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The Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award is an annual award presented by the
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...
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 season in
1970
Events
January
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. Prior to the
2013-14 NHL season, the award was simply known as the Most Exciting Player Award. On November 1, 2013,
Canucks Sports & Entertainment
Canucks Sports & Entertainment, previously known as Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment, is a Canadian sports and entertainment company in Vancouver, British Columbia that owns and operates the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League, the Van ...
announced that it would be renamed the Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award in honor of the team's first
Hockey Hall of Fame inductee and five-time winner of the award,
Pavel Bure
Pavel Vladimirovich Bure (russian: Па́вел Влади́мирович Буре́, ; born March 31, 1971) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played the right wing position. Nicknamed "the Russian Rocket" for his speed, Bu ...
. The most recent recipient is
J.T. Miller, who received the award for the first time in his career in the
2021–22 NHL Season.
The most prolific award winners in Canucks history have been:
*
Tony Tanti
Anthony Tanti (born September 7, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was a left winger and played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks. Originally selected 12th overall ...
– 5 times (1984–88)
*
Pavel Bure
Pavel Vladimirovich Bure (russian: Па́вел Влади́мирович Буре́, ; born March 31, 1971) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played the right wing position. Nicknamed "the Russian Rocket" for his speed, Bu ...
– 5 (1992–1995, 1998)
*
Todd Bertuzzi
Todd Bertuzzi (born February 2, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), winger of the National Hockey League (NHL). Known as a power forward (ice hockey), power forward, he has played in the NHL for the New York ...
– 4 (2000, 2002–2004)
*
Bobby Lalonde – 3 (1975–1977)
*
Alexandre Burrows
Alexandre Ménard-Burrows (born April 11, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks and the Ottawa Senators. He is currently an assistant coach for th ...
- 3 (2008–10)
Award winners
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See also
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Babe Pratt Trophy
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Cyclone Taylor Trophy
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Cyrus H. McLean Trophy
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Fred J. Hume Award
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Molson Cup
The Molson Cup is an award presented to a distinguished player on Canadian ice hockey teams. After each game, the " three game stars" are selected, usually by a member of the media. At the end of the season, the player with the most three-star ho ...
References
External links
Official Canucks Award Winner Archive on Canucks.com
Vancouver Canucks trophies and awards