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The
Calder Memorial Trophy is presented annually "to the player
selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition
in the National Hockey League." In order to qualify for the
award, the player cannot have played in more than 25 games in any
single preceding season, nor in six or more games in each of any
two preceding seasons in any major professional league. The player
must also not have had his 26th birthday by September 15th of the
season in which he is eligible.
Former
NHL President Frank Calder began presenting permanent individual
trophies to the most outstanding rookie, beginning in 1937 until
his death in 1943. After Calder's death the NHL presented the Calder
Trophy in his memory, and is to be kept in perpetuity.
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