Conn Smythe Trophy - Stanley Cup Playoff MVP

Moments before each Stanley Cup crowning the Conn Smythe Trophy is bestowed upon the Hockey Writers' selection of the post season's best. First presented to Jean Beliveau in 1965, the honor dedicated to the Leaf legend has been handed out 47 times to 41 different players.

Typically finding a Stanley Cup champion (41 times) who is Canadian (41 times), the trophy has only found six Stanley Cup Final losers (Roger Crozier, Glenn Hall, Reggie Leach, Ron Hextall, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Tim Thomas) and six non-frostbacks (Brian Leetch, Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg, Evgeni Malkin, Tim Thomas, Jonathan Quick). That said, only 1 of the last 5 winners was Canadian (Jonathan Toews 2010) and the past two were American (Thomas 2011, Quick 2012).

Positionally the award has been dominated by goalies (16) and centers (16), followed by defensemen (9), right wingers (4) and left siders (2). Only Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy has laid claim to the trophy three times with the well-heeled foursome of Bobby Orr, Bernie Parent, Wayne Gretzky, and Mario Lemieux each taking it twice.

The most recent recipient was Los Angeles Kings backstop Jonathan Quick, who became the third American (Brian Leetch, Tim Thomas) to capture the honor. Patrick Roy remains the youngest winner at age 20.