Michel Brière Rookie of the Year Award

The Michel Brière Rookie of the Year Award is an award given to the Pittsburgh Penguins player who was the most proficient player on the team in his first year of competition in the league. It is named in memory of Michel Brière, who died in a car accident at the end of the 1969–70 NHL season. Brière himself won the award that season, when it was known as the Rookie of the Year Award. A different ice hockey award, the Michel Brière Memorial Trophy, is awarded annually to the MVP of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
==List of winners==
*1967–68: Les Binkley
*1968–69: Jean Pronovost
*1969–70: Michel Brière
*1970–71: Greg Polis
*1971–72: Dave Burrows
*1973–74: Ron Lalonde
*1974–75: Pierre Larouche
*1976–77: Greg Malone
*1977–78: Peter Lee
*1978–79: Greg Millen and Rod Schutt
*1979–80: Paul Marshall
*1980–81: Mark Johnson
*1981–82: Mike Bullard
*1982–83: Dave Hannan
*1983–84: Roberto Romano
*1984–85: Mario Lemieux
*1985–86: Jim Johnson
*1987–88: Rob Brown
*1988–89: Zarley Zalapski
*1989–90: Mark Recchi
*1990–91: Jaromír Jágr
*1991–92: Jim Paek
*1992–93: Shawn McEachern
*1996–97: Patrick Lalime
*1997–98: Petr Skudra
*1998–99: Jan Hrdina
*1999–00: Jean-Sébastien Aubin
*2001–02: Johan Hedberg
*2003–04: Ryan Malone
*2005–06: Sidney Crosby
*2006–07: Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal
*2007–08: Kristopher Letang
==Notes==
There were no winners of the award in the 1972–73, 1975–76, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2008–09 seasons because the team did not have any rookies who could satisfy the conditions to win the award. There was no winner in the 2004–05 season due to the NHL lockout.
==External links==
* List of Pittsburgh Penguins team awards and their recipients
Category:Trophies and awards
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