Red Wings’ Marco Kasper Deserves Calder Consideration Devin Little | March 31, 2025 The 2024-25 season has been an up and down affair for the Detroit Red Wings. Though they still find themselves within striking distance of a playoff spot, their general inconsistency…
Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Kilby MacDonald’s 1939-40 Season Andrew Forbes | March 16, 2025 Born in Ottawa, Ontario, it was almost expected that Kilby MacDonald grew up playing hockey. In his early years – prior to the NHL – MacDonald was an offensively gifted…
Flames’ Dustin Wolf Should Be Running Away with Calder Trophy Race Rupert McDonald | March 11, 2025 With a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, the Calgary Flames continue to be one of the NHL’s biggest surprises this season. While it hasn’t exactly been pretty,…
Making the Case for Each 2024-25 Calder Trophy Contender Justin Giampietro | January 2, 2025 Entering the 2024-25 season, the hunt for the Calder Trophy to determine the NHL’s best rookie was expected to be a close one. That’s exactly what’s happening. With different Rookie…
Hurricanes’ Jackson Blake Should Be in More Calder Trophy Discussions Zach Martin | December 1, 2024 As we move onto the third month of the 2024-25 season, talks of individual NHL awards are beginning to creep up. One name that has taken people by storm is…
Canadiens Who Just Missed Out on Calder Trophy Before Caufield Ryan Szporer | August 6, 2024 Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield’s rejoined the Calder Memorial Trophy race. He may still fall short though, like these other Habs.
Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Frank Brimsek’s 1938-39 Season Andrew Forbes | July 29, 2024 Born in Eveleth, Minnesota, Frank Brimsek wasn’t your ordinary offensively-driven hockey player growing up. Instead, he was the one amongst the other kids that would step into the net and…
Connor Bedard Exceeded Expectations During Calder Season Chase Beardsley | July 7, 2024 Connor Bedard didn’t come into the league like any other first-overall draft pick. The former Regina Pats forward was one of the most talked about prospects in NHL history. He…
Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Cully Dahlstrom’s 1937-38 Season Andrew Forbes | July 4, 2024 He was commonly referred to as Cully Dahlstrom, but Carl Sidney Dahlstrom was an American-born hockey player who took an extended route to the NHL. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on…
Connor Bedard Caps off Whirlwind Season With Calder Trophy Win Gail Kauchak | June 27, 2024 The National Hockey League held their annual NHL Awards Show on Thursday (June 27) in Las Vegas, the day before the 2024 NHL Draft (June 28 and June 29). To…
Devils’ Luke Hughes’ 2023-24 Season Deserves the Calder Trophy Erica Rosenbaum | May 9, 2024 The NHL announced that New Jersey Devils rookie defenseman Luke Hughes was named a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player selected as the most proficient in…
Wild’s Faber Earns Calder Nomination with All-Around Play Mariah E. Stark (Holland) | May 1, 2024 The NHL officially announced their candidates for the Calder Memorial Trophy, which goes to the top-performing rookie in the NHL, on Tuesday, April 30. The names will come as no…