Posts About "THW Awards"

Alex Ovechkin is THW's 2018 Playoff MVP

June 10th, 2018 The 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs have been competed and the Washington Capitals have finally captured their first championship in their 44-year existence. Following a brief vote among the writing staff here at The Hockey Writers, Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has been selected as the third recipient of the Jean Beliveau Award as the most...

2014 THW Year-End Awards

May 19th, 2014 Welcome to the third installment of the annual Year-End Awards here at The Hockey Writers. At the conclusion of every season, we ask all active writers to submit their picks for the following categories. Voting was conducted by e-mail between April 16 and May 15 and voters were instructed to provide up to three choices (a first,...

2013 THW Year-End Awards

June 4th, 2013 Every year, the National Hockey League hands out its official awards, typically based on balloting by the Professional Hockey Writers Association or the league's general managers. Last year, for the first time, we at The Hockey Writers leaped into the field and conducted our own awards balloting. Despite a lockout-shortened hockey...

Presenting the 2012 THW Year-End Awards

May 14th, 2012 Every year, the National Hockey League's awards are voted upon by the league's general managers or the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The idea is to get a balanced cross-section of opinions and, hopefully, cancelling out any specific homerish voting patterns. With writers in all 30 NHL cities, some with multiple writers, and...