Roman Hamrlik is the winner of this year’s Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy as voted on by members of the media covering the Montreal Canadiens.
A native of Zlin, Czech Republic, Hamrlik leads the Canadiens with a total of 1,696:36 minutes of play. He has averaged 22:29 minutes of ice time per game. He ranks second this season among Canadiens defensemen with a total of 129 shots on goal and a +6 plus-minus differential. Hamrlik has blocked 187 shots, first on the Canadiens and fourth in the NHL. He led all NHL defensemen in February with nine assists (0-9-9).
Hamrlik beat out teammates Hal Gill and Mathieu Darche. Hamrlik finished with 114 points in the voting, Gill and Darche had 80 and 79 points respectively.
Not as much of a favorite of mine as Darche, Hamrlik has been invaluable on a depleted Habs blueline this year. Here’s hoping that Darche comes back next year to have another crack at winning the Beauchamp. It’s doubtful that the Hammer will get a chance to defend his title.
The trophy’s namesake, Jacques Beauchamp, was the sports editor of Journal de Montreal, as well as a sometimes practice goalie for the Habs. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as an Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award Winner in 1984.
Jacques Beauchamp (second from the left) along with sportscaster turned actor, Emile Genest (second from right) at CKVL’s 40th Anniversary
The Past Winners of the Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy:
1981-82 – Doug Jarvis (inaugural winner)
1982-83 – Craig Ludwig
1983-84 – Jean Hamel
1984-85 – Craig Ludwig
1985-86 – Craig Ludwig
1986-87 – Rick Green
1987-88 – Mike McPhee
1988-89 – Petr Svoboda
1989-90 – Mike McPhee
1990-91 – Mike McPhee
1991-92 – Brent Gilchrist
1992-93 – Mike Keane
1993-94 – Lyle Odelein
1994-95 – Benoit Brunet
1995-96 – Peter Popovic
1996-97 – Stéphane Quintal
1997-98 – Patrice Brisebois and Marc Bureau
1998-99 – Benoit Brunet
1999-00 – Eric Weinrich
2000-01 – José Théodore
2001-02 – Joé Juneau
2002-03 – Jan Bulis
2003-04 – Francis Bouillon
2004-05 – (No Winner)
2005-06 – Steve Begin
2006-07 – Mark Streit
2007-08 – Mark Streit
2008-09 – Maxim Lapierre
2009-10 – Josh Gorges
2010-11 – Roman Hamrlik
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