Fred J. Hume Award
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The Fred J. Hume Award is a Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...

 team award given out at the end of each NHL season to the team's unsung hero, as decided by the Vancouver Canucks Booster Club. It was first given out after the Canucks' inaugural season in 1970–71 and was named after former Mayor of Vancouver Fred J. Hume, who was also owner of the Canucks while they were in the Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League (minor pro)
The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League...

 and an active campaigner to bring the NHL to Vancouver.

In the history of the trophy, the most any one Canucks player has won the award is twice, accomplished by Hilliard Graves
Hilliard Graves
Hilliard Donald Graves is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 556 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the California Golden Seals, Atlanta Flames, Vancouver Canucks, and Winnipeg Jets. During his career he was known for having a devastating hip check.- External...

 (1977 and 1978), Rich Sutter
Rich Sutter
Richard G. Sutter is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning. He is part of the...

 (1988 and 1989), Steve Bozek
Steve Bozek
Steven Michael Bozek is a retired professional ice hockey left wing who spent 11 seasons in the NHL with four clubs...

 (1990 and 1991), and Martin Gelinas
Martin Gelinas
Martin Gélinas is a former professional ice hockey forward and the current director of player development with the Nashville Predators.-Playing career:Gelinas made a splash in 1987–88 with the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL with a 63-goal, 131-point campaign...

 (1995 and 1996). The current holder of the award is Jannik Hansen
Jannik Hansen
Jannik Hansen is a Danish professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . Hansen began playing professionally at the age of 16 with both the Rødovre Mighty Bulls of the Danish league and the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish J20...

, who won for the 2010–11 season
2010–11 NHL season
The 2010–11 NHL season was the 94th season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the fourth consecutive season that opened in Europe with NHL Premiere . A record three events were scheduled, all in previous NHL Premiere cities: Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Prague, Czech...

.

List of winners

Positions key
C Centre
Centre (ice hockey)
The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

LW Left Wing
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

D Defence
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

RW Right Wing
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

G Goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...


Player is still active with the Canucks.
Season Winner Position
1970–71
1970–71 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1970–71 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' first in the NHL. They joined the league on May 22, 1970, along with the Buffalo Sabres. After not being awarded an expansion team in 1967 when the league added six teams, Vancouver finally joined the NHL in 1970 for a price of $6 million...

D
1971–72
1971–72 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1971–72 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks second season in the NHL. They finished 7th in the East Division, good enough for last place in the division.-Game log:-Skaters:...

C
1972–73
1972–73 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1972–73 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 3rd in the NHL. Vancouver finished 7th in the East Division for the second consecutive season, failing to reach the playoffs again.-Game log:-Trophies and awards:...

D
1973–74
1973–74 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1973–74 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 4th in the NHL. Vancouver finished 7th in the East Division for the third consecutive season, failing to reach the playoffs. Before the season started Bud Poile, the Canucks first general manager, left the team to become an executive with the...

LW
1974–75
1974–75 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1974–75 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 5th in the NHL. With a realignment of the teams in the NHL, the Canucks left the East Division and joined the newly formed Smythe Division. The Canucks won their first division title under this new alignment, and as a result reached the playoffs...

C
1975–76
1975–76 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1975–76 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 6th in the NHL. The Canucks made the playoffs for the second seasons in a row, losing in the preliminary round to the New York Islanders.-Game log:-Trophies and awards:...

D
1976–77
1976–77 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1976–77 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's seventh in the NHL. The Canucks failed to reach the playoffs. Phil Maloney, the teams general manager and head coach, was replaced mid-season as head coach by Orland Kurtenbach, the first captain of the Canucks.-Off-season:The Canucks made a...

RW
1977–78
1977–78 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-External links:...

(2) RW
1978–79
1978–79 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-External links:...

D
1979–80
1979–80 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1979–80 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 10th in the NHL. Stan Smyl led the team in goals, assists, points, and penalty minutes, the last time one player has led his team in all four categories. On October 14, 1979, Wayne Gretzky scored his first NHL goal against Glen Hanlon.-Game...

D
1980–81
1980–81 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1980-1981 was the tenth season in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks who finished 3rd in the NHL's Smythe Division, scoring 289 goals and allowing 301.-Game log:-External links:*http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/VAN/1981.html...

LW
1981–82
1981–82 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1981–82 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 12th in the NHL. The Vancouver Canucks made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the New York Islanders 4 games to 0.-Season standings:...

D
1982–83
1982–83 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-External links:...

D
1983–84
1983–84 Vancouver Canucks season
-Offseason:The Canucks had the ninth overall pick in the Entry Draft and chose right-winger Cam Neely, who had just led the Portland Winterhawks to the Memorial Cup Championship. Neely tallied 31 points and 57 penalty minutes in 56 games his rookie season....

D
1984–85
1984–85 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-External links:...

D
1985–86
1985–86 Vancouver Canucks season
-Off-season:Changes were the order of the day after a disastrous 1984-85 campaign. Gone were Vice-President, General Manager, and Head Coach Harry Neale and Associate Coach Ron Smith. Assistant GM Jack Gordon was promoted to GM and Director of Hockey Operations and 1982 Jack Adams Trophy winner Tom...

RW
1986–87
1986–87 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-External links:...

