Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award

Template:Short description Template:Infobox sports award The Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award,<ref name="NHL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> officially billed as the MBNA/MasterCard Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award,<ref name="NHL2">Template:Cite magazine</ref> was an award in ice hockey given annually to the goaltender who finished the regular season with the best save percentage in the National Hockey League (NHL).<ref name="PROJO">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Only goaltenders who played 25 games or more in the season were eligible for the award.<ref name="NHL" /> A goaltender's save percentage represents the percentage of shots on goal that he stops, and is calculated by dividing the number of saves by the total number of shots on goal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The award was first presented at the conclusion of the Template:NHL Year,<ref name="PROJO" /> and was named in honor of former Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals goaltender Roger Crozier, a Calder and Conn Smythe Trophy winner who played in the NHL from 1964 to 1977.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was presented by the MBNA corporation in memory of Crozier, who worked for the MBNA America Bank after retiring as a player, and died on January 11, 1996.<ref name="NHL"/> The winner of the trophy received a commemorative crystal trophy and was given US$25,000 to donate to a youth hockey or other educational program of their choice.<ref name="NHL"/>

By 2007, when it ceased being presented, the award had been handed to six different players on seven occasions. Marty Turco is the only goaltender to have won the award twice. Three Dallas Stars goalies have won the award, while two each have represented the Montreal Canadiens and the Minnesota Wild. Only seven awards were ever made. The award was not presented in 2005, as the entire Template:NHL Year was canceled due to the lockout.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Winners

Marty Turco is the only player to have won the award twice.

	Denotes players who are still active in the NHL
	Denotes player who was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame

Season	Player	Team	Save %	Win #	Ref.
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Dallas Stars	.919	1†	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Dallas Stars	.925	1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:NHL Year	Template:HsTemplate:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.931	1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Dallas Stars	.932	2	<ref name="Turco"/>
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Minnesota Wild	.933	1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:NHL Year	Season cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.929	1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:NHL Year	Template:HsTemplate:Sortname	Minnesota Wild	.929	1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

^† - Belfour was a prior save percentage leader in the 1990–91 season, before the Crozier Award was first presented.

Save-percentage leaders (1956–1999)

Before 2000, there was no award for leading the league in save percentage. The NHL started counting the statistic in 1982,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while records have been compiled for save percentage back into the mid-1950s.<ref name="hryearly">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Bold denotes highest season save percentage on record

* Season shortened by the 1994–95 NHL lockout

Season	Player	Team	Save %	Win #
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.930	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Detroit Red Wings	.928	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	New York Rangers	.927	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.925	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Toronto Maple Leafs	.919	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Toronto Maple Leafs	.923	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.923	3
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Chicago Black Hawks	.918	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Toronto Maple Leafs	.932	3
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Toronto Maple Leafs	.924	4
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Toronto Maple Leafs	.930	5
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Toronto Maple Leafs	.925	6
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Toronto Maple Leafs	.934	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	St. Louis Blues	.940	4
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Chicago Black Hawks	.932	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Toronto Maple Leafs	.944	5
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Chicago Black Hawks	.934	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.926	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Philadelphia Flyers	.932	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Los Angeles Kings	.927	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	New York Islanders	.914	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.920	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.922	3
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	New York Islanders	.914	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.907	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Philadelphia Flyers	.913	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.910	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	New York Islanders	.909	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	New York Islanders	.903	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Chicago Black Hawks	.903	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Philadelphia Flyers	.909	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Philadelphia Flyers	.902	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.900	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.908	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.912	3
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Chicago Blackhawks	.910	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Montreal Canadiens	.914	4
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	St. Louis Blues	.911	1
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Buffalo Sabres	.930	1
Template:NHL Year*	Template:Sortname	Buffalo Sabres	.930	2
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Buffalo Sabres	.920	3
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Buffalo Sabres	.930	4
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Buffalo Sabres	.932	5
Template:NHL Year	Template:Sortname	Buffalo Sabres	.937	6

Save-percentage leaders (2007–present)

* Season shortened by the 2012–13 NHL lockout
^† Season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic

See also

• List of National Hockey League awards
• List of NHL statistical leaders
• William M. Jennings Trophy
• Vezina Trophy

Notes

Template:Refbegin ^{{#if:| }} Craig Anderson only played in 24 games in the Template:NHL Year, however due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout the minimum game restriction was reduced from 25 games to 14.
^{{#if:| }} Alex Nedeljkovic only played in 23 games in the Template:NHL Year, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic the minimum game restriction was reduced from 25 games to 17. Template:Refend