Two trophy finalists on same team

[Hockey Outsider]

Here's a list of seasons where there were two Hart finalists on the same team:

1930 - Boston - Lionel Hitchman 2nd, Cooney Weiland 3rd
1941 - Boston - Bill Cowley 1st, Dit Clapper 2nd
1945 - Montreal - Elmer Lach 1st, Mauric Richard 2nd
1951 - Detroit - Red Kelly and Gordie Howe tied for 3rd
1953 - Detroit - Gordie Howe 1st, Red Kelly 3rd
1955 - Toronto - Ted Kennedy 1st, Harry Lumley 2nd
1960 - Chicago - Bobby Hull 2nd, Glenn Hall 3rd
1963 - Detroit - Gordie Howe 1st, Terry Sawchuk 3rd
1964 - Detroit - Norm Ullman 2nd, Gordie Howe 3rd
1967 - Chicago - Stan Mikita 1st, Bobby Hull 3rd
1968 - Chicago - Stan Mikita 1st, Bobby Hull 3rd
1969 - Boston - Phil Esposito 1st, Bobby Orr 3rd
1971 - Boston - Bobby Orr 1st, Phil Esposito 2nd
1972 - Boston - Bobby Orr 1st, Phil Esposito 3rd
1973 - Boston - Phil Esposito 2nd, Bobby Orr 3rd
1974 - Boston - Phil Esposito 1st, Bobby Orr 3rd
1982 - NY Islanders - Bryan Trottier 2nd, Mike Bossy 3rd
1988 - Edmonton - Grant Fuhr 2nd, Wayne Gretzky 3rd
2001 - Pittsburgh - Mario Lemieux 2nd, Jaromir Jagr 3rd

Notes:

Orr and Esposito were co-finalists five times in as span of six years. Howe was a co-finalist with a teammate four times (twice with Kelly), and Hull was a co-finalist with a teammate three times (twice with Mikita).

This has become an increasingly rare phenomenon. It's only occurred three times in the last four decades, and once in the past 25 years.

In 1955, Montreal had Maurice Richard finish 3rd, Jean Beliveau finished 4th, Doug Harvey finished tied for 5th, and Bernie Geoffrion finished 7th.

In 1965, Detroit had three of the top four players. Hull won the Hart, but Ullman was second, Howe third, and Crozier fourth.

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Here's a list of seasons where there were two Norris finalists on the same team:

1963 - Toronto - Carl Brewer 2nd, Tim Horton 3rd
1964 - Chicago - Pierre Pilote 1st, Elmer Vasko 3rd
1966 - Chicago - Pierre Pilot 2nd, Pat Stapleton 3rd
1969 - Boston - Bobby Orr 1st, Ted Green 3rd
2002 - Detroit - Lidstrom 1st, Chelios 2nd
2007 - Anaheim - Niedermayer 2nd, Pronger 3rd

Notes:

Biggest surprise? Pronger and MacInnis were never finalists in the same season. They came closest in 1999 (Chopper won the Norris, and Pronger was 4th).

Most impressive season? In 1977, Montreal had three of the top five defensemen (Robinson won the Norris, Lapointe was 4th, and Savard 5th).

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

off the top of my head, teammates who were both finalists for the calder:

palat and johnson*
kane and toews
malkin and staal
heatley and kovalchuk
drury and hejduk
robitaille and carson
chelios and penney*

rare #s 2 and 3 finishes

 

[Hockey Outsider]

This has never happened with the Vezina trophy.

A few close calls were 1983 (the Islanders' Melanson was 2nd, and Smith was 4th); 1984 (Washington's Riggin and Jensen finished 3rd and 4th respectively); and 1990 (Boston's Moog and Lemelin finished 3rd and 4th respectively). Given that goalies are no longer as likely to split the workload as they were during the 1980s, it doesn't surprise me that we haven't had any close calls in a long time.

