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Versus Does It Again - NHL Award Winners
by Paul on 06/14/07 at 08:03 PM ET
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The NHL Awards show was scheduled for 7pm ET tonight. Nada… 7:30pm, Nada…
8:00pm, just learned it will be shown at 11pm ET tonight. It is on CBC at 8pm as scheduled.
Versus drops the ball again, even their website listed the show at 7pm.
You can refer to an earlier post on KK on this topic too…
added 9:23pm, from the NHLPA,
NHLPA MEMBERS SELECT SIDNEY CROSBY AS THE 2006-07 LESTER B. PEARSON AWARD RECIPIENT
…at 19 years of age, becomes the youngest player ever to win the Pearson, surpassing 21-year-old Wayne Gretzky in 1982.
I will be posting the winners, so if you want to know....
Bruins’ Kessel Awarded Bill Masterton Trophy
Boston Bruins center Phil Kessel is the 2006-2007 recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL player who “best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey.” The award was presented by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association to honor the late Bill Masterton, a player for the Minnesota North Stars who exhibited those qualities. Masterton died on Jan. 15, 1968, as a result of an on-ice injury.
In addition to the pressures of breaking into the NHL as a 19-year-old first-round draft pick, Kessel was diagnosed in early December with testicular cancer. He was actually able to maintain his focus well enough to play a Dec. 9 game against New Jersey, knowing he’d be admitted to the hospital for what proved to be successful surgery on Dec. 12, and then missed only 12 games before returning to Boston’s lineup. He ranked among the NHL’s rookie leaders with 11 goals and 29 points in 70 games this season, and was No. 1 among first-year players with four decisive shootout goals.
Hurricanes’ Brind’Amour Wins Second Frank Selke Trophy
Carolina Hurricanes center Rod Brind’Amour has captured his second consecutive Frank Selke Trophy in recognition of “the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.
Brind’Amour was named on 76 of 141 ballots and posted a narrow 15-point victory over Anaheim Ducks center Samuel Pahlsson, 420-405.
Brind’Amour ranked second among all NHL centers with a 59.2% faceoff win percentage and ranked third among League forwards in average ice time per game (23:19). He also led the Hurricanes in shorthanded ice time per game (3:37). Carolina’s penalty kill finished the season ranked tied for sixth in the NHL at 84.6% and Brind’Amour tied for first among Carolina players with five shorthanded points.
2006-2007 Frank Selke Trophy Voting, Top 20 Finishers
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th
1.Rod Brind’Amour, CAR420(16-21-7-23-9)
2.Samuel Pahlsson, ANA405(24-8-18-4-7)
3.Jay Pandolfo, N.J.311(16-10-10-7-10)
4.Chris Drury, BUF300(18-6-9-10-3)
5.Mike Fisher, OTT272(12-10-12-4-10)
6.Jere Lehtinen, DAL211(2-13-13-8-11)
7.Henrik Zetterberg, DET200(9-9-5-6-4)
8.Kris Draper, DET183(2-11-10-10-6)
9.Daymond Langkow, CGY170(6-7-9-3-7)
10.John Madden, N.J.166(5-9-4-8-9)
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th
11.Daniel Alfredsson, OTT139(7-6-2-4-5)
12.David Legwand, NSH103(3-5-4-5-3)
13.Jordan Staal, PIT83(1-3-7-4-5)
14.Thomas Vanek, BUF77(3-3-3-3-2)
15.Joe Sakic, COL75(5-1-1-4-1)
16.Brian Rolston, MIN74(1-3-6-3-4)
17.Derek Roy, BUF47(2-2-1-2-2)
18.Martin St. Louis, T.B.46(3-2-0-0-2)
19.Chris Kelly, OTT46(0-3-2-4-3)
20.Pavel Datsyuk, DET37(1-2-2-1-0)
Lightning’s Lecavalier Wins Maurice Richard Trophy
Center Vincent Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning is the 2006-2007 winner of the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy, awarded to the player finishing the regular season as the League’s goal-scoring leader.
Lecavalier tallied a Lightning-record 52 goals to capture his first career Richard Trophy. Lecavalier, whose previous career high was 35 goals in 2005-06, also tied the franchise mark for power-play goals (16) and game-winners (seven). Scoring goals in bunches, the first overall pick in the 1998 Entry Draft registered a six-game goal-scoring streak from Oct. 21 to Nov. 2, tied for the longest in the League this season, and recorded two other five-game streaks.
The Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy, a gift to the National Hockey League from the Montreal Canadiens, honors one of the game’s greatest stars. During his 18-year career with the Canadiens from 1942-43 through 1959-60, Richard was the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season and 500 for his career. He was the League’s top goal-scorer five times, played on eight Stanley Cup champions and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961.
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin Wins Calder Trophy
Center Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins has won the Calder Memorial Trophy for 2006-2007, awarded “to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League.”
Malkin received 120 of 143 first-places and 1,357 points, outdistancing Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny, who polled 16 first-place votes and 965 points.
Malkin launched his NHL career in memorable fashion, becoming the first player in 89 years to tally goals in each of his first six games. Before Malkin, only three players in NHL history had scored at least one goal in each of their first six (or more) games and all did so in 1917-18, the League’s inaugural season. The 20-year-old went on to lead all rookies in goals (33), power-play goals (16), assists (52) and points (85). Malkin showed veteran savvy as a clutch goal-scorer; 25 of his 33 tallies came with the Penguins trailing or tied.
2006-2007 Calder Trophy Voting
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th
1.Evgeni Malkin, PIT1357(120-21-2-0-0)
2.Paul Stastny, COL965(16-95-25-5-0)
3.Jordan Staal, PIT565(6-14-52-45-12)
4.Anze Kopitar, LA417(0-8-40-45-26)
5.Dustin Penner, ANA107(0-2-6-11-30)
6.Marc-Edouard Vlasic, S.J.96(1-0-8-11-13)
7.Matt Carle, S.J.95(0-0-5-13-31)
8.Wojtek Wolski, COL30(0-0-1-5-10)
9.Alexander Radulov, NSH23(0-1-1-2-5)
10.Travis Zajac, N.J.13(0-0-0-2-7)
11.Phil Kessel, BOS11(0-0-1-2-0)
12.Mike Smith, DAL10(0-0-1-1-2)
13.Gilbert Brule, CBJ1(0-0-0-0-1)
Ryane Clowe, S.J.1(0-0-0-0-1)
Dan Girardi, NYR1(0-0-0-0-1)
Josh Harding, MIN1(0-0-0-0-1)
Drew Stafford, BUF1(0-0-0-0-1)
Red Wings’ Datsyuk Repeats As Lady Byng Trophy Winner
Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk has won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for the second consecutive season, awarded annually “to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. He is the first repeat winner of the Lady Byng since Anaheim’s Paul Kariya in 1996 and 1997.
Datsyuk received 38 first-place votes and 705 points, ahead of second-place Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning (513).
Datsyuk led the Red Wings in scoring for the second consecutive season, matching a career high with 87 points (27 goals, 60 assists), and ranked second on the club and seventh in the League overall in plus-minus (+36). Datsyuk received just 20 penalty minutes in 79 games.
2006-2007 Lady Byng Trophy Voting, Top 20 Finishers
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th
1.Pavel Datsyuk, DET705(38-26-18-15-8)
2.Martin St. Louis, T.B.513(26-19-19-6-7)
3.Joe Sakic, COL354(17-17-7-9-3)
4.Jay Pandolfo, N.J.243(16-5-7-4-1)
5.Pierre-Marc Bouchard, MIN167(6-3-13-4-9)
6.Nicklas Lidstrom, DET147(5-8-4-6-3)
7.Kristian Huselius, CGY135(4-6-6-6-5)
8.Tomas Kaberle, TOR122(1-9-6-5-4)
9.Teemu Selanne, ANA107(6-4-1-4-2)
10.Brad Richards, T.B.107(3-4-5-6-6)
11.Chris Drury, BUF105(2-5-5-7-4)
12.Patrick Marleau, S.J.94(0-5-7-6-6)
13.Jarome Iginla, CGY84(4-1-5-3-3)
14.Joe Thornton, S.J.72(2-3-3-4-4)
15.Paul Kariya, NSH52(1-1-4-4-3)
16.Daniel Sedin, VAN52(0-2-3-5-8)
17.Thomas Vanek, BUF43(2-1-1-3-2)
18.Marian Hossa, ATL36(1-0-4-1-3)
19.Vincent Lecavalier, T.B.32(1-1-2-0-5)
20.Vyacheslav Kozlov, ATL27(1-1-0-3
Penguins’ Crosby Claims First Art Ross Trophy
Center Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins received his first Art Ross Trophy, presented “to the player who leads the league in scoring points at the end of the regular season.”
