Hurricanes’ NHL Award Candidates Casey Bridge | March 15, 2022 As we get closer to the end of the regular season, names start to get thrown around for the NHL Awards. Last year, the Carolina Hurricanes saw defensemen Jaccob Slavin…
NHL Needs to Implement Defensive Defenceman Award Colton Pankiw | February 25, 2022 The James Norris Memorial Trophy, more commonly referred to as the Norris Trophy, is an award that is given annually to the NHL’s best defenceman since the 1953-54 season. The…
Maple Leafs’ Campbell Climbing Into Vezina Conversation Shaun Filippelli | November 12, 2021 Although it’s still too early in the 2021-22 campaign to be crowning potential award winners, some of the league’s best have already begun to make their case. Given what Jack…
Last Red Wings to Win Each NHL Award Tony Wolak | June 19, 2021 On Sunday night, I realized that it had been a few years since a member of the Detroit Red Wings had won a major NHL award. Previously, it was an…
Hellebuyck a Glaring Omission from Vezina Trophy Finalists Declan Schroeder | June 2, 2021 The reigning Vezina Trophy winner has been snubbed a chance to repeat. The Winnipeg Jets’ Connor Hellebuyck, who captured the hardware last season in a landslide, was left off the…
2021 NHL Award Watch: Evaluating The Selke Race Aaron Heckmann | May 13, 2021 This is the fourth in a five-part series examining the race for the major awards (Hart, Selke, Calder, Vezina & Norris) as the season comes to a close. I have…
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…