 

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Here's a list of seasons where there were two Selke finalists on the same team:

1980 - Buffalo - Ramsay 2nd, Luce 3rd
1991 - Chicago - Graham 1st, Larmer 3rd
1996 - Detroit - Fedorov 1st, Yzerman 3rd
2008 - Detroit - Datsyuk 1st, Zetterberg 3rd

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Here's a list of seasons where there were two Calder finalists on the same team:

1935 - NY Americans - Schriner 1st, Connelly 2nd
1937 - Toronto - Apps 1st, Drillon 2nd
1939 - Boston - Brimsek 1st, Conacher 2nd
1948 - Detroit - McFadden 1st, Kelly 3rd
1949 - NY Rangers - Lund 1st, Stanley 2nd
1950 - Boston - Gelineau 1st, Maloney 2nd
1951 - Toronto - Rollins 2nd, Lewicki 3rd
1952 - Montreal - Geoffrion 1st, Moore 3rd
1953 - Toronto - Hannigan 2nd, Bovin 3rd
1959 - Montreal - Backstrom 1st, McDonald 3rd
1961 - Toronto - Keon 1st, Nevin 2nd
1962 - Boston - Pennington 2nd, Stapleton 3rd
1964 - Montreal - Laperriere 1st, Ferguson 2nd, Harper 3rd
1970 - Chicago - Esposito 1st, Magnuson 3rd
1976 - NY Islanders - Trottier 1st, Resch 2nd
1985 - Montreal - Chelios 2nd, Penney 3rd
1987 - Los Angeles - Robitaille 1st, Carson 3rd
1989 - NY Rangers - Leetch 1st, Granato 3rd
1999 - Colorado- Drury 1st, Hejduk 3rd
2002 - Atlanta - Heatley 1st, Kovalchuk 2nd
2007 - Pittsbrugh - Malkin 1st, Staal 3rd
2008 - Chicago - Kane 1st, Toews 3rd
2014 - Tampa Bay - Palat 2nd, Johnson 3rd

Notes:

This has happened far more often than I expected.

I don't have complete data prior to the late 1940's, so it's possible I'm missing some early seasons.

Look at that streak from 1948 to 1953. For six straight seasons, two of the Calder finalists were on the same team.

In 1964, for the only time in NHL history, from what I've been able to tell, all three awards finalists were from a single team - Montreal.

Not a bad crop of rookies for the Leafs in 1937, or the Habs in 1952. Looks like the Blackhawks' 2008 rookies might produce two Hall of Famers as well.

 

[MXD]

This has never happened with the Vezina trophy. I'm struggling to find anything that would even resemble a ''close call''. Any suggestions?

- Melanson and Smith, 82-83, 2nd and 4th respectively. (For those who have any issues replacing that season, it was Pete Peeters huge season who netted him a unanimous 1st place, with 2nd and 3rd being Melanson and Murray Bannerman).

- Riggin and Jensen, 83-84. This one technically qualifies, as both finished 3rd ex-aequo

- Moog and Lemelin, 89-90. 3rd and 4th.

I don't think there were other ones since. The closest might have been the Halak/Elliott pairing who both received some minor consideration in 11-12. Roy and Hayward also received some "twin" consideration, but one of them was always not particularily close.

 

[Crosbyfan]

It always struck me as odd that the NHL started to refer to the top 3 as "finalists", simply because they withheld the results to add excitement to their trophy presentation/show.

Now we are going further into the past and doing the same thing.

 

[thedoughboy]

Here's a list of seasons where there were two Selke finalists on the same team:

1980 - Buffalo - Ramsay 2nd, Luce 3rd
1991 - Chicago - Graham 1st, Larmer 3rd
1996 - Detroit - Fedorov 1st, Yzerman 3rd
2008 - Detroit - Datsyuk 1st, Zetterberg 3rd

Curious where you got the voting results for the selke? I haven't seen anything like the hockey reference voting for the other major trophies.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

I don't think there were other ones since. The closest might have been the Halak/Elliott pairing who both received some minor consideration in 11-12. Roy and Hayward also received some "twin" consideration, but one of them was always not particularily close.

