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NHL Announces Award Winners

June 15, 2013, 9:05 PM ET [108 Comments]
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Earlier today, the National Hockey League announced that Alexander Ovechkin has won his second Hart Trophy as the League's Most Valuable Player. Ovechkin actually got off to a slow start in the lockout-shortened season but came on very strong as the season progressed.

The race was close. Ovechkin (1,090 voting points, 50 first-place votes) edged out top runners-up Sidney Crosby (1,058 points, 46 first-place votes) and John Tavares (919 points, 38 first-place votes). Jonathan Toews (886 points) and Sergei Bobrovsky (311 points rounded out the top five in the balloting).

In an even closer-race, Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban (1,266 points, 66 first-place) barely beat out runner-up Ryan Suter (1,230 points, 65 first-place) for the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman. Kris Letang (914 points, 31 first-place) easily took third place, way ahead of Francois Beauchemin (290 points, 1 first-place) and Zdeno Chara (289 points, 10 first-place).

In the Vezina Trophy balloting, Sergei Bobrovsky (110 points, 17 first-place) cruised past 2011-12 winner Henrik Lundqvist (55 points, 3 first-place) and Antti Niemi (46 points, 6 first-place) in the NHL GM's vote for the League's top goaltender this season. Craig Anderson (22 points, 3 first-place) and Tuukka Rask (12 points) finished out the top five.

Florida Panthers standout Jonathan Huberdeau (1,141 points, 54 first-place) edged out Brendan Gallagher (1,048 points, 54 first-place) in the Calder Trophy race as Rookie of the Year. The third finalist, Brandon Saad (730 points, 30 first-place), trailed by a good distance. Jonas Brodin (621 points, 24 first-place) and Nail Yakupov (521 points, 11 first-place) respectively finished fourth and fifth.

Among the other Awards, Jonathan Toews won the Selke Trophy as the NHL's top defensive forward. Tampa Bay Lightning star Martin St. Louis captured the Lady Byng Trophy as the League's most gentlemanly player. Ottawa Senators head coach won the Jack Adams Award as Coach of the Year. Ray Shero captured GM of the Year (the balloting was concluded at the end of the regular season).

Minnesota Wild backup goalie Josh Harding was awarded the Masterton Trophy for his perseverance to continue his career after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Patrice Bergeron won the King Clancy Award for leadership and humanitarian outreach, while Henrik Zetterberg won the NHL Foundation Award for outstanding community work. The Mark Messier Leadership award went to Ottawa Senators veteran Daniel Alfredsson.
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