NHA Rookie Of The Year Award

Season: 2005-06

Winner: Alexander Ovechkin, ANA (69GP 57G 25A 82PTS) Runner-up #1: Sidney Crosby, CAR (82GP 36G 57A 93PTS) Runner-up #2: Dion Phaneuf, PIT (82GP 19G 33A 52PTS)

Season: 2003-04

Winner: Nikolai Zherdev, PHI (82GP 26G 37A 63PTS) Runner-up #1: Michael Ryder, BOS (78GP 30G 25A 55PTS) Runner-up #2: Andrew Raycroft, QUE (69GP 2.46GGA .913PCT)

Season: 2002-03

Winner: Jason Spezza, CAL (76GP 16G 33A 49PTS) Runner-up #1: Rick Nash, ATL (77GP 20G 23A 43PTS) Runner-up #2: Jay Bouwmeester, NY (79GP 9G 23A 32PTS)

Season: 2001-02

Winner: Dany Heatley, CAL (82GP 27G 39A 66PTS) Runner-up #1: Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL (81GP 29G 31A 60PTS) Runner-up #2: Krys Kolanos, STL (63GP 21G 31A 52PTS)

Season: 2000-01

Winner: Evgeni Nabokov, BOS (55GP 2.54GGA .910PCT) Runner-up #1: Brad Richards, BOS (70GP 17G 24A 41PTS) Runner-up #2: Martin Havlat, VIC (80GP 21G 21A 42PTS)

Season: 1999-00

Winner: Scott Gomez, WAS (68GP 19G 34A 53PTS) Runner-up #1: Alex Tanguay, TOR (74GP 17G 28A 45PTS) Runner-up #2: Peter Schaefer, WIN (53GP 14G 20A 34PTS)

Season: 1998-99

Winner: Brendan Morrison, CAR (76GP 17G 32A 49PTS) Runner-up #1: Chris Drury, LOS (59GP 13G 27A 40PTS) Runner-up #2: Bill Muckalt, WAS (78GP 26G 19A 45PTS)