Four months before his 20th birthday, Sidney Crosby finished the 2006-07 regular season as the first teenager in major pro team sports history to win a scoring title. NHL great Wayne Gretzky captured his first points title in 1980-81 at 20 years, three months. Crosby tallied 36 goals and 84 assists for 120 points—six ahead of San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton, the 2005-06 Art Ross Trophy winner. He took the permanent scoring lead with a career-high six-point night against Philadelphia Dec. 13 and never went more than three consecutive games without a point afterward.
Canadiens’ Koivu Awarded King Clancy Memorial Trophy
Saku Koivu’s exemplary support of cancer treatment and research and more particularly his personal demonstration of courage as a cancer survivor is a source of inspiration and pride to his teammates, all who know him and particularly the many thousands of patients and their families who benefit from his selfless devotion.
After battling and beating non-Hodgkins lymphoma, Koivu went on to create the Saku Koivu Foundation in 2002. Through his personal financial generosity and leadership, the Foundation has raised $2.5 million, leading to the acquisition of the first PET/CT in Montreal. This advanced technology has proved invaluable in the treatment of thousands of cancer patients. This spring, he announced that the Foundation is committed to raising $750,000 in support of cancer treatment initiatives at Montreal General Hospital.
Apart from monetary donations, Koivu meets patients after practices and games and signs personalized get well cards, inspiring and making wishes come true for children in need.
Having completed his seventh season as team captain, Koivu is the fourth-longest serving captain in franchise history, trailing only the legendary Jean Beliveau, Emile Bouchard and Bob Gainey. He also is longest tenured player on the Canadiens and led the club in assists (53) and points (75) this season.
Canucks’ Vigneault Wins First Jack Adams Award
Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault has captured the Jack Adams Award as “the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success,” as selected by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association.
Vigneault received 18 first-place votes and 134 points, edging 2006 Adams winner Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabres, who polled 11 first-place votes and 126 points.
In his first year behind the Vancouver bench, Vigneault guided the Canucks to a franchise record-breaking season. They improved their wins record to 49 from a previous high of 46 and recorded the highest points total in club history with 105. The club also captured the fifth division title in franchise history. The Canucks were 29-11-7 in one-goal games and posted a League-best 32-8-6 mark after the Christmas break.
2006-2007 Jack Adams Award Voting
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd
1.Alain Vigneault, VAN134(18-12-8)
2.Lindy Ruff, BUF126(11-18-17)
3.Michel Therrien, PIT91(11-10-6)
4.Barry Trotz, NSH89(11-7-13)
5.Ted Nolan, NYI47(5-5-7)
6.Mike Babcock, DET40(4-6-2)
7.Jacques Lemaire, MIN32(2-7-1)
8.Randy Carlyle, ANA20(3-1-2)
9.Dave Tippett, DAL17(1-3-3)
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd
10.Bryan Murray, OTT15(3-0-0)
11.Claude Julien, N.J.13(1-1-5)
12.Tom Renney, NYR11(2-0-1)
13.Andy Murray, STL5(0-1-2)
14.Bob Hartley, ATL4(0-1-1)
15.Ron Wilson, S.J.2(0-0-2)
16.Paul Maurice, TOR1(0-0-1)
Joel Quenneville, COL1(0-0-1)
Minnesota’s Backstrom, Fernandez Win Jennings Trophy
The Minnesota Wild’s Niklas Backstrom and Manny Fernandez captured the William M. Jennings Trophy, presented “to the goalkeeper(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it.”
Backstrom and Fernandez split time in the Minnesota crease with 41 and 44 appearances, respectively, backstopping the Wild to the NHL’s top defensive record with a League-low 191 team goals against. Backstrom also led all goaltenders in save percentage (.929), stopping 955 of 1,028 shots.
Red Wings’ Lidstrom Wins Fifth Norris Trophy
For the fifth time in the past six seasons, Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings has won the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the defenseman demonstrating “the greatest all-around ability in the position,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.
