The Oilers’ Lengthy History of Major Individual Award Winners Mehtab Singh Bains | September 30, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers’ lengthy and storied history in the NHL involves numerous major individual awards. The franchise has had a player win nearly every major award, including in the WHA,…
McDavid Deserves More Respect From Hockey Media Darvin Babiuk | September 20, 2020 The NHL announced the first tranche of its 2020-21 award winners from Sept. 6-13. We still have to wait until Sept. 21 to find out the rest of the winners,…
Islanders’ Lamoriello the Right Choice for GM of the Year Matt Rothman | September 15, 2020 After Barry Trotz won the Jack Adams Trophy for the 2018-19 season, Lou Lamoriello was rightfully rewarded with the Jim Gregory Award as the NHL’s top general manager in 2019-20.…
NHL Should Honour Wayne Gretzky with Major Award Naming Leo Bond | June 27, 2020 Proposing a major NHL Award (for the top playmaker during each regular season) be named for the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, to honour his legendary career.
The Hockey Writers’ 2019-20 NHL Awards Josh Bell | May 1, 2020 Welcome to the ninth annual installment of our Year-End Awards here at The Hockey Writers. At the conclusion of every National Hockey League regular season, we ask all active writers…
NHL Award Winners Through American Thanksgiving Larry Fisher | November 29, 2019 NHL’s 5 Biggest Surprises at American Thanksgiving NHL’s 5 Biggest Disappointments at American Thanksgiving American Thanksgiving has become a big date on the NHL calendar — particularly for playoff implications…
NHL Names General Manager Award After Hall-Of-Famer Jim Gregory The Canadian Press | November 19, 2019 TORONTO — The NHL is renaming its award for the season’s top general manager to the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award. The name change was unanimously approved…
NHL Awards Voting (and Voters) Needs Reevaluation Kyle Gipe | June 20, 2019 The NHL Awards were last night, and while most of the awards handed out were well-deserved and, for some, long overdue, there were a shocking number of voting results that…
The 2019 THW Year-End Awards Ryan Pike | June 2, 2019 Welcome to the eighth annual installment of our Year-End Awards here at The Hockey Writers. At the conclusion of every National Hockey League regular season, we ask all active writers…
Last Bruin to Win Each NHL Award Brandon Share-Cohen | June 20, 2018 With the best of the best in the NHL set to attend the NHL Award Ceremony on Wednesday night, the Boston Bruins will be represented by alternate captain Patrice Bergeron…
McDavid Should Win the Hart Trophy Shane Sander | April 3, 2018 With three games remaining in the Edmonton Oilers’ season, Connor McDavid is perched on top of the NHL scoring lead with 103 points. Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov is…
McDavid Shouldn’t Win the Hart Trophy Will Billinghurst | March 30, 2018 With the NHL season winding down and the Stanley Cup Playoffs in sight, it’s time to turn our attention to some of the NHL Awards that are handed out for…