LAS VEGAS B次元官网网址� Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson has won the Calder Trophy as the NHLB次元官网网址檚 best rookie.

The 20-year-old Pettersson beat out St. Louis goalie Jordan Binnington and Buffalo defenceman Rasmus Dahlin for the award. Pettersson joins Pavel Bure (1992) as the only Calder winners in Canucks history.

Right off the stage, legs still shaking! PETEY! 馃弳

B次元官网网址� Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks)

Pettersson provided an offensive jolt to the Canucks in his first North American season, scoring a goal on his first NHL shot and seamlessly adapting to the worldB次元官网网址檚 best league. One year after Vancouver drafted him with the fifth overall pick in 2017, Pettersson posted a rookie-best 28 goals and 38 assists as a tremendous playmaker with a wicked shot.

Pettersson is the 31st player in NHL history to lead all rookies in goals, assists and points.

Pettersson was the overwhelming choice among the 171 voters, receiving 151 first-place votes and 1,650 points. Binnington (18 first-place votes, 1,072 points) was second and Dahlin (1 first-place vote, 661 points) third.

The second Canucks player in as many seasons to be voted a Calder finalist (Brock Boeser finished second in 2018).

READ MORE:

Tampa BayB次元官网网址檚 Nikita Kucherov won the Hart Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award on Wednesday night, receiving the NHLB次元官网网址檚 highest honours for his 128-point regular season for the Lightning.

The Russian right wing also formally picked up the Art Ross Trophy as the NHLB次元官网网址檚 top scorer at the hockey worldB次元官网网址檚 annual Vegas ceremony, held this year at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

Andrei Vasilevskiy, KucherovB次元官网网址檚 Russian teammate in Tampa Bay, won his first Vezina Trophy as the top goalie in another bittersweet recognition of the Lightning, who won 62 regular-season games before getting swept by Columbus in the first round of the playoffs.

CalgaryB次元官网网址檚 Mark Giordano won the Norris Trophy as the NHLB次元官网网址檚 top defenceman, earning the award for the first time at 35 years old and Ryan OB次元官网网址橰eilly added his first Selke Trophy as the NHLB次元官网网址檚 top defensive forward to the BluesB次元官网网址� Stanley Cup victory.

Barry Trotz of the New York Islanders won his second Jack Adams Award as the best coach while BostonB次元官网网址檚 Don Sweeney was named the leagueB次元官网网址檚 top general manager.

Kucherov, who turned 26 on Monday, received 164 of 171 first-place votes in a runaway victory over two-time MVP Sidney Crosby of Pittsburgh, who finished second in the voting, and 2017 Hart winner Connor McDavid of Edmonton. Kucherov, who posted the NHLB次元官网网址檚 highest-scoring individual season since 1996, also won the Lindsay Award as his fellow playersB次元官网网址� choice for the leagueB次元官网网址檚 most outstanding player.

A year after scoring 100 points, Kucherov emerged as perhaps the NHLB次元官网网址檚 most impressive scorer, putting up a career-best 41 goals and 87 assists for his powerhouse Lightning.

Kucherov tied Jaromir JagrB次元官网网址檚 NHL record for assists by a wing, and he surpassed Alexander MogilnyB次元官网网址檚 single-season record for points by a Russian-born player.

Tampa Bay also posted 128 standings points, the most by any team since 1996 B次元官网网址� but Kucherov regrets that he had little impact during the LightningB次元官网网址檚 stunning first-round playoff sweep by the Blue Jackets. Kucherov served a one-game suspension for a dangerous hit during the series, and he scored his only two playoff points in the Game 4 defeat.

Trotz beat out Tampa BayB次元官网网址檚 Jon Cooper and St. LouisB次元官网网址� Craig Berube for the Adams trophy, which is based on regular-season performance. Trotz also won the award with Washington three years ago.

After winning the Stanley Cup and subsequently leaving the Capitals last summer, Trotz engineered an impressive one-season turnaround for the Islanders. New York went 48-27-7 for a 23-point increase from 2018 and its best single-season total since 1983-84, even after losing John Tavares to Toronto.

Trotz took a moment after accepting the award to honour his goalie, Robin Lehner, who won the Masterton Trophy as the player exemplifying the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Lehner had an outstanding season after revealing during training camp that he has struggled with addiction and bipolar disorder. He is the third player in Islanders history to win the award.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 not ashamed to say IB次元官网网址檓 mentally ill, but that doesnB次元官网网址檛 mean mentally weak,B次元官网网址� Lehner said after accepting his award.

Wild forward Jason Zucker won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for leadership and humanitarian contributions to hockey. Zucker, who is from Las Vegas, has done extensive fundraising for childrenB次元官网网址檚 causes in Minnesota.

Florida centre Aleksander Barkov won his first Lady Byng Trophy as the player best combining sportsmanship, gentlemanly conduct and ability. PhiladelphiaB次元官网网址檚 Wayne Simmonds won the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award.

Vasilevskiy beat out DallasB次元官网网址� Ben Bishop and Lehner for the Vezina. The Russian goalie led the NHL with 39 victories for the powerhouse Lightning while posting a 2.40 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage in 53 games. He is the first Tampa Bay goalie to win the award.

OB次元官网网址橰eilly bested BostonB次元官网网址檚 Patrice Bergeron, a four-time Selke winner and a finalist for the eighth consecutive year, and VegasB次元官网网址� Mark Stone.

OB次元官网网址橰eilly was the BluesB次元官网网址� top scorer with 77 points, including 28 goals in his first season in St. Louis. He also compiled a plus-22 rating and finished fourth in the NHL with 94 takeaways.

Giordano got an appropriate reward for his remarkable performance 13 years into an NHL career spent entirely with the Flames. Giordano beat out two vaunted finalists: San JoseB次元官网网址檚 Brent Burns, who won it in 2017, and Tampa BayB次元官网网址檚 Victor Hedman, who won it last year.

The Calgary captain was instrumental in the FlamesB次元官网网址� breakthrough season, leading the NHL with a plus-39 rating while regularly playing against opponentsB次元官网网址� best lines. Giordano also scored a career-best 74 points and played more than 24 minutes per game.

Giordano is the fourth defenceman to win the Norris at 35 or older, joining Nicklas Lidstrom, Doug Harvey and Al MacInnis.

The Associated Press

Like us on and follow us on