The Latest on NHL awards show at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (all times local):
7:15 p.m.
New Jersey forward Taylor Hall has won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player.
Hall beat out Los Angeles captain Anze Kopitar and Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon in a contest between three first-time finalists for the award.
Hall finished sixth in the league with 93 points for the Devils. He is the first New Jersey player to win the Hart.
Hall
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while they reached the playoffs for the first time in five years. He scored 41
more points than rookie Nico Hischier, the Devils’ second-leading scorer.
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6:52 p.m.
George McPhee has been named the NHL’s general manager of the year in the fourth trophy given to the Vegas Golden Knights at the NHL Awards.
Exactly one year after his remarkable performance in the expansion draft, McPhee was a no-brainer choice for the award after his masterful assembly of the
most successful debut team in recent sports history.
The Golden Knights went 51-24-7 and won the Pacific Division before reaching the Stanley Cup Final, setting innumerable records along the way for first-year
success.
McPhee beat out Winnipeg’s Kevin Cheveldayoff and Tampa Bay’s Steve Yzerman for the award.
McPhee joins coach Gerard Gallant
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annual show in the Golden Knights’ hometown.
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6:40 p.m.
Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne has won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie.
The 35-year-old Finn won his position’s top honor for the first time, beating out Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck and Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Rinne was a Vezina finalist for the fourth time. He finally got it after a standout regular season for the Presidents’ Trophy winners in Nashville, where
he has been a stalwart in goal since 2008.
Rinne went 42-13-4 with eight shutouts, a 2.31 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage for the Predators. He also earned his 300th career victory
on Feb. 22.
Rinne struggled along with his teammates in the postseason, but voters didn’t hold it against him.
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6:18 p.m.
Gerard Gallant of the Vegas Golden Knights has won the Jack Adams Trophy as the NHL’s top coach.
Gallant was an obvious choice over Colorado’s Jared Bednar and Boston’s Bruce Cassidy after he masterminded the most spectacular expansion season in recent
sports history. The Golden Knights went 51-24-7 and handily won the Pacific
Division before winning 13 postseason games and reaching the Stanley Cup Final
in their first playoff campaign.
The 54-year-old Gallant was named the Golden Knights’ first coach in April 2017
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team. Gallant’s players praised his steady, intelligent approach to the
postseason, which ended in a five-game loss to the Stanley Cup champion
Washington Capitals.
Gallant previously coached in Columbus and Florida, but his teams had never won a playoff round before Vegas’ remarkable run.
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6:10 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar has won the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s top defensive forward.
Kopitar won the trophy for the second time in three years
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Kopitar led all NHL forwards in ice time during another standout season for the Kings, who were the NHL’s top statistical defensive team. The Slovenian star
played extensively on the penalty kill and took 1,816 faceoffs.
Kopitar was a finalist for the Selke for the fourth time in five seasons. Bergeron has been a finalist in seven straight seasons, passing Pavel Datsyuk’s
NHL record.
Kopitar is also a finalist for the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s MVP.
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5:56 p.m.
New Jersey’s Brian Boyle has won the Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication to hockey.
The other finalists were Florida’s Roberto Luongo and Carolina’s Jordan Staal.
The 33-year-old Boyle was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia during training camp
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teammate Taylor Hall couldn’t go because of injury.
Boyle put together an outstanding season even while his 2-year-old son, Declan, also had significant health problems.
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5:47 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights forward William Karlsson has won the Lady Byng Trophy as the player best combining sportsmanship and ability.
After Columbus made a deal with Vegas to take Karlsson off its hands in the expansion draft, the talented Swede had a breakthrough season for the expansion
Golden Knights, racking up 43 goals and 35 assists with only 12 penalty minutes.
Karlsson had never scored more than 25 points in any of his three previous NHL
seasons with Anaheim and the Blue Jackets.
”Who would have thought?” Karlsson said with a smile after picking up his award.
Karlsson’s trophy is the first individual player honor earned by the Golden Knights. Coach Gerard Gallant
Cheap Tremaine Edmunds Jersey , general manager George McPhee and defenseman Deryk Engelland are also up for awards later in the ceremony in the
Knights’ hometown.
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