D
1987–88
1987–88 Vancouver Canucks season
-Regular season:The Canucks had a very disappointing season, they were not capable of winning 3 games in a row during the season. However after the season they were able to draft future captain Trevor Linden.-Game log:-Player stats:...

RW
1988–89
1988–89 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1988–89 Vancouver Canucks season saw the Canucks finish in fourth place in the Smythe Division with a record of 33 wins, 39 losses, and 8 ties for 74 points. They met the first-place Calgary Flames in the Division Semi-finals and extended the series to a decisive seventh game...

(2) RW
1989–90
1989–90 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes-Goaltending:...

LW
1990–91
1990–91 Vancouver Canucks season
-Coaching change and USAir 1493:The Canucks who were slumping in the first half of the regular season fired head coach Bob McCammon on January 31, 1991. He was fired immediately after a home game against the New York Rangers that ended in a 3-3 tie...

(2) LW
1991–92
1991–92 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1991–92 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 22nd NHL season.In the off-season, the Canucks fourth round draft pick in 1989 was finally validated and the Canucks now officially held the NHL rights to Pavel Bure. There was still a problem, though...

LW
1992–93
1992–93 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1992–93 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 23rd NHL season.On September 21, Jim Robson, who had called Canucks play-by-play action since their WHL days, was given the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for excellence in hockey broadcasting and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame...

C
1993–94
1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 24th NHL season. Vancouver finished the season second in their division and qualified for the playoffs as the number seven seed. In the post season the Canucks pulled several upsets and reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in...

C
1994–95
1994–95 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1994–95 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 25th NHL season. Goaltender Kirk McLean accounted for all of the Canucks' 18 wins. Pavel Bure did not have the same power he did in 1992-93 and 1993–94, the two seasons in which he reached the 60-goal mark, but he still led the club in 1994-95...

LW
1995–96
1995–96 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1995–96 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 26th NHL season.-Game log:-Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. Colorado Avalanche:Colorado wins series 4–2-Scoring leaders:...

(2) LW
1996–97
1996–97 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-Playoffs:The Canucks failed to qualify for the playoffs by 3 points, this is the first of 4 seasons that the Canucks failed to qualify.-Player stats:...

C
1997–98
1997–98 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1997–98 Vancouver Canucks season was the teams 28th season in the National Hockey League. After missing the playoffs the season before, the team responded by signing Mark Messier to a three-year contract. The signing of Messier did little to improve the team as they finished even worse than the...

RW
1998–99
1998–99 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-Trades:-Draft picks:Vancouver's picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, New York.-External links:...

D
1999–00 C
2000–01
2000–01 Vancouver Canucks season
-Offseason:Markus Naslund became the captain after Mark Messier signed with the New York Rangers.-Game log:-External links:...

D
2001–02
2001–02 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-External links:...

D
2002–03
2002–03 Vancouver Canucks season
-Game log:-External links:...

LW
2003–04
2003–04 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2003–04 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 34th NHL season. It was the first time since the Northwest Division was created that a team other than the Colorado Avalanche has won the division title.-Conference standings:...

D
2004–05
2004–05 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2004–05 Vancouver Canucks season was to be the team's 35th season in the NHL. However, the entire season's games were cancelled as a result of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.-Free agents:-Draft picks:...

2005–06
2005–06 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2005–06 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 35th NHL season.In the first season after the lockout, the Canucks were expected to fare as well, if not better, than the previous season, where they captured the Northwest Division title...

RW
2006–07
2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 36th NHL season.The season began on the heels of a blockbuster trade involving goaltender Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajicek coming to Vancouver in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen...

D
2007–08
2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 37th season in the National Hockey League.-Regular season:-Skaters:Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes-Goaltenders:...

LW
2008–09
2008–09 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2008–09 Vancouver Canucks season was the 38th season in the National Hockey League.-Off-season:On June 17, 2008, the Canucks named Ryan Walter as an assistant coach. He joined head coach Alain Vigneault and assistant coach Rick Bowness on the Canucks' coaching staff...

RW
2009–10
2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season was the 39th season the Vancouver Canucks franchise has played in the National Hockey League .-Entry draft:...

LW
2010–11
2010–11 Vancouver Canucks season
The 2010–11 Vancouver Canucks season was the 40th season in the modern Canucks' history. The Vancouver Canucks won their fifth Northwest division title, third conference championship and first Presidents Trophy...

RW

See also

  • Babe Pratt Trophy
    Babe Pratt Trophy
    thumb|200px|[[Christian Ehrhoff]] is the most recent recipientThe Babe Pratt Trophy is one of six annual team awards presented to players of the National Hockey League 's Vancouver Canucks...

  • Cyclone Taylor Trophy
    Cyclone Taylor Trophy
    The Cyclone Taylor Award is the award given each year to the most valuable player on the Vancouver Canucks . It is named after Cyclone Taylor, a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who led the Vancouver Millionaires to the Stanley Cup in 1915...

  • Cyrus H. McLean Trophy
    Cyrus H. McLean Trophy
    The Cyrus H. McLean Trophy is an award given out by the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. It recognizes the Canucks leading scorer over the course of the regular season...

  • Molson Cup
    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 honours is presented with the Molson Cup...

  • Most Exciting Player Award

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