NHL AWARDS 1965

Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull and Pierre Pilote hold their NHL Awards for the 1964-65 season.

Mikita took home his 2nd Art Ross trophy as the league's leading scorer (87 points) while Bobby Hull hods the Hart Trophy as NHL regular season MVP and the Lady Byng Trophy as the league's most gentlemanly player.  BlackHawks Captain Pierre Pilote holds his 3rd consecutive (and last) James Norris trophy as the NHL's top defenseman.

1990-91 NHL Awards

1990-1991

Ed Belfour

Chicago Blackhawks

Vezina Trophy 

(NHL Goaltender of the Year)

Calder Trophy 

(NHL Rookie of the Year)

William Jennings Trophy

(Fewest Goals Allowed in Regular Season)

1979 NHL AWARDS

Bryan Trottier (NY Islanders) winner of the 1979 Hart Trophy (League MVP) and Art Ross Trophy (Leading Scorer) stands beside Denis Potvin (NY Islanders) winner of the 1979 Norris Trophy (Best NHL Defenseman).

2013 Jack Adams Trophy

2013 Jack Adams Trophy

(Coach of the Year)

Paul MacLean

Ottawa Senators 

(25-17-6)

7th in the Eastern conference

The Voting totals for the Jack Adams Trophy 2013

2013 Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy Winner

2013 Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy Winner

(NHL Leader in Goals scored)

Alexander Ovechkin

(3 time winner, 2008, 2009 and 2013)

Washington Capitals

32 goals

2012 NHL Awards

Last night in Las Vegas (again killing tradition) the NHL handed out its yearly awards, with most being first time winners.   

Jack Adams Award (Coach of the Year) 

Ken Hitchcock -St Louis Blues (1st)

Ted Lindsay Award (MVP by the Players) 

  Evgeni Malkin - Pittsburgh Penguins (1st)

The Hart Memorial Trophy (Regular Season MVP) 

 Evgeni Malkin - Pittsburgh Penguins (1st)

Art Ross Trophy (Regular Season Most Points)

 Evgeni Malkin - Pittsburgh Penguins  (2nd win)

The Norris Trophy (Top Defenseman) 

Erik Karlsson - Ottawa Senators (1st)

The Frank J Selke Trophy (Top Defensive Forward) 

Patrice Bergeron - Boston Bruins  (1st)

The Vezina Trophy (Top Goaltender) 

Henrik Lundqvist - New York Rangers  (1st)

Calder Memorial Trophy (Top Rookie) 

Gabriel Landeskog - Colorado Avalanche

William M Jennings Trophy 

(goaltenders with least goals allowed) 

St Louis Blues 

Brian Elliott (1st) and Jaroslav Halak (1st)

The Lady Byng Trophy - (Most Gentlemanly Player)

 Brian Campbell - Florida Panthers  (1st)

(the first Defenseman to win this award since Red Kelly in 1954)

The Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy

 (Most Regular Season Goals)

Steven Stamkos - Tampa Bay Lightning  (2nd)

The Conn Smythe Trophy (Stanley Cup Playoffs MVP)

Jonathan Quick - LA Kings (1st)

Happy Birthday Ron Hextall

Today May 3rd is the 48th birthday of former Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ron Hextall.  Now normally I wouldnt acknowledge a former Flyer since I am a Penguins man but I will make and exception today.   Hextall was no ordinary goalie, he played like a ticked off bull moose and had no problems fighting anyone or slashing anyone with his stick, much like Billy Smith of the Islanders.
Hextall was called by Wayne Gretzky.."the greatest goaltender I have ever played against".


In his rookie year of 1987 Hextall led the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals against Gretzky's Edmonton Oilers and pushed the high scoring Oilers to 7 games.   That effort in goal earned him the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs and became only the 4th player from the losing team to be named MVP.  Later that summer Hextall was awarded the Vezina Trophy as the NHLs top goaltender for the 1986-87 season.
He was also a 3 time winner of the Bobby Clarke Trophy as the Flyers MVP (1987,1988,1989)


Today he is the General Manager of the AHL Manchester Monarchs, the top minor league affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings.

1982 Norris Trophy Winner

The 1982 Norris Trophy for the NHL's Best Defenseman was awarded to Doug Wilson of the Chicago Blackhawks.   In 1982 Wilson scored 39 goals and 85 total points, which still the Chicago single season record for defenseman goals and points.

Drafted in the first round of the NHL Draft in 1977(6th overall) and he was also picked in the first round of the WHA entry draft (5th overall) by the Indianapolis Racers.   Wilson chose to go with the Blackhawks and spent the next 14 seasons anchoring the blueline.   Wilson holds the Blackhawks defenseman record for points (779), goals (225) and assist (554).  He ranks 5th all time in games played for Chicago with 938.  He led the Blackhawks defense in scoring for 10 consecutive seasons (1980-81 thru 1990-91).

He was acquired in 1991 by the expansion San Jose Sharks and was named the first team captain.  Wilson retired after the 1992-93 season.   In May of 2003 he was hired as the general manager for the Sharks.

2011 NHL Awards Winners

2011 Hart Trophy - NHL MVP - Corey Perry (Anaheim)

2011 Richard Trophy - NHL Top Goal Scorer - Corey Perry (Anaheim)

2011 Ross Trophy - NHL Leading Scorer - Daniel Sedin (Vancouver)

2011 Ted Lindsay Award - Players Choice MVP - Daniel Sedin (Vancouver)

2011 Vezina Trophy - NHL Top Goaltender - Tim Thomas (Boston)

2011 Conn Smythe Trophy - Stanley Cup Playoffs MVP - Tim Thomas (Boston)

2011 Norris Trophy - NHL Top Defenseman - Nicholas Lidstrom (Detroit)

2011 Selke Trophy Trophy - NHL Defensive Forward - Ryan Kesler (Vancouver)

2011 Lady Byng Trophy - NHL Most Gentlemanly Player - Martin St Louis (Tampa Bay)

2011 Jack Adams Trophy - NHL Coach of the Year - Dan Bylsma (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Today in Hockey History

Today in 1935 the NHL permanently awarded the original Lady Byng trophy for Gentlemanly Play to Frank Boucher.   After winning the trophy 7 out of 8 years Boucher was given the trophy to keep and Lady Byng donated the trophy that is awarded today.

Stat of the Day

Only 3 players in NHL history of have won the Vezina Trophy (for Best Goaltender) and the Hart Trophy (league MVP) in the same season.

Jacque Plante - Montreal 1961-62

 Dominik Hasek (2 times) - Detroit 1996-97 & 1997-98

  

Jose Theodore - Montreal 2001-02