky            Los Angeles

1992-93    Pierre Turgeon           N.Y. Islanders

1991-92    Wayne Gretzky            Los Angeles

1990-91    Wayne Gretzky            Los Angeles

1989-90    Brett Hull               St. Louis

1988-89    Joe Mullen               Calgary

1987-88    Mats Naslund             Montreal

1986-87    Joe Mullen               Calgary

1985-86    Mike Bossy               N.Y. Islanders

1984-85    Jari Kurri               Edmonton

1983-84    Mike Bossy               N.Y. Islanders

1982-83    Mike Bossy               N.Y. Islanders

1981-82    Rick Middleton           Boston

1980-81    Rick Kehoe               Pittsburgh 

1979-80    Wayne Gretzky            Edmonton

1978-79    Bob MacMillan            Atlanta

1977-78    Butch Goring             Los Angeles 

1976-77    Marcel Dionne            Los Angeles 

1975-76    Jean Ratelle             Rangers-Boston

1974-75    Marcel Dionne            Los Angeles 

1973-74    John Bucyk               Boston

1972-73    Gilbert Perreault        Buffalo

1971-72    Jean Ratelle             N.Y. Rangers

1970-71    John Bucyk               Boston

1969-70    Phil Goyette             St. Louis

1968-69    Alex Delvecchio          Detroit

1967-68    Stan Mikita              Chicago

1966-67    Stan Mikita              Chicago

1965-66    Alex Delvecchio          Detroit

1964-65    Bobby Hull               Chicago

1963-64    Ken Wharram              Chicago

1962-63    Dave Keon                Toronto

1961-62    Dave Keon                Toronto

1960-61    Red Kelly                Toronto

1959-60    Don McKenney             Boston

1958-59    Alex Delvecchio          Detroit

1957-58    Camille Henry            N.Y. Rangers

1956-57    Andy Hebenton            N.Y. Rangers

1955-56    Earl Reibel              Detroit

1954-55    Sid Smith                Toronto

1953-54    Red Kelly                Detroit

1952-53    Red Kelly                Detroit

1951-52    Sid Smith                Toronto

1950-51    Red Kelly                Detroit 

1949-50    Edgar Laprade            N.Y. Rangers

1948-49    Bill Quackenbush         Detroit

1947-48    Buddy O'Connor           N.Y. Rangers

1946-47    Bobby Bauer              Boston

1945-46    Toe Blake                Montreal

1944-45    Bill Mosienko            Chicago

1943-44    Clint Smith              Chicago

1942-43    Max Bentley              Chicago

1941-42    Syl Apps                 Toronto

1941-42    Bobby Bauer              Boston

1939-40    Bobby Bauer              Boston

1938-39    Clint Smith              N.Y. Rangers

1937-38    Gordie Drillon           Toronto

1936-37    Marty Barry              Detroit

1935-36    Doc Romnes               Chicago

1934-35    Frank Boucher            N.Y. Rangers

1933-34    Frank Boucher            N.Y. Rangers

1932-33    Frank Boucher            N.Y. Rangers

1931-32    Joe Primeau              Toronto

1930-31    Frank Boucher            N.Y. Rangers

1929-30    Frank Boucher            N.Y. Rangers

1928-29    Frank Boucher            N.Y. Rangers

1927-28    Frank Boucher            N.Y. Rangers

1926-27	   Billy Burch              N.Y. Americans

1925-26    Frank Nighbor            Ottawa

1924-25    Frank Nighbor            Ottawa