Breaking Down My NHL Awards Ballot
My journey as a sports writer has been a whirlwind, to say the least. In late September, I walked into Prudential Center for the first time as a member of…
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Hurricanes’ NHL Award Candidates
As we get closer to the end of the regular season, names start to get thrown around for the NHL Awards. Last year, the Carolina Hurricanes saw defensemen Jaccob Slavin…
NHL Needs to Implement Defensive Defenceman Award
The James Norris Memorial Trophy, more commonly referred to as the Norris Trophy, is an award that is given annually to the NHL’s best defenceman since the 1953-54 season. The…
Maple Leafs’ Campbell Climbing Into Vezina Conversation
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…
Last Red Wings to Win Each NHL Award
On Sunday night, I realized that it had been a few years since a member of the Detroit Red Wings had won a major NHL award. Previously, it was an…
Hellebuyck a Glaring Omission from Vezina Trophy Finalists
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 Selke Race
This is the fourth in a five-part series examining the race for the major awards (Hart, Selke, Calder, Vezina & Norris) as the season comes to a close. I have…
The Oilers’ Lengthy History of Major Individual Award Winners
The Edmonton Oilers’ lengthy and storied history in the NHL involves numerous major individual awards. The franchise has had a player win nearly every major award, including in the WHA,…
McDavid Deserves More Respect From Hockey Media
The NHL announced the first tranche of its 2020-21 award winners from Sept. 6-13. We still have to wait until Sept. 21 to find out the rest of the winners,…
Islanders’ Lamoriello the Right Choice for GM of the Year
After Barry Trotz won the Jack Adams Trophy for the 2018-19 season, Lou Lamoriello was rightfully rewarded with the Jim Gregory Award as the NHL’s top general manager in 2019-20.…
NHL Should Honour Wayne Gretzky with Major Award Naming
Proposing a major NHL Award (for the top playmaker during each regular season) be named for the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, to honour his legendary career.
The Hockey Writers’ 2019-20 NHL Awards
Welcome to the ninth annual installment of our Year-End Awards here at The Hockey Writers. At the conclusion of every National Hockey League regular season, we ask all active writers…