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The 'NHL Hart Trophy winners' quiz
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The 'NHL Hart Trophy winners' quiz

Happy 46th birthday to four-time NHL All-Star, 2005-06 Ross and Hart trophies winner and 2025 Hall-of-Fame inductee Joe Thornton!

Thornton played 24 seasons in the NHL with the Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers -- leading the entire league in points (125) and assists (92) in his MVP 2005-06 MVP campaign. He retired with 1,539 total points in his career, with 1,109 assists and 430 goals. 

Which brings us to today's quiz. Can you name every winner of the Hart Trophy, which honors the most valuable player in the NHL, since 1983?

Good luck!

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2025 / WPG / #37
Connor Hellebuyck
2024 / COL / #29
Nathan MacKinnon
2023 / EDM / #97
Connor McDavid
2022 / TOR / #34
Auston Matthews
2021 / EDM / #97
Connor McDavid
2020 / EDM / #29
Leon Draisaitl
2019 / TB / #86
Nikita Kucherov
2018 / NJ / #9
Taylor Hall
2017 / EDM / #97
Connor McDavid
2016 / CHI / #88
Patrick Kane
2015 / MTL / #31
Carey Price
2014 / PIT / #87
Sidney Crosby
2013 / WAS / #8
Alex Ovechkin
2012 / PIT / #71
Evgeni Malkin
2011 / ANA / #10
Corey Perry
2010 / VAN / #33
Henrik Sedin
2009 / WAS / #8
Alex Ovechkin
2008 / WAS / #8
Alex Ovechkin
2007 / PIT / #87
Sidney Crosby
2006 / BOS/SJ / #19
Joe Thornton
2004 / TB / #26
Martin St. Louis
2003 / COL / #21
Peter Forsberg
2002 / MTL / #60
Jose Theodore
2001 / COL / #19
Joe Sakic
2000 / STL / #44
Chris Pronger
1999 / PIT / #68
Jaromir Jagr
1998 / BUF / #39
Dominik Hasek
1997 / BUF / #39
Dominik Hasek
1996 / PIT / #66
Mario Lemieux
1995 / PHI / #88
Eric Lindros
1994 / DET / #91
Sergei Fedorov
1993 / PIT / #66
Mario Lemieux
1992 / NYR / #11
Mark Messier
1991 / STL / #16
Brett Hull
1990 / EDM / #11
Mark Messier
1989 / LA / #99
Wayne Gretzky
1988 / PIT / #66
Mario Lemieux
1987 / EDM / #99
Wayne Gretzky
1986 / EDM / #99
Wayne Gretzky
1985 / EDM / #99
Wayne Gretzky
1984 / EDM / #99
Wayne Gretzky
1983 / EDM / #99
Wayne Gretzky

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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