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Meeting Hockey Royalty

by Alanah McGinley on 06/13/08 at 02:28 PM ET
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From CBC,

“I’m your biggest fan!” a young man screamed in Henrik Zetterberg’s ear.

Hockey’s royalty gathered in Toronto Thursday night for the 2008 NHL award ceremony, but before Zetterberg, Alexander Ovechkin and Nick Lidstrom made it through the doors of the Elgin Theatre, they had to run a gauntlet of rowdy hockey fans along the red carpet on Yonge Street.

Many had waited hours for a glimpse of their heroes…

continued...

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Evening Line

by Alanah McGinley on 06/12/08 at 08:36 PM ET
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From David Shoalts in the Globe & Mail,

“I want to make speech longer but my English short,” he said, drawing a big laugh.

In his news conference later, [Pavel] Datsyuk had a couple more zingers when he was asked how he enjoyed the Wings’ Stanley Cup party.

“I remember going to the party but I don’t remember coming home,” he said. “I have to ask my wife because I don’t remember.”

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NHL Awards Gala—Watch Live

by Alanah McGinley on 06/12/08 at 07:10 PM ET
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It’s being broadcast live online at CBC Sports. This link should open the player in your browser. 

It seems to work in both the United States and Canada, though Americans will probably prefer the television broadcast on Versus (*in Canada, there is a tape delay for TV coverage.)

A few updates and the list of winners—with links to stories on their wins—can all be found below:

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NHL Awards Gala Tonight

by Alanah McGinley on 06/12/08 at 12:22 PM ET
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From CBC:

The best performers in the NHL this past season will be honoured at the league’s annual awards show Thursday night in Toronto, with host Ron MacLean also announcing the 2009 location for the ninth annual presentation of Hockey Day in Canada.

The show will feature a performance by Canadian folk legend and hockey lover Stompin’ Tom Connors, and presenters will include Hockey Hall of Fame members Mike Bossy, Bob Gainey, Billy Smith and Red Kelly.

The event will be broadcast by CBC and Versus.  There may be a live feed available online of the red carpet interviews, in which case that will be posted on KK.  Also, Bill and the 19 will be liveblogging their way through the evening, and I’ll be adding updates here on the main hockey page of KK.

Out of curiosity, how popular is the NHL’s big award show with hockey fans?

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NHL Awards Talk

by Alanah McGinley on 06/11/08 at 11:13 AM ET
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Alan Ryder at the Globe & Mail:

The Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded to the player judged to be “the most valuable to his team”. Although a literal read of this clearly means that a goaltender ought to win this prize each year, the award has typically (nearly 90% of the time) been presented to the NHL’s most impactful skater, as judged by the voters. And the Hart has usually gone to a forward (about 80% of the time). This year’s ‘nominees’ (the top three vote getters) were forwards Jarome Iginla, Evgeni Malkin and Alexander Ovechkin.

The Lester B. Pearson Award is awarded to the player judged, by his peers, to be “the most outstanding player”. In the voting for the NHLPA’s award the players have shown an even greater bias towards forwards than do the hockey writers who choose the Hart winner.

continued with Ryder’s picks and analysis of all the contenders

Update 3:20pm ET: Allan Muir at Sports Illustrated also Handicaps the NHL Hardware today.

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Alternative NHL Awards

by Alanah McGinley on 04/29/08 at 12:52 PM ET
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From On the Forecheck,

Yes, it’s time for the 2008 Alternative NHL Awards, recognizing the best of the best (or is it the worst of the worst?) when it comes to on-ice illicit activity…

Boarding: Usually the haven of lumbering, slack-jawed knuckle-draggers who aim to intimidate opponents, this year’s crop of bellicose boarders included a number of smaller, workaday checking forwards like Todd Marchant (3) and Kris Draper (4), who tied for the league lead alongside defenseman Andrej Meszaros of Ottawa. Based on the fact that he’s obviously working through some “issues” since being so viciously boarded by Claude Lemieux in the 1996 Western Conference finals, the award goes to Draper for 2008.

and lots more…

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Voting for Hart

by Alanah McGinley on 03/17/08 at 12:48 PM ET
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From Mike Brophy at The Hockey News,

It’s almost time to vote for the Hart Trophy and I’ve got to be honest, I am not even close to picking my winner.

I will say, though, I have narrowed it down to four candidates – goalies Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils and Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks, left winger Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals and right winger Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames.

I firmly believe, had Sidney Crosby not missed so much action with that high ankle sprain, he would have repeated as the Hart winner. Oh well.

Update 5:50pm ET: John Glennon at The Tennessean wonders this about Ovechkin,

“His energy and his passion — if you could bottle that and stick it inside your players — you would have an unbelievable team.’’

It sounds like the description of an MVP, but there’s a catch. The Capitals are in a position similar to that of the Predators, two points out of the playoff picture with nine games remaining in the season.

Hence the question: Should Washington fall short of the postseason, should Ovechkin win the MVP? The last player to accomplish such a feat was a guy named Mario Lemieux, who did it while playing for Pittsburgh in 1986-87.

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