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…
History of Vezina Trophy Winners Who Moved On Greg Boysen | August 1, 2021 The Vegas Golden Knights kicked off their offseason by trading goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to the Chicago Blackhawks. The move came less than a month after 36-year-old won the Vezina Trophy…
2021 Vezina Award Finalists: Who Should Take Home the Trophy? Jeff Middleton | June 25, 2021 The Vezina Trophy is a prestigious award presented to the regular season’s best goaltender as decided by the general managers. The 2021 finalists are Andrei Vasilevskiy, Marc-Andre Fleury, and Philipp Grubauer, and while…
Top 10 Longest NHL Award Droughts Kyle Gipe | June 21, 2021 Getting their name engraved on the Stanley Cup is the ultimate goal of every player on all NHL teams. Each year, the league also recognizes its outstanding players and coaches…
Lightning’s Vasilevskiy Continues Vezina-Worthy Play in Game 2 Nathan Moser | June 2, 2021 The NHL released the three Vezina Trophy finalists on Tuesday. For the fourth straight time, Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is a nominee for the award (the other two…
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 Vezina Race Aaron Heckmann | May 9, 2021 This is the second part of a five-part series examining the award races for the major awards (Hart, Selke, Calder, Vezina & Norris) as the season comes to a close.…
Predators’ Saros Is Undeniably a Vezina Trophy Contender Ashley Grant | May 8, 2021 It’s still hard to believe that the Nashville Predators are one win — or a Dallas Stars loss — away from clinching a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. How…
Canucks Seeing the Potential Demko Showed at Boston College Matthew Zator | March 21, 2021 The Vancouver Canucks are back in the playoff race thanks mostly to the brilliant play of Thatcher Demko. He is firmly entrenched as the starting goaltender and does not look…
Golden Knights’ Fleury is on an Unlikely Vezina Chase Ben Fisher | February 23, 2021 It was mere months ago that the Vegas Golden Knights’ “No. 1 focus”, according to TSN insider Frank Seravalli, was unloading the contract of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. After signing Robin…
Hellebuyck Well-Deserving of Vezina Victory Declan Schroeder | September 22, 2020 Connor Hellebuyck’s superb season rightly culminated in a Vezina Trophy victory at the 2020 NHL Awards aired live from Edmonton. Hellebuyck received 19 first-place votes and a total of 123…
Jets’ Hellebuyck Wins Vezina Trophy Stephen Ground | September 21, 2020 The NHL announced on Monday evening that the 2019-20 Vezina Trophy, awarded each year to the league’s top goaltender, would go to Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets. Hellebuyck, 27,…