Posts About "NHL Awards"
McDavid Deserves More Respect From Hockey Media
September 20th, 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, almost a month altogether. If you don’t remember what awards were already announced or who won them, don’t worry. You’re excused. After superbly handling the management of this...
Islanders' Lamoriello the Right Choice for GM of the Year
September 15th, 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. Lamoriello is finishing his second season as the New York Islanders' president of hockey operations and general...
NHL Should Honour Wayne Gretzky with Major Award Naming
June 27th, 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.
Last Red Wings to Win Each NHL Award
June 19th, 2020 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 annual occurrence, with Nicklas Lidstrom’s Norris trophies and Pavel Datsyuk’s various awards becoming commonplace. At the very least, someone from the Red Wings was nominated for an...
NHL Awards History: Oldest & Youngest Winners
May 28th, 2020 We updated this list from the THW Archives of the oldest and youngest winners in NHL history, originally published Jan. 19, 2015. And, before you say anything, I didn't do the math to figure out who was older or younger by months if there was a tie, except for the Calder Trophy's youngest winner. (All stats and records courtesy of...
The Hockey Writers' 2019-20 NHL Awards
May 1st, 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 to submit their picks for the following categories. Voting was conducted by e-mail through April, while voters were instructed to provide up to three...
NHL Award Winners Through American Thanksgiving
November 29th, 2019 NHL’s 5 Biggest Surprises at American ThanksgivingNHL’s 5 Biggest Disappointments at American Thanksgiving American Thanksgiving has become a big date on the NHL calendar — particularly for playoff implications — and a terrific time to evaluate the lay of the land through approximately 25 games. The NHL season is...
NHL Names General Manager Award After Hall-Of-Famer Jim Gregory
November 19th, 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 today by league general managers at their annual November meeting. The trophy was first presented in 2009-10 as the NHL General Manager of the Year Award. Don...
NHL Awards Voting (and Voters) Needs Reevaluation
June 20th, 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 were either questionable, irrational, or downright wrong. Let's look at some of the peculiarities in the voting results. Ryan O'Reilly of the St. Louis Blues poses...
The 2019 THW Year-End Awards
June 2nd, 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 to submit their picks for the following categories. Voting was conducted by e-mail between April 9 and May 31, while voters were instructed to provide...
Last Bruin to Win Each NHL Award
June 20th, 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 and coach Bruce Cassidy. Bergeron has been a mainstay at the awards in recent years while a few other Bruins have found themselves attending over that same time span for...
McDavid Should Win the Hart Trophy
April 3rd, 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 second with 97 points. Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin is third with 96 points. Unless McDavid goes pointless and one of Kucherov and Malkin picks up...
McDavid Shouldn't Win the Hart Trophy
March 30th, 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 the regular season. Recently, some debate has surrounded the Hart Memorial Trophy and how it should be awarded. The award is given to the player that's judged to be the most valuable to...
