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- The Vezina Trophy is now given each
- year to the best goaltender in the NHL,
- as voted by the leagueΓÇÖs general
- managers. Before 1981, the award was
- given to the goal-tenders on the team
- that allowed the fewest goals in a
- season. The first goalie to win the
- Vezina Trophy was George Haines-
- worth, who had been Georges VezinaΓÇÖs
- replacement in the Montreal goal, after
- the 1926-27 season. George also won
- the award the next two seasons. In fact,
- Canadiens goalies dominate the list of
- the awardΓÇÖs winners. Three goalies for
- the team have won the award five or
- more times: Bill Durnan, Jacques
- Plante, and Ken Dryden.