He became the first player in a decade to score 60 goals. Andrew Lahodynskyj is a photographer for the National Hockey League.
There was a change of guard at the NHL Awards in 2020.
The Ted Lindsay Award as the NHL's most valuable player was won by Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The 24 year old has never won in both categories. Matthews won the Calder trophy as rookies of the year in 2016 and 2021.
Matthews became the first player in a decade to hit the 60- goal mark in 2022, collecting his second-straight Rocket Richard trophy as the league's top goal scorer. He is the fifth repeat winner of the award since it was introduced in 1999, joining Steven Stamkos and Sidney Crosby. Crosby and Stamkos both scored 51 goals.
Alex Ovechkin has won the award nine times in the last four years.
The Hart Trophy was given to the second-place winner in 2020. The photo was provided by the NHLI.
It is positive to see that the players and the writers are behind Matthews and his team. The casual hockey fan might be surprised by Tuesday's wins.
After posting a league-leading 105 points in the shortened 56-game campaign in 2020-21 and taking home his second Hart and Ted Lindsay, Connor McDavid of the Eskimos repeated as scoring champion with 123 points in this regular season, but finished second to Matthews in Hart voting.
All 100 first-place votes were collected by McDavid last season. Matthews received a total of 1, 630 voting points. The runner up received 29 first-place votes and a total of 1,100 voting points. The New York Rangers' goalie finished third with 738 points and 24 first place votes.
The Vezina trophy is won by a New York Rangers player. The photo was taken by Bruce.
Shesterkin finished fifth in the voting for the award for rookies. The Vezina trophy is voted on by the league's 32 general managers and he won it this year.
Shesterkin got 29 first place votes and 154 voting points. Third-place Juuse Saros of the Nashville Preds received 32 voting points, while runner-up Jacob Markstrom of the Flames received 53.
The Minnesota Wild's Kirill Kaprizov captured 99 of 100 possible first-place votes in the inaugural season of the Calder.
The Detroit Red Wings player was named the winner of the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookies. The photo was taken by the NHLI.
The Detroit Red Wings defenseman became the second player in three seasons to be praised, after Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche took home the trophy in 2020. His 50 points ranked him fourth among all rookies this season, and third among first year blueliners in the past 30 years.
While wearing his signature bow tie, Seider admitted to not having a speech prepared and chided his parents for not being there to see him collect his award, as they had been on vacation. His victory was assured. He received 170 first-place votes and 1,853 voting points, well ahead of second-placeTrevor Zegras of the Anaheim Ducks (15 first-place votes and 1,191 points) and third-place Michael Bunting of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Colorado Avs' Cale Makar beat out the Nashville Preds' Roman Josi for the trophy. The photo was taken by Bill Smith of the NHLI.
The race was the closest of the night, and it was Makar who captured the trophy. He was named the New York Rangers' rookies of the year two seasons ago after finishing second to Adam Fox.
The young man hit a career high with 86 regular season points and was second in scoring by a defenseman. As the Colorado Avs advanced to the Stanley Cup Final, Makar went on to further showcase his value as he was one of the top players in the regular season.
Nashville's captain is the winner of the Norris. His 96 points this season were a career high for him, and the most by a defenseman since Phil Housley with the Jets in 1992. He led his team in scoring for the third year in a row.
The voters from the Professional Hockey Writers' Association gave the edge to Josi with 98 first place votes. The man got 92, but he got higher in the polls. He won by a margin of 1,614 to 1,606.
The third year in a row, Victor Hedman finished third in the voting for the Norris trophy.
The NHL held a live awards ceremony for the first time in three years. The last live event of the year was hosted by the actor from Saturday Night Live. He showed off his razor-sharp wit and hockey knowledge.
The league rolled out a number of winners before the ceremony. The winners were previously announced.
The first-ever winner of the Jim Gregory Award as the NHL's general manager of the year will be announced on Tuesday. At the end of the second round of the playoffs, a panel of league executives and media members voted on the Stanley Cup finalist, along with first year general manager Chris Drury of the Rangers.
In 2010, the general manager of the year award was introduced. This year it will be presented at the NHL draft. The New York Islanders' Lou Lamoriello won the award in both 2020 and 2021.
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