Thanks for doing the research. For the record, I did my research before I saw your post, and we found the same three instances. Hopefully that means we're both right (rather than both missing something).

off the top of my head, teammates who were both finalists for the calder:

You got every instance going back to 1985, except Leetch and Granato.

It always struck me as odd that the NHL started to refer to the top 3 as "finalists", simply because they withheld the results to add excitement to their trophy presentation/show.

Now we are going further into the past and doing the same thing.

I agree that calling the players who finished in the top three in voting "finalists" isn't strictly accurate. The awards voters can pick any eligible player and the "finalists" are only so-named for presentation purposes. Throughout this thread, you can read "finalist" as "player who finished in the top three in voting" - but I'll keep the wording as is to make it easier to read.

Curious where you got the voting results for the selke? I haven't seen anything like the hockey reference voting for the other major trophies.

See the thread below. It's the most comprehensive awards database on the internet.

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1912553

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Here are seasons where there were three players from the same team were in the top three in scoring:

1940 - Boston - Schmidt 1st, Dumart 2nd (tied), Bauer 2nd (tied) (plus Cowley T-4th)
1945 - Montreal - Lach 1st, Richard 2nd, Blake 3rd
1950 - Detroit - Lindsay 1st, Abel 2nd, Howe 3rd
1955 - Montreal - Geoffrion 1st, Richard 2nd, Beliveau 3rd
1971 - Boston - Esposito 1st, Orr 2nd, Bucyk 3rd (plus Hodge 4th)
1974 - Boston - Esposito 1st, Orr 2nd, Hodge 3rd (plus Cashman 4th)
1987 - Edmonton - Gretzky 1st, Kurri 2nd, Messier 3rd (tied)

Here are seasons where there were two players from the same team were in the top three in scoring:

1928 - Montreal - Morenz 1st, Joliat 2nd
1929 - Toronto - Bailey 1st, Blair 3rd (tied)
1930 - Boston - Weiland 1st, Clapper 3rd
1932 - Toronto - Jackson 1st, Primeau 2nd (plus Conacher T-4th)
1934 - Toronto - Conacher 1st, Primeau 2nd
1935 - Detroit - Howe 2nd, Aurie 3rd (note: Howe split the year between St. Louis and Detroit)
1938 - Toronto - Drillon 1st, Apps 2nd
1941 - NY Rangers - Hextall 2nd (tied), Patrick 2nd (tied)
1941 - Toronto - Apps 2nd (tied), Drillon 2nd (tied)
1942 - NY Rangers - Hextall 1st, Patrick 2nd (plus Watson 4th)
1943 - Chicago - D. Bentley 1st, M. Bentley 3rd
1946 - Chicago - M. Bentley 1st, Smith 3rd (tied)
1949 - Chicago - Conacher 1st, D. Bentley 2nd
1949 - Detroit - Lindsay 3rd (tied), Abel 3rd (tied)
1952 - Detroit - Howe 1st, Lindsay 2nd
1953 - Detroit - Howe 1st, Lindsay 2nd (plus Delvecchio T-4th)
1954 - Detroit - Detroit - Howe 1st, Lindsay 3rd
1956 - Montreal - Beliveau 1st, M. Rciahard 3rd (plus Olmstead 4th)
1957 - Detroit - Howe 1st, Lindsay 2nd
1958 - Montreal - Moore 1st, H. Richard 2nd
1959 - Montreal - Moore 1st, Beliveau 2nd
1961 - Montreal - Geoffrion 1st, Beliveau 2nd
1962 - Chicago - Hull 1st (tied), Mikita 3rd (tied)
1964 - Chicago - Mikita 1st, Hull 2nd
1965 - Detroit - Ullman 2nd, Howe 3rd
1966 - Chicago - Hull 1st, Mikita 2nd (tied)
1967 - Chicago - Mikita 1st, Hull 2nd (plus Wharram T-4th)
1970 - Boston - Orr 1st, Esposito 2nd
1972 - Boston - Esposito 1st, Orr 2nd
1973 - Boston - Esposito 1st, Orr 3rd
1975 - Boston - Orr 1st, Esposito 2nd
1977 - Montreal - Lafleur 1st, Shutt 3rd
1984 - Edmonton - Gretzky 1st, Coffey 2nd
1985 - Edmonton - Gretzky 1st, Kurri 2nd
1986 - Edmonton - Gretzky 1st, Coffey 3rd (plus Kurri 4th)
1991 - St. Louis - Hull 2nd, Oates 3rd
1992 - Pittsburgh - Lemieux 1st, Stevens 2nd
1996 - Pittsburgh - Lemieux 1st, Jagr 2nd (plus Francis 4th)
1997 - Anaheim - Selanne 2nd, Kariya 3rd
1999 - Anaheim - Selanne 2nd, Kariya 3rd
2002 - Vancouver - Naslund 2nd, Bertuzzi 3rd
2009 - Pittsburgh - Malkin 1st, Crosby 3rd
2013 - Tampa Bay - St. Louis 1st, Stamkos 2nd
2020 - Edmonton - Draisaitl 1st, McDavid 2nd
2021 - Edmonton - McDavid 1st, Draisaitl 2nd
2023 - Edmonton - McDavid 1st, Draisaitl 2nd

