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MVP honors for McDavid
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EDMONTON Oilers forward Connor McDavid was named the Most Valuable Player in the National Hockey League on Wednesday after the 20-year-old’s points-scoring exploits helped carry his team into the postseason.
McDavid beat Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky to become the third youngest winner of the prestigious Hart Trophy award. Crosby and 9-time winner Wayne Gretzky were both 19 when they picked up the award for the first time.
“It’s amazing to receive this from Wayne, the greatest player of all-time,” McDavid said when presented the award by ‘The Great One’ at the presentation ceremony in Las Vegas.
In his second season in the NHL, McDavid was the league’s top scorer with 100 points (30 goals and 70 assists) in 82 games as Edmonton returned to the playoffs for the first time in 11 seasons. He was an overwhelming choice for the Hart Trophy of the 167-person voting panel of ice hockey writers, receiving 147 first-place votes.
Russian Bobrovsky did not leave the awards ceremony empty-handed, though, as he was named the Vezina Trophy winner as the league’s best goalie for the 2nd time in four years.
The Jack Adams award for best coach also went to the Blue Jackets, with John Tortorella taking home the trophy, while Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Calder Trophy as the top rookie.
Along with the awards ceremony, the first expansion draft picks by the Vegas Golden Knights were revealed with veteran Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and Nashville forward James Neal perhaps the two biggest names acquired by the new franchise.
The duo make the move barely a week after being on opposing teams in the Stanley Cup Final.
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