SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck has gained the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and the Vezina Trophy because the league’s finest goaltender, turning into the primary on the place to take action since Carey Price a decade in the past.
Hellebuyck was unveiled as the highest MVP vote-getter on an awards present Thursday night time previous to Recreation 4 of the Stanley Cup Last, hosted by actor and former Arizona State broad receiver Isaiah Mustafa.
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Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl completed second within the Hart voting and Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov third, a single level forward of Colorado’s reigning MVP Nathan MacKinnon, as chosen by members of the Skilled Hockey Writers Affiliation. Hellebuyck was a landslide winner of the Vezina as picked by basic managers, receiving 31 of 32 first-place votes.
Hellebuyck gained the Vezina for a second 12 months in a row and for the third time in his profession. He backstopped the Jets to the Presidents’ Trophy for the perfect common season and the William Jennings Trophy for the fewest objectives allowed earlier than shedding within the second spherical of the playoffs to Dallas.
Worth was the final to tug off the Hart-Vezina double in 2015. Hellebuyck is simply the sixth goalie to do it, becoming a member of Worth, Jose Theodore in 2002, Dominik Hasek in 1997 and ‘98 and Jacques Plante in ’62.
Kucherov, the Artwork Ross Trophy winner for leading all scorers with 122 factors this season, was additionally chosen for the Ted Lindsay Award as most excellent participant, as voted on by his friends. The Russian winger was MVP in 2019 when the Lightning completed atop the standings.
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Draisaitl, the Rocket Richard Trophy recipient for scoring a league-high 52 objectives, won the Hart in 2020 after the season was lower quick by the pandemic. He turned the primary German participant to be MVP.
Los Angeles captain Anze Kopitar gained the Woman Byng for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct for a 3rd time, an award introduced earlier Thursday.
A majority of the awards had been already offered over the previous few weeks, given out as surprises for the primary time with no superior discover. Colorado’s Cale Makar got the Norris as the highest defenseman, Florida’s Aleksander Barkov the Selke as the perfect defensive ahead and Washington’s Spencer Carbery the Jack Adams as coach of the 12 months.
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