Question: What year did Maurice win the award given to the  "player judged most valuable to his team" in the NHL?

Context articles: Maurice Richard
The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
List of Brownlow Medal winners
Clive Churchill Medal
Tim Taylor Award (NCAA)
KBO League Most Valuable Player Award
Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award
Conn Smythe Trophy
ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award
Hart Memorial Trophy

Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; ] ; August 4, 1921 – May 27, 2000) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens.
 He was the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season, accomplishing the feat in 50 games in 1944–45, and the first to reach 500 career goals.
 Richard retired in 1960 as the league's all-time leader in goals with 544.
 He won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 1947, played in 13 All-Star Games and was named to 14 post-season NHL All-Star Teams, eight on the First-Team.
 On January 1, 2017, in a ceremony prior to the Centennial Classic, Richard was part of the first group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
"The Sporting News" established "The Sporting News" Most Valuable Player Award in 1929.
 The award was given annually to the player judged by "TSN" baseball experts as being the most valuable in each league.
 The awards were discontinued in 1946.
The Brownlow Medal (formally the Charles Brownlow Trophy) is an individual award given to the player judged fairest and best in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the regular season.
 Determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game, it is considered the highest honour for individual players in the AFL.
The Clive Churchill Medal is the award given to the player judged to be man-of-the-match in the National Rugby League's annual Grand Final.
 The award was created to honour Clive Churchill, one of the greatest rugby league players in Australian history, following his death in 1985.
 A prestigious honour in the NRL, the medal's recipient is chosen by the selectors of the Australian national team and announced and awarded to the player judged best and fairest on the ground at every post-grand final ceremony.
The Tim Taylor Award is an award given out to the NCAA Division I player judged to be the most outstanding freshman.
 The annual award was first received by Andreas Nödl after the conclusion of the 2006–07 season.
The KBO League Most Valuable Player Award is given to the player judged the most valuable player in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) League.
 The most recent winner is Dustin Nippert of the Doosan Bears.
The Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award is an annual award presented by the Vancouver Canucks to the player judged to be team's most exciting as voted by the fans.
 It is one of six annual team awards presented to Canucks players, awarded on the last home game of the regular season.
 Although the Canucks Media Guide does not recognize any recipients prior to the 1992–93 season, there is record of an annual winner every year since the Canucks' inaugural season in 1970.
 Prior to the 2013-14 NHL season, the award was simply known as the Most Exciting Player Award.
 On November 1, 2013, Canucks Sports & Entertainment announced that it would be renamed the Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award in honor of the team's first Hockey Hall of Fame inductee and five-time winner of the award, Pavel Bure.
 The most recent recipient is Bo Horvat, who received the award for the second consecutive year in the 2016–17 NHL season.
The Conn Smythe Trophy (French: "Trophée Conn Smythe" ) is awarded annually to the player judged most valuable to his team (MVP) during the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stanley Cup playoffs.
 It is named after Conn Smythe, the longtime owner, general manager, and head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
 The Conn Smythe Trophy has been awarded 48 times to 42 players since the 1964–65 NHL season.
 Each year, at the conclusion of the final game of the Stanley Cup Final, members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote to elect the player deserving of the trophy.
 The trophy is handed out prior to the presentation of the Stanley Cup by the NHL Commissioner and only the winner is announced, in contrast to most of the other NHL awards which name three finalists and are presented at a ceremony.
The ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award was an annual American Basketball Association (ABA) given in the ABA Playoffs.
 The award was first awarded in the 1968 ABA Playoffs, and was retired as part of the ABA–NBA merger.
 In sports, the player judged to be the most important to the team is the most valuable player (MVP).
The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, is awarded annually to the "player judged most valuable to his team" in the National Hockey League (NHL).
 The original trophy was donated to the league in 1923 by David Hart, the father of Cecil Hart, the longtime head coach of the Montreal Canadiens.
 The Hart Trophy has been awarded 92 times to 56 different players since its beginnings in 1924.
 Each year, members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote to determine the player who was the most valuable to his team during the regular season.