Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price has won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s top player, Vezina Trophy as the top goalie and the Ted Lindsay Award as the NHL’s most outstanding player by his fellow players.
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The Ottawa Senators’ Erik Karlsson has won the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s best defenceman for the second time in his career.
Price also shared the already-announced Jennings Trophy with Chicago goalie Corey Crawford, but his hefty haul of hardware capped one of the greatest regular seasons for a goalie in NHL history.
Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators finished second and Devan Dubnyk of the Minnesota Wild third.
Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron won the Frank Selke Trophy as the league’s top defensive forward for the third time in four years. He joined Pavel Datsyuk, Jere Lehtinen, Guy Carbonneau and Bob Gainey as the lone players to be named a Selke victor at least three times.
In other award decisions, Calgary’s Jiri Hudler won the Lady Byng for gentlemanly play, Tampa boss Steve Yzerman was voted NHL’s best general manager, Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews garnered the Messier Award for leadership and Henrik Zetterberg of the Red Wings claimed the King Clancy for humanitarian contributions to the community. The Calgary Flames’ Johnny Gaudreau was third. After turning 19 years old last February, he is the youngest defenseman to win the Calder since Bobby Orr in 1967.
Price won 44 games and had nine shutouts as Montreal finished first in the Atlantic Division.
Price thanked his wife and teammates and offered a message of encouragement to First Nations children in his three acceptance speeches.
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The NHL also unveiled it’s voting for this year awards and Jets Head Coach Paul Maurice finished 4th in Jack Adams voting, just missing being a finalist. Hartley beat outNashville’s Peter Laviolette and the New York Rangers’ Alain Vigneault for the honor.
