Cyclone Taylor Trophy

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Brothers Henrik Sedin (back) and Daniel (front) combined to win the award four times Sedins 12-2007.jpg
Brothers Henrik Sedin (back) and Daniel (front) combined to win the award four times
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Four-time winner (1989, 1991, 1995, 1996), Trevor Linden
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Three-time winner (1993, 1994, 1998), Pavel Bure
Five-time winner (1999, 2001-2004), Markus Naslund Markus Naslund.jpg
Five-time winner (1999, 2001–2004), Markus Naslund
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Two-time winner (2007, 2008), Roberto Luongo
Two-time winner (2017, 2021), Bo Horvat Bo Horvat 02-2015a.JPG
Two-time winner (2017, 2021), Bo Horvat

The Cyclone Taylor Trophy 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.

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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 J.T Miller (2024).

Winners

Positions key
C Centre LW Left wing D Defence RW Right wing G Goaltender
  Player is still active with the Canucks
SeasonWinnerPositionWin #
1970–71 Orland Kurtenbach C1
1971–72 Orland Kurtenbach C2
1972–73 Orland Kurtenbach C3
1973–74 Gary Smith G1
1974–75 Gary Smith G2
1975–76 Don Lever LW1
1976–77 Cesare Maniago G1
1977–78 Cesare Maniago G2
1978–79 Thomas Gradin C1
1978–79 Glen Hanlon G1
1979–80 [1] Stan Smyl RW1
1980–81 Richard Brodeur G1
1981–82 Richard Brodeur G2
1982–83 Stan Smyl RW2
1983–84 Patrik Sundstrom C1
1984–85 Richard Brodeur G3
1985–86 Stan Smyl RW3
1986–87 Barry Pederson C1
1987–88 Tony Tanti LW1
1988–89 Trevor Linden C1
1989–90 Kirk McLean G1
1990–91 Trevor Linden C2
1991–92 Kirk McLean G2
1992–93 Pavel Bure RW1
1993–94 Pavel Bure RW2
1994–95 Trevor Linden C3
1995–96 Trevor Linden C4
1996–97 Martin Gelinas LW1
1997–98 Pavel Bure RW3
1998–99 Markus Naslund LW1
1999–00 Mark Messier C1
2000–01 Markus Naslund LW2
2001–02 Markus Naslund LW3
2002–03 Markus Naslund LW4
2003–04 Markus Naslund LW5
2004–05 2004–05 NHL lockout
No winner
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2005–06 Alex Auld G1
2006–07 Roberto Luongo G1
2007–08 Roberto Luongo G2
2008–09 Ryan Kesler C1
2009–10 Henrik Sedin C1
2010–11 Daniel Sedin LW1
2011–12 Henrik Sedin C2
2012–13 Cory Schneider G1
2013–14 Ryan Kesler [2] C2
2014–15 Radim Vrbata [3] RW1
2015–16 Daniel Sedin [4] LW2
2016–17 Bo Horvat [5] C1
2017–18 Brock Boeser RW1
2018–19 Jacob Markstrom G1
2019–20 Jacob Markstrom G2
2020–21 Bo Horvat [6] C2
2021–22 Thatcher Demko G1
2022–23 Elias Pettersson C1
2023–24 J.T. Miller C1

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