 

[BenchBrawl]

Thanks for that.Surprised Crosby and Malkin didn't get Top 5 in Hart in the same year.Actually, Malkin finished 2nd and Crosby 6th in 08-09.They have a shot this year.

In your "two players from the same team in the top three in scoring" list, the late-50s Montreal Canadiens dynasty did it repeatedly but with 5 different players in total (H.Richard, Béliveau, M.Richard, Moore, Geoffrion, and even Olmstead making it 6 players if you count 4th in scoring).That's pretty crazy.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Here are seasons where there were three players from the same team were in the top three in scoring:

1940 - Boston - Schmidt 1st, Dumart 2nd (tied), Bauer 2nd (tied) (plus Cowley T-4th)
1945 - Montreal - Lach 1st, Richard 2nd, Blake 3rd
1950 - Detroit - Lindsay 1st, Abel 2nd, Howe 3rd
1955 - Montreal - Geoffrion 1st, Richard 2nd, Beliveau 3rd
1971 - Boston - Esposito 1st, Orr 2nd, Bucyk 3rd (plus Hodge 4th)
1974 - Boston - Esposito 1st, Orr 2nd, Hodge 3rd (plus Cashman 4th)
1987 - Edmonton - Gretzky 1st, Kurri 2nd, Messier 3rd (tied)

Here are seasons where there were two players from the same team were in the top three in scoring:

