2025 NHL awards tracker: Canadiens’ Lane Hutson wins Calder Trophy as league’s top rookie

With the end of the Stanley Cup in full development, the Nhl He continues to announce some of the winners of the League Award before the NHL Award ceremony at the end of this month.

More recently, the NHL announced that the defender of Montreal Canadiens Lane Hutson has won the Calder Trophy, which honors the first Novio. Hutson won 165 votes from the first place to fight Calgary Flames goalkeeper, Dustin Wolf and San Jose Thowks, Macklin celebration striker, who were the other two prize finalists.

Hutson became the fourth defender of the modern age (since 1943-44) to direct all rookies at points (66). He joined Bobby Orr (41), Brian Leetch (71) and Quinn Hughes (53) as the only blue liners to win this honor. Its 60 assists coincided with Larry Murphy (Kings, 1980-81) for attendance by a rookie defender in the history of the NHL. With the victory of the Calder Trophy, he became the third Canadian player to win the expansion era (since 1967-68) with Brendan Gallagher (2012-13) and Ken Dryden (1971-72).

The league also recently announced that Aleksander Barkov won the Selke Trophy, his second achievement. He beat Florida’s companions, Anthony Cirelli and Sam Reinhart, after another exceptional season at both ends of the ice. The Captain of the Panthers helped the team to place -s between the Nhl’s The Top 10 in goals against competition (seventh, 2.72), at the same time occupying the tenth with a percentage of penalty death of 80.7%.

The rest of the awards will be announced at the NHL 2025 Awards, which will take place on June 12 before the 4th of the Stanley Cup final.

Selke Trophy

The Selke Trophy is awarded to “the striker who best stands out in the defensive aspects of the game”.

• Winner: Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)
• Finalist: Anthony Cyrelli (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• Finalist: Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers)

The second Selke Trophy is Barkov and the third general of his career. Again, he was a heavy favorite to win the prize with a goal differential plus 13 to five, while also assumed the toughest matches and published 71 points in the offensive end. It does not appear that the Reign Selke of Barkov will end soon.

Calder Trophy

The Calder Trophy is given to “the player selected as the most expert in his first year of competition”.

• Winner: Lane Hutson (Montreal Canadiens)
• Finalist: Dustin Wolf (Calgary Flames)
• Finalist: Macklin Celebini (Sharks of San Jose)

Hutson may have been considered a dark horse to win the Calder trophy with players like Macklin Celebion and Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov, starting his careers this year. However, Hutson prospered with 66 points (six goals and 60 assists) and became the fourth defender in leading the NHL Rookies to mark in the modern age of the league (since 1943-44). Hutson established himself as the Most Mont -Real defender and becomes a key construction block for a young team who made the Playoffs of the Stanley Cup this season.

Jack Adams Award

The Jack Adams Award is given to the main coach, who “contributed more to the success of his team”.

• Winner: Spencer Carkry (Washington Capitals)
• Finalist: Scott Arniel (Winnipeg Jets)
• Finalist: Martin St. Louis (Montreal Canadiens)

Charity won the Jack Adams Award in its second season as a capital coach. Previously, he spent some time as Maple Leafs assistant, while also acting as Hershey Bears’ coach, who are the AHL capital subsidiary. Charcery has accumulated a record 91-53-20 during the last two seasons and brought the capitals to the post-season in each of these campaigns.

Vezina trophy

The vezina trophy is granted “to the goalkeeper awarded to be the best in his position”.

Norris Trophy

The Norris Trophy is given “the defensive player who demonstrates throughout the season the greater total capacity of the position”.

TED Lindsay Award

The TED Lindsay Award is awarded annually to “NHL’s most prominent player”.

Hart Trophy

The Hart trophy is given “to the awarded player to be the most valuable for his team”.

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

The Masterton Trophy is awarded to “the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey”.

Lady Byng Trophy

The Lady Byng Trophy is the annual prize “to the player awarded for exposing the best kind of sportsmanship and gentle behaviors combined with a high level of play capacity.”