Lady Byng Nominees Announced

This is the Lady Byng Trophy. It was donated by Lady Byng back in 1925 to honour the most gentlemanly player.

Byng herself actually picked the award's first winner, Ottawa's Frank Nighbor. From 1928 through 1935 Frank Boucher won the award 7 times in 8 years, and Byng actually told Boucher to keep the award and she would donate a new trophy.

Other notable multiple winners include Bobby Bauer (3), Red Kelly (4), Alex Delvecchio (3), Mike Bossy (3), Ron Francis (3) and Wayne Gretzky (5).

We can add Pavel Datsyuk to the list. He's won the award the last three years in a row, and has been nominated for a fourth, along with Zach Parise and Martin St. Louis.

Here's the award break down by team:

14 - New York Rangers
13 - Detroit Red Wings
9 - Toronto Maple Leafs
8 - Chicago Blackhawks
8 - Boston Bruins
5 - Los Angeles Kings
4 - Combined defunct teams
- New York Islanders
3 - Pittsburgh Penguins
- St. Louis Blues
2 - Montreal Canadiens
- Edmonton Oilers
- Calgary Flames
- Anaheim Ducks
1 - Buffalo Sabres
- Tampa Bay Lightning
- Carolina Hurricanes
- Colorado Avalanche

Award break down by position:

56 - Center
13 - Right Wing
10 - Left Wing
4 - Defense

Only two defenseman have ever won the award, Bill Quackenbush and Red Kelly, who won the award three times as a defenseman, and once as a center.