The Montreal Canadiens have a long history of superstar goaltenders. Dating back over a hundred years ago they had Georges Vezina in goal. When they name the award for best goaltender in the league after you, you probably did something well while playing the position yourself.
After Vezina left town, George Hainsworth took over and won the first three Vezina’s. Not long after that Bill Durnan was in goal and he won four Vezina Trophy’s in a row, and six in seven years. Shortly after Durnan retired, Jacques Plante took over and won six out of seven Vezina Trophy’s himself.