1928 - Montreal - Morenz 1st, Joliat 2nd
1929 - Toronto - Bailey 1st, Blair 3rd (tied)
1930 - Boston - Weiland 1st, Clapper 3rd
1932 - Toronto - Jackson 1st, Primeau 2nd (plus Conacher T-4th)
1934 - Toronto - Conacher 1st, Primeau 2nd
1935 - Detroit - Howe 2nd, Aurie 3rd (note: Howe split the year between St. Louis and Detroit)
1938 - Toronto - Drillon 1st, Apps 2nd
1941 - NY Rangers - Hextall 2nd (tied), Patrick 2nd (tied)
1941 - Toronto - Apps 2nd (tied), Drillon 2nd (tied)
1942 - NY Rangers - Hextall 1st, Patrick 2nd (plus Watson 4th)
1943 - Chicago - D. Bentley 1st, M. Bentley 3rd
1946 - Chicago - M. Bentley 1st, Smith 3rd (tied)
1949 - Chicago - Conacher 1st, D. Bentley 2nd
1949 - Detroit - Lindsay 3rd (tied), Abel 3rd (tied)
1952 - Detroit - Howe 1st, Lindsay 2nd
1953 - Detroit - Howe 1st, Lindsay 2nd (plus Delvecchio T-4th)
1954 - Detroit - Detroit - Howe 1st, Lindsay 3rd
1956 - Montreal - Beliveau 1st, M. Rciahard 3rd (plus Olmstead 4th)
1957 - Detroit - Howe 1st, Lindsay 2nd
1958 - Montreal - Moore 1st, H. Richard 2nd
1959 - Montreal - Moore 1st, Beliveau 2nd
1961 - Montreal - Geoffrion 1st, Beliveau 2nd
1962 - Chicago - Hull 1st (tied), Mikita 3rd (tied)
1964 - Chicago - Mikita 1st, Hull 2nd
1965 - Detroit - Ullman 2nd, Howe 3rd
1966 - Chicago - Hull 1st, Mikita 2nd (tied)
1967 - Chicago - Mikita 1st, Hull 2nd (plus Wharram T-4th)
1970 - Boston - Orr 1st, Esposito 2nd
1972 - Boston - Esposito 1st, Orr 2nd
1973 - Boston - Esposito 1st, Orr 3rd
1975 - Boston - Orr 1st, Esposito 2nd
1977 - Montreal - Lafleur 1st, Shutt 3rd
1984 - Edmonton - Gretzky 1st, Coffey 2nd
1985 - Edmonton - Gretzky 1st, Kurri 2nd
1986 - Edmonton - Gretzky 1st, Coffey 3rd (plus Kurri 4th)
1991 - St. Louis - Hull 2nd, Oates 3rd
1992 - Pittsburgh - Lemieux 1st, Stevens 2nd
1996 - Pittsburgh - Lemieux 1st, Jagr 2nd (plus Francis 4th)
1997 - Anaheim - Selanne 2nd, Kariya 3rd
1999 - Anaheim - Selanne 2nd, Kariya 3rd
2002 - Vancouver - Naslund 2nd, Bertuzzi 3rd
2009 - Pittsburgh - Malkin 1st, Crosby 3rd
2013 - Tampa Bay - St. Louis 1st, Stamkos 2nd

Duo's appearing the most times (in bold): Esposito-Orr - 6 times; Howe-Lindsay - 5 times ; Hull-Mikita - 4 times

Individual player appearing the most times: Esposito, Orr, Howe, Lindsay - 6 times ; Hull, Mikita, Beliveau, Gretzky - 4 times ; M. Richard - 3 times

EDIT:

Individual to appear with the most number of teammates: M. Richard, Orr, Esposito - 4 ; Howe, Beliveau, Gretzky - 3

 

[reckoning]

This has never happened with the Vezina trophy.

A few close calls were 1983 (the Islanders' Melanson was 2nd, and Smith was 4th); 1984 (Washington's Riggin and Jensen finished 3rd and 4th respectively); and 1990 (Boston's Moog and Lemelin finished 3rd and 4th respectively). Given that goalies are no longer as likely to split the workload as they were during the 1980s, it doesn't surprise me that we haven't had any close calls in a long time.

If you consider the All-Star team to be the equivalent of the current Vezina, the the 68-69 Blues would qualify (Glenn Hall finished 1st, Jacques Plante 3rd).

Almost certainly will never happen again. It would require a perfect storm of two goalies each playing half the season at an elite level, without a clear Vezina favorite on any of the other teams.

 

[Big Phil]

A little surprised that Crosby and Malkin never had this. Not that I remember a season where it should have happened, but you figure after a decade together it happens even once. 2009 was your best bet. For some reason throughout their careers when one had a great year the other was hurt or had a down year. So far this year they are both looking good though. But if Price is the front runner for the Hart this year, you figure he is at least a finalist and I can't imagine McDavid not being one either. So I doubt it this year as well. Might both finish top 3 in points though like 2009.

