Bedard, Faber & Hughes Named Calder Trophy Finalists Harrison Smajovits | April 30, 2024 The NHL has announced its finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy – the award for the player who had the best first season in the league. The 2023 first-overall pick…
Connor Bedard vs. Brock Faber: Who Will Win the Calder Trophy? Hunter Crowther | April 4, 2024 When Connor Bedard fractured his jaw on Jan. 5 and was forced to miss over a month of action, many pundits and those who cover the game thought this could…
Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Syl Apps’ 1936-37 Season Andrew Forbes | March 18, 2024 His name was Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps. To those around the hockey world, he was simply known as Syl Apps — a former Olympic pole vaulter and member of the…
3 Ducks Rookies Making an Early Calder Push Charlie Hiller | November 5, 2023 With the Anaheim Ducks (6-4) off to a surprisingly hot start going into November, we have to look at what’s changed over last season. New head coach Greg Cronin is…
Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Russ Blinco’s 1933-34 Season Andrew Forbes | July 3, 2023 Russ Blinco was 25 when he suited up for his first career NHL game as a member of the Montreal Maroons in 1933-34. He signed with the Maroons after playing…
Oilers’ Skinner Having a Calder-Type Season Dale Bochon | February 25, 2023 You can talk about Connor McDavid being the NHL’s most valuable player this season, but he may have competition for MVP on his own team from goaltender Stuart Skinner. If…
Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Carl Voss’ 1932-33 Season Andrew Forbes | February 1, 2023 Carl Voss was 26 years old when he kicked off the 1932-33 NHL season with the New York Rangers. Having played 14 games prior to that season with the Toronto…
2022-23 Calder Trophy Tracker Matthew Zator | December 16, 2022 It’s time for the first edition of The Hockey Writers 2022-23 Calder Trophy Tracker! As we approach the Christmas break and the end of 2022, there have again been a…
Kraken’s Beniers Making a Strong Case for Calder Trophy Brian Finlayson | December 2, 2022 Entering his first full NHL season, Matty Beniers was poised to put his name in the Calder Trophy race as the league’s best rookie. Despite playing only 10 games in…
Senators’ Pinto Is a Frontrunner for the Calder Trophy Dayton Reimer | October 24, 2022 Coming into the 2022-23 NHL season, there was a lot of hype around the rookie crop that included first-overall selections Owen Power and Juraj Slafkovsky, along with top prospects Matty…
Golden Knights’ Thompson Deserves More Calder Trophy Talk Colton Pankiw | October 9, 2022 Owen Power, Mason McTavish, Matty Beniers, Kent Johnson, Jack Quinn. These are the names that continue to get mentioned when discussing potential Calder Trophy candidates, and rightfully so. All of…
Red Wings News & Rumors: Coaching Search, Calder Trophy & More Devin Little | June 22, 2022 The chatter around the Detroit Red Wings almost exclusively pertains to one of two topics: the team’s vacant head coach position, and newly-crowned Calder Trophy winner Moritz Seider. So let’s…