Jeffrey Scott Skinner is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for EHC Biel-Bienne in the National League. He was selected seventh overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL entry draft,
Skinner with the Carolina Hurricanes in April 2013
Skinner at the 2012 World Championships
Skinner as a Kitchener Ranger in September 2010
Skinner with the Hurricanes in November 2011.
The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League." It is named after Frank Calder, the
Jeff Skinner
…the youngest player ever to play in the NHL All-Star Game, as well as any All-Star game within the four major North American sports leagues. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy for best rookie in the 2010–11 season, becoming the first Hurricanes player to do so. During the 2022–23 season, he surpassed Ron Hainsey’s record of…
NHL president Red Dutton presenting the Calder Memorial Trophy to Gus Bodnar in 1944
Howie Meeker, winner in 1947
Terry Sawchuk, winner in 1951