| Lester Patrick Trophy |
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| Awarded "for outstanding service to hockey in the United States." Eligible recipients are players, officals, coaches, executives and referees. Presented by the New York Rangers in 1966 to honor the late Lester Patrick, longtime general manager and coach of the New York Rangers, whose teams finished out of the playoffs only once in his first 16 years with the club. |
| Year | Winners |
| 1999 | Harry Sinden
U.S. Olympic Women's Team |
| 1998 | Peter Karmanos
Max McNab
Neal Broten
John Mayasich |
| 1997 | Seymour H. Knox III*
Bill Cleary
Pat LaFontaine |
| 1996 | George Gund
Ken Morrow
Milt Schmidt |
| 1995 | Joe Mullen
Brian Mullen |
| 1994 | Wayne Gretzky
Robert Ridder |
| 1993 | Frank Boucher
Red Dutton
Bruce McNall
Gil Stein |
| 1992 | Al Arbour
Art Berglund
Lou Lamoriello |
| 1991 | Rod Gilbert
Mike Ilitch |
| 1990 | Len Ceglarski |
| 1989 | Dan Kelly
Lou Nanne
Lynn Patrick*
Bud Poile |
| 1988 | Keith Allen
Fred Cusick
Bob Johnson |
| 1987 | Hobey Baker*
Frank Mathers |
| 1986 | John MacInnes
Jack Riley |
| 1985 | Jack Butterfield
Arthur M. Wirtz |
| 1984 | Arthur Howie Ross*
John A. Ziegler Jr. |
| 1983 | Bill Torrey |
| 1982 | Emile P. Francis |
| 1981 | Charles M. Schulz |
| 1980 | Bobby Clarke
Frederick A. Shero
Edward M. Snider
U.S. Olympic Team |
| 1979 | Bobby Orr |
| 1978 | Philip A. Esposito
Tom Fitzgerald
William T. Tutt
William W. Wirtz |
| 1977 | Murray A. Armb
John P. Bucyk
John Mariucci |
| 1976 | George A. Leader
Stanley Mikita
Bruce A. Norris |
| 1975 | William L. Chadwick
Donald M. Clark
Thomas N. Ivan |
| 1974 | Weston W. Adams Sr.*
Charles L. Crovat*
Alex Delvecchio
Murray Murdoch |
| 1973 | Walter L. Bush |
| 1972 | Clarence S. Campbell
John Kelly
James D. Norris*
Ralph Cooney Weiland |
| 1971 | William M. Jennings
Terrance G. Sawchuk*
John B. Sollenberger* |
| 1970 | James C.V. Hendy*
Edward W. Shore |
| 1969 | Robert M. Hull
Edward J. Jeremiah* |
| 1968 | Walter A. Brown*
Gen. John R. Kilpatrick*
Thomas F. Lockhart |
| 1967 | Charles F. Adams*
Gordon Howe
James Norris Sr.* |
| 1966 | J.J. Jack Adams |
| * awarded posthumously |
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