 

[quoipourquoi]

Here's a list of seasons where there were two Norris finalists on the same team:

1963 - Toronto - Carl Brewer 2nd, Tim Horton 3rd
1964 - Chicago - Pierre Pilote 1st, Elmer Vasko 3rd
1966 - Chicago - Pierre Pilot 2nd, Pat Stapleton 3rd
1969 - Boston - Bobby Orr 1st, Ted Green 3rd
2002 - Detroit - Lidstrom 1st, Chelios 2nd
2007 - Anaheim - Niedermayer 2nd, Pronger 3rd

Notes:

Biggest surprise? Pronger and MacInnis were never finalists in the same season. They came closest in 1999 (Chopper won the Norris, and Pronger was 4th).

Most impressive season? In 1977, Montreal had three of the top five defensemen (Robinson won the Norris, Lapointe was 4th, and Savard 5th).

Narrow miss: Bourque and Blake finished 2nd and 3rd in All-Star voting, but 2nd and 4th in Norris voting in 2000-01. Both likely would have been pushed aside by the St. Louis duo who were nearing a point-per-game pace but had some fluke injuries.

Between Detroit, Colorado, New Jersey, and St. Louis, a lot of the Norris hopefuls were on separate lines but on the same teams. Zubov and Hatcher would fit that criteria as well.

 

[seventieslord]

Here's a list of seasons where there were two Calder finalists on the same team:

1935 - NY Americans - Schriner 1st, Connelly 2nd
1937 - Toronto - Apps 1st, Drillon 2nd
1939 - Boston - Brimsek 1st, Conacher 2nd
1948 - Detroit - McFadden 1st, Kelly 3rd
1949 - NY Rangers - Lund 1st, Stanley 2nd
1950 - Boston - Gelineau 1st, Maloney 2nd
1951 - Toronto - Rollins 2nd, Lewicki 3rd
1952 - Montreal - Geoffrion 1st, Moore 3rd
1953 - Toronto - Hannigan 2nd, Bovin 3rd
1959 - Montreal - Backstrom 1st, McDonald 3rd
1961 - Toronto - Keon 1st, Nevin 2nd
1962 - Boston - Pennington 2nd, Stapleton 3rd
1964 - Montreal - Laperriere 1st, Ferguson 2nd, Harper 3rd
1970 - Chicago - Esposito 1st, Magnuson 3rd
1976 - NY Islanders - Trottier 1st, Resch 2nd
1985 - Chelios 2nd, Penney 3rd
1987 - Los Angeles - Robitaille 1st, Carson 3rd
1989 - NY Rangers - Leetch 1st, Granato 3rd
1999 - Colorado- Drury 1st, Hejduk 3rd
2002 - Atlanta - Heatley 1st, Kovalchuk 2nd
2007 - Pittsbrugh - Malkin 1st, Staal 3rd
2008 - Chicago - Kane 1st, Toews 3rd
2014 - Tampa Bay - Palat 2nd, Johnson 3rd

Notes:

This has happened far more often than I expected.

I don't have complete data prior to the late 1940's, so it's possible I'm missing some early seasons.

Look at that streak from 1948 to 1953. For six straight seasons, two of the Calder finalists were on the same team.

In 1964, for the only time in NHL history, from what I've been able to tell, all three awards finalists were from a single team - Montreal.

Not a bad crop of rookies for the Leafs in 1937, or the Habs in 1952. Looks like the Blackhawks' 2008 rookies might produce two Hall of Famers as well.

What do the rangers, avalanche, penguins, and hawks have in common? They all won the cup shortly after. Tampa bay probably will too. Only Atlanta blew it.

On an unrelated note, the leafs have a great chance of making this list this season.

 

[MXD]

What do the rangers, avalanche, penguins, and hawks have in common? They all won the cup shortly after. Tampa bay probably will too. Only Atlanta blew it.

On an unrelated note, the leafs have a great chance of making this list this season.

... It would probably be wrong, but they indeed do.

 

[seventieslord]

... It would probably be wrong, but they indeed do.

you're saying they don't have 2 of the three best rookies this year? I'd tend to agree. Matthews OR Marner will probably make the top-3 (it keeps getting more difficult to determine which one is going to make the biggest impact this season) but Laine and Werenski probably have the other two spots locked up.

