I was honored to be selected to vote on the various NHL Awards this year as a first-year member of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. Below is my full ballot. Votes were cast at the end of the 2014-15 regular season and I turned my ballot in on April 14. Awards not listed below are…
The 2015 Jack Adams Award, given annually to the NHL’s best head coach, belongs to Bob Hartley of the Calgary Flames. The award is voted on by the NHL’s broadcasters. The finalists were Hartley, Peter Laviolette of the Nashville Predators and Alain Vigneault of the New York Rangers. Here’s the ballot: Adams voting: (CARLYLE GOT…
The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, given annually to the NHL player who best exemplifies skill and gentlemanly conduct, belongs to Calgary Flames forward Jiri Hudler in 2015. The other finalists were Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings and Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings. Here’s the full voting: Here’s the voting for the…
The 2015 Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL’s top rookie, belongs to The award is voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. The three finalists were Ekblad, Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames, and Mark Stone of the Ottawa Senators. Here’s the full voting: Calder voting: pic.twitter.com/ymstGLj9TI — Travis Hughes…
Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman is the 2015 NHL General Manager of the Year, as voted by a panel consisting of general managers, executives and media. It’s his first time winning the award. Glen Sather of the Rangers and Bob Murray of the Ducks were the other finalists. Here’s the full tally: GM of…
The 2015 NHL Awards will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, June 24. There’s a concert by Daughtry and Rob Riggle is the host. Ahh, the NHL always gets the best talent. The show kicks off at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT … and hey,…
Carey Price is the 2015 Hart Memorial Trophy winner as the NHL’s most valuable player. We could have given him the damn thing in January and that would have been totally fair and honest and fine. The award is voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. The other finalists were Alex Ovechkin…
The Philadelphia Flyers and the rest of the National Hockey League released the 2015-16 schedule on Thursday morning, and as we expected, the year will kick off with a two-game road trip to the Sunshine State. Philly will be in the building when the Tampa Bay Lightning raise their Eastern Conference Championship banner to the…
The James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s best defenseman as judged by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association, belongs to Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson. Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings and P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens were the other finalists. Here’s the full ballot: Here’s the Norris voting: pic.twitter.com/eLoBcIPKaE — Travis…
The NHL’s Board of Governors approved the proposed 3-on-3 overtime change on Wednesday, meaning that the league will officially make the change next year. It won’t work like it did in the American Hockey League last season, though, where they went to 4-on-4 before cutting down to 3-on-3 in a seven minute overtime period. Nope….