Lidstrom received 87 first-place votes and 1,217 points. Anaheim Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer finished second in the balloting for the second consecutive season, receiving 46 first-place votes and 1,024 points.
Lidstrom tied for the League lead among defensemen in plus-minus with a +40 rating, ranked third among all players in ice time per game (27:29) and was fifth among defensemen in scoring with 62 points (13 goals, 49 assists). Lidstrom was one of just two defensemen, with Boston’s Zdeno Chara, to average more than 5:00 of power-play and 4:00 of shorthanded time per game.
2006-2007 Norris Trophy Voting
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th
1.Nicklas Lidstrom, DET1217(87-44-5-4-2)
2.Scott Niedermayer, ANA1024(46-62-22-6-2)
3.Chris Pronger, ANA608(6-25-55-28-14)
4.Dan Boyle, T.B.219(1-5-21-19-12)
5.Kimmo Timonen, NSH144(0-2-9-24-13)
6.Dion Phaneuf, CGY98(0-1-6-17-10)
7.Sergei Gonchar, PIT85(1-1-6-8-14)
8.Sheldon Souray, MTL67(1-0-5-7-11)
9.Sergei Zubov, DAL42(0-0-4-5-7)
10.Brian Campbell, BUF42(0-0-3-4-15)
11.Jay Bouwmeester, FLA32(0-0-2-5-7)
12.Philippe Boucher, DAL27(1-1-1-0-5)
13.Ryan Whitney, PIT20(0-0-0-5-5)
14.Brian Rafalski, N.J.18(0-0-1-2-7)
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th
15.Tom Preissing, OTT15(0-0-1-3-1)
16.Lubomir Visnovsky, L.A.12(0-1-0-0-5)
17.Tomas Kaberle, TOR12(0-0-0-3-3)
18.Chris Phillips, OTT7(0-1-0-0-0)
19.Keith Carney, MIN5(0-0-1-0-0)
20.Zdeno Chara, BOS4(0-0-0-1-1)
21.Mathieu Schneider, DET3(0-0-0-1-0)
Robyn Regehr, CGY3(0-0-0-1-0)
23.Anton Volchenkov, OTT3(0-0-0-0-3)
24.Andrei Markov, MTL1(0-0-0-0-1)
Bryan McCabe, TOR1(0-0-0-0-1)
Alexei Zhitnik, ATL1(0-0-0-0-1)
Kevin Bieksa, VAN1(0-0-0-0-1)
Devils’ Brodeur Wins Third Vezina Trophy
Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils has captured the Vezina Trophy for the third time in the past four seasons as the “goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at his position in the 2006-07 regular season” as selected by NHL General Managers. Prior to 1981-82, the Vezina was awarded to the goaltender(s) whose team allowed the fewest goals during the regular season, the current criterion for the William Jennings Trophy.
Brodeur received first- or second-place votes from all 30 voters, including 16 first-place selections, and collected 122 points. Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo finished a close second, garnering 14 first-place votes and 116 points.
Brodeur won an NHL-record 48 games, surpassing Bernie Parent’s 47 in 1973-74, led the NHL in shutouts (12), ranked third in goals-against average (2.18) and third in save percentage (.922). He finished the season in second place on the League’s all-time victories list with 494, behind only Patrick Roy (551), and third on the all-time shutouts list with 92.
2006-2007 Vezina Trophy Voting
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd
1.Martin Brodeur, N.J.122(16-14-0)
2.Roberto Luongo, VAN116(14-15-1)
3.Miikka Kiprusoff, CGY7(0-0-7)
Henrik Lundqvist, NYR7(0-0-7)
5.Dominik Hasek, DET5(0-0-5)
6.Niklas Backstrom, MIN4(0-1-1)
7.Ryan Miller, BUF4(0-0-4)
8.Rick DiPietro, NYI2(0-0-2)
J-S Giguere, ANA2(0-0-2)
10.Chris Mason, NSH1(0-0-1)
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby Wins First Hart Trophy
Center Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins has captured the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2006-2007, awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.
Crosby received 91 of 143 first-place votes for 1,225 points, besting Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks, who tallied 25 first-place votes and 801 points.