On the other hand, those two have fallen off a lot in the last 10 games and the leaf rookies haven't as much. Plus, defensemen always get screwed in calder voting, it tracks the 3 highest point getters more often than not.

 

[MXD]

you're saying they don't have 2 of the three best rookies this year? I'd tend to agree. Matthews OR Marner will probably make the top-3 (it keeps getting more difficult to determine which one is going to make the biggest impact this season) but Laine and Werenski probably have the other two spots locked up.

Bingo. (Damn, those Leafs fan and their Matthews/Marner even invaded the History of Hockey Discussion Board)

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

What do the rangers, avalanche, penguins, and hawks have in common? They all won the cup shortly after. Tampa bay probably will too. Only Atlanta blew it.

montreal and the islanders too. LA was also whiffed.

the rangers case is the most interesting, in that they packaged an overaged distant third place calder finalist with another good young player to get a scoring star, and then packaged that scoring star with a couple of B+ prospects for a superstar recent MVP with a handful of rings.

just a crazy run of loonie-for-four-quarters trades.

and it's getting off topic but gets me to thinking: LA getting gretzky, philly getting lindros, st. louis getting scott stevens-- huge deals that resulted in top heavy teams. they all gave up too much farm, i.e. picks; whereas the rangers lost four young guys to get messier (granato, sandstrom, debrusk, and rice) but didn't bleed any picks so when it came time to load up in '93 and '94, you still had amonte, marchant, weight, kovalev, zubov, and all those other young guys to either contribute or sell off.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Years where first & second all-stars (at same position) are teammates

1936 - Boston - defense - Shore & Siebert (note: both were on the first team)
1939 - Boston - defense - Shore & Clapper (note: both were on the first team)
1942 - NY Americans - defense - Anderson & Egan
1945 - Montreal - defense - Bouchard & Harmon
1946 - Montreal - defense - Bouchard & Reardon
1947 - Montreal - defense - Reardon & Bouchard (note: both were on the first team)
1948 - Detroit - defense - Quackenbush & Stewart (note: both were on the first team)
1949 - Detroit - defense - Quackenbush & Stewart (note: both were on the first team)
1951 - Detroit - defense - Kelly & Reise
1955 - Detroit - defense - Kelly & Goldham
1955 - Montreal - center - Beliveau & Mosdell
1955 - Montreal - RW - M. Richard & Geoffrion
1956 - Montreal - defense - Harvey & Johnson
1958 - Montreal - center - H. Richard & Beliveau
1959 - Montreal - center - Beliveau & H. Richard
1959 - Montreal - defense - Johnson & Harvey
1961 - Montreal - center - Beliveau & H. Richard
1963 - Chicago - defense - Pilote & Vasko
1963 - Toronto - defense - Brewer & Horton
1964 - Chicago - defense - Pilote & Vasko
1966 - Chicago - defense - Pilote & Stapleton
1969 - Boston - defense - Orr & Green
1977 - Montreal - defense - Robinson & Lapointe
1979 - Montreal - defense - Robinson & Savard
2001 - Colorado - defense - Bourque & Blake (note: Blake was a trade deadline acquisition, and spent most of the year on LA)
2002 - Detroit - defense - Lidstrom & Chelios (note: both were on the first team)
2007 - Anaheim - defense - Niedermayer & Pronger

This has only happened 27 times in the history of the NHL. Obviously the majority of them involve defensemen (since there are four spots on the all-star teams, rather than two for any other position). There have only been five instances that don`t involve defensemen. All of those relate to the dynasty Montreal Canadiens. Four of those instances involve Jean Beliveau, and three of those involve him paired with Henri Richard.

