Honken Trophy is awarded annually to the
Swedish goaltender of the year, playing in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
(usually in the
SHL), as decided on by
Eventhouse and
Kamratföreningen Hockeyjournalisterna. It was installed in 2002 and resembles the
Vezina Trophy
The Vezina Trophy ( ) is awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender who is "adjudged to be the best at this position". At the end of each season, the thirty-two List of NHL general managers, NHL general managers vote to dete ...
of the
NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
. The trophy is named in honour of goalie
Leif "Honken" Holmqvist.
Winners
References
External links
Kamratföreningen Hockeyjournalisterna
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Awards established in 2002
Swedish ice hockey trophies and awards
Swedish Hockey League
2002 establishments in Sweden