Four months before his 20th birthday, Crosby finished the 2006-07 regular season as the first teenager in major pro team sports history to win a scoring title with 120 points (36 goals, 84 assists). NHL immortal Wayne Gretzky captured his first points title in 1980-81 at 20 years, three months. Crosby took the lead in the League scoring race with a career-high six-point night Dec. 13 against Philadelphia and stayed on top thereafter, never going more than three consecutive games without a point.
2006-2007 Hart Trophy Voting
Pts.1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th
1.Sidney Crosby, PIT1225(91-34-14-2-1)
2.Roberto Luongo, VAN801(25-46-35-16-6)
3.Martin Brodeur, NJ763(21-45-39-12-7)
4.Vincent Lecavalier, T.B.362(5-6-22-48-16)
5.Joe Thornton, S.J.230(0-8-11-27-38)
6.Nicklas Lidstrom, DET53(1-1-3-4-9)
7.Scott Niedermayer, ANA45(0-1-3-4-11)
8.Joe Sakic, COL44(0-0-4-5-9)
9.Teemu Selanne, ANA36(0-0-2-6-8)
10.Marian Hossa, ATL35(0-0-3-4-8)
11.Daniel Briere, BUF33(0-2-0-5-4)
12.Dany Heatley, OTT28(0-0-2-3-9)
13.Chris Drury, BUF14(0-0-1-2-3)
14.Martin St. Louis, T.B.12(0-0-1-2-1)
15.Jarome Iginla, CGY10(0-0-0-2-4)
16.Paul Kariya, NSH5(0-0-1-0-0)
Daniel Alfredsson, OTT5(0-0-1-0-0)
Brendan Shanahan, NYR5(0-0-1-0-0)
19.Jaromir Jagr, NYR3(0-0-0-1-0)
20.Marian Gaborik, MIN2(0-0-0-0-2)
Ryan Miller, BUF2(0-0-0-0-2)
22.Dominik Hasek, DET1(0-0-0-0-1)
Henrik Lundqvist, NYR1(0-0-0-0-1)
Thomas Vanek, BUF1(0-0-0-0-1)
Alex Ovechkin, WSH1(0-0-0-0-1)
Chris Pronger, ANA1(0-0-0-0-1)
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To clarify. CBC had it scheduled for 7pm.est as well and then switched it to 8pm...at least on my cable service provider.
Posted by MrNasty from NS on 06/14/07 at 07:19 PM ET
Here’s the thread on this in the Versus forums...
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 06/14/07 at 07:52 PM ET
I have a not-so-interesting question:
Unless I’m mistaken, the Masterton does not have the number of nominees pared down before the awards ceremony like the other awards do. So do all the Masterton nominees get invited to the ceremony or do they let the winner know beforehand so only he shows up?
Posted by K24 from NYC on 06/14/07 at 08:10 PM ET
I wonder who the dorks were who put Lidstrom and Niedermayer in 5th place for the Norris. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/14/07 at 08:16 PM ET
I wonder who the dorks were who put Lidstrom and Niedermayer in 5th place for the Norris.
Probably the guys who gave 1st place votes to Boucher, Gonchar, and Souray.
Posted by K24 from NYC on 06/14/07 at 08:43 PM ET
its 11 now and no award show on versus
Posted by kadoz on 06/14/07 at 10:10 PM ET
yayyyy they started it at 11:15....sad
Posted by kadoz on 06/14/07 at 10:27 PM ET
i wonder if they will pull the same crap for draft
Posted by FlyersFan on 06/14/07 at 10:46 PM ET
Thank you NHL putting hockey on a station which was originally called the Outdoor Living Network. Who was the genius who thought that up? Thanks to you we get to watch an embarassing broadcast of the NHL Awards Show. At least it wasn’t as bad as NBC cutting to a PREGAME show of a second-best horse race. Can’t really get much worse than that but Versus is sure trying.
Posted by Josh on 06/15/07 at 12:45 AM ET
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Here’s what happened. Versus was using the CBC signal from Toronto. However CBC is tape delaying the awards and showing them at 8pm local time. Apparently Versus just got the schedule from the NHL (which had the whole thing starting at 7) and never looked at the CBC schedule. Because the CBC feed from Toronto was delayed that would push the broadcast past 9 o’clock when Versus is scheduled for a live boxing match. Thus the decision was made to push the already taped award show to 11 and air the live sporting event.
Posted by Steve from New Jersey on 06/14/07 at 07:18 PM ET