Crosby and Malkin come close in 2009 (Malkin was on the first team, Crosby was 3rd in voting). A few other recent center pairs (Yzerman/Fedorov and Sakic/Forsberg) were never really close to both being all-stars in the same year.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Teams with the most year-end all-stars in a season

Six all-stars
Chicago Blackhawks - 1964
Montreal Canadiens - 1945
Montreal Canadiens - 1946
Montreal Canadiens - 1956
Montreal Canadiens - 1959

Five all-stars
Boston Bruins - 1940
Boston Bruins - 1941
Chicago Blackhawks - 1963
Chicago Blackhawks - 1966
Chicago Blackhawks - 1967
Detroit Red Wings - 1949
Detroit Red Wings - 1950
Detroit Red Wings - 1951 (note: Abel was tied for the 2nd team centre position)
Detroit Red Wings - 1953
Montreal Canadiens - 1955
Montreal Canadiens - 1958
Montreal Canadiens - 1961
** Montreal Canadiens - 1977
** New York Islanders - 1979

Four all-stars
Boston Bruins - 1939
Boston Bruins - 1943
Boston Bruins - 1947
** Boston Bruins - 1971
** Boston Bruins - 1974
Chicago Blackhawks - 1962
** Chicago Blackhawks - 1972
Detroit Red Wings - 1937
Detroit Red Wings - 1952
Detroit Red Wings - 1954
Detroit Red Wings - 1956
Detroit Red Wings - 1957
Detroit Red Wings - 1959
Detroit Red Wings - 1965
** Edmonton Oilers - 1982
** Edmonton Oilers - 1984
** Los Angeles Kings - 1981
Montreal Canadiens - 1944
Montreal Canadiens - 1947
Montreal Canadiens - 1949
Montreal Canadiens - 1953
Montreal Canadiens - 1957
Montreal Canadiens - 1960
Montreal Canadiens - 1966
** Montreal Canadiens - 1973
** Montreal Canadiens - 1978
** Montreal Canadiens - 1979
** New York Islanders - 1978
** New York Islanders - 1982
New York Rangers - 1931
New York Rangers - 1940
** New York Rangers - 1972
** Pittsburgh Penguins - 1993
Toronto Maple Leafs - 1934
Toronto Maple Leafs - 1941
Toronto Maple Leafs - 1942

Note: coaches used to be part of the year-end all-star teams. I've excluded them from this analysis.

This have been 55 teams in NHL history that had four or more year-end all-stars. Not surprisingly, this has been a rare feat since expansion. It's only happened 15 times from 1968 to present (denoted with an asterisk).

Interesting question - what's the worst team on the list? That is, what team had the worst season, despite having four (or more) of the league's best players at their respective positions? I wonder if any of these teams had losing records and/or failed to qualify for the playoffs.

It's become increasingly rare for a team to have even three all-stars in a single season.

Three (or more) all-stars in a season from 1990 onwards

Boston Bruins - 2020
Boston Bruins - 2023
Calgary Flames - 2022
Chicago Blackhawks - 2017
Colorado Avalanche - 2001 (note: Blake was traded late in the year from LA)
Colorado Avalanche - 2002
Detroit Red Wings - 2000
Detroit Red Wings - 2002
Detroit Red Wings - 2009
Ottawa Senators - 2006
Pittsburgh Penguins - 1992 (note: Recchi was traded to Philadelphia mid-year)
Pittsburgh Penguins - 1993 (note: four all-stars)
Pittsburgh Penguins - 2013
San Jose Sharks - 2008
Tampa Bay Lightning - 2007
Tampa Bay Lightning - 2019

 

[quoipourquoi]

A few other recent center pairs (Yzerman/Fedorov and Sakic/Forsberg) were never really close to both being all-stars in the same year.

There was definitely more hesitation from the voters to select two Centers from the same team on a three-person ballot in 1999 and 2001 than there probably should have been. Doug Weight was the unofficial 3rd Team Center behind Sakic and Lemieux in 1999 while scoring 1 point more than Forsberg in 9 extra games, while Sakic in 1999 finished 2 points ahead of 2nd Team Center Alexei Yashin in 9 fewer games and placed well behind the Hart nominee.

 

[bigbuffalo313]

Why are some bold? I would say they are the ones that produced a winner but there are some winners who aren't in bold