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Lester Patrick Trophy

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The Lester Patrick Trophy has been has presented by the National Hockey League since 1966 to honour a recipient's contribution to hockey in the United States.

The trophy is named after Lester Patrick (1883-1960), player and long time coach of the New York Rangers who was a developer of the game of ice hockey.