history of Lady Byng trophy...

the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy was named after Marie Evelyn Moreton,wife of the Viscount Byng,of Vimy,who served as Governor General of Canada,from 1921 to 1926... it was given by Lady Byng,to Frank Nighbor,of the Ottawa Senators,in 1925,after a visit to her home,when asked if the NHL would accept the trophy to be given,"to the person who played like a gentleman",in the NHL... he said that the NHL would accept the trophy,so he was handed the trophy,by Lady Byng... after Frank Boucher,of the New York Rangers had won the trophy seven of eight years,she gave him the original trophy to keep... the NHL gave out another Lady Byng trophy after that... in 1949,after Lady Byng had died,the NHL renamed the trophy,"the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy"... in 1962,the original trophy given to Frank Boucher was destroyed in a house fire...