The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the player deemed the best ice hockey goalkeeper as voted on by the ECHL GM Awards Committee.

Until the 1981-82 NHL season, the goalkeeper(s) of the team allowing the fewest number of goals during the regular season was awarded the trophy. However, it was recognized that this system often meant the trophy went to the goalkeeper of the better team rather than the individual and hence the change was made to offer the William M Jennings Trophy to the goalkeeper(s) playing for the team with the fewest goals against.

The Vezina Trophy was named in honour of Georges Vezina, an exceptional goalkeeper with the Montreal Canadiens, who collapsed during a game in 1925 and was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. Upon Vezina's death, the teams former owners donated the trophy to the League to be awarded for the first time at the end of the 1926-27 NHL season. It was purchased by the ECHL prior to the 2004-2005 season.

ECHL4 Vezina Trophy Winner

DAN CLOUTIER, G
Vancouver Canucks

Record: 40-29-13 (3rd)
GAA: 2.12 (4th)
SA%: .924 (1st)
SO: 12 (1st)

Quick - who led the ECHL in save percentage and shutouts in ECHL4? Resting comfortably under the radar in Vancouver, Dan Cloutier has evolved into one of the top three puckstoppers in the ECHL this season, backstopping his Canucks to 96 points and 5th place in the West. His 40 wins were 3rd best league wide, and stunningly, he played in all 82 Canucks games.

Previous Vezina Trophy Winners
ECHL3 Marty Turco, Minnesota
ECHL2 Dwayne Roloson, Toronto
ECHL1 Dwayne Roloson, Toronto