The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is an award with few defenders today. Requests for it to be renamed are as much a part of the annual hockey season as training camp stories about Player X being in ...

Slavin became just the fourth defenseman in NHL history to win the Lady Byng Trophy in 2020-21, and he has now joined four-time winner Red Kelly (1950-51, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1960-61) as the second ...

Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar is the winner of the 2025 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player who best combines sportsmanship, gentlemanly conduct, and high playing ability, as ...

Slavin beat out Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews and Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson for the award. This is Slavin’s second-ever Lady Byng Trophy win. He last won in 2020-21.

Lady Byng, wife of Canada's Governor General at the time, presented the Lady Byng Trophy during the 1924-25 season.

Slavin became just the fourth defenseman to win the Lady Byng.) Last season, people believed Slavin was “robbed” of the 2020 Lady Byng, which Nathan MacKinnon won. Welp, no worries of such robberies ...

Hockey Hall of Famer Ron Francis, a three-time Lady Byng Trophy winner who served as Carolina's director of hockey operations when the 'Canes drafted Slavin in 2012, presented the award to the ...

Nathan MacKinnon is a deserving recipient of the 2020 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. The Avalanche’s fiery superstar, however, is certainly not a quintessential choice.

Kopitar, 37, also won the Lady Byng in the 2015-16 and 2022-23 seasons to become the 10th player to win it at least three times.