Posts Tagged Award

  • NHL Awards: Handing out Each Major Award at the Season’s Halfway Mark

    Can you believe it? We're already a little over the halfway point of the regular season.With the trade deadline and the All-Star game fast approaching, the halfway point of the season is the perfect time to recollect and regroup for what is sure to be an exciting finish into the playoffs. So wh...

  • Top 3 Dark Horses for Each Major NHL Award

    The NHL season is closing in on the All-Star Game, and this is the time of year when the best players in the game begin separating themselves for individual awards.We've started to see some individuals clearly establish themselves as front-runners for an invitation to Las Vegas for the 2012 NHL awar...

  • NHL Award Winners So Far This Season

    We're already over a quarter of the way through the NHL season, and several names have been popping off the screen night after night.Whether it be the remarkable early-season efforts of squads like the Florida Panthers or Minnesota Wild, or the sensational rookie play of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, this se...

  • NHL Awards 2011-12: Predicting the Winner of Each Major NHL Award

    The NHL offseason is almost over—training camps are set to begin across the continent during the next few weeks and the first preseason games shortly thereafter. Hockey has returned...almost.But while there is still time, I'd like to take this opportunity to hand out all of the major NHL award...

  • NHL Predictions: New York Islanders Award Winners 2011-12

    The New York Islanders have showed that they can build a good team. they have young talented players that have been developing well. Along with some veteran players, this team has the right mix to compete in the upcoming years. It's hard to tell each season what you will get from this team. Players ...

  • NHL Playoffs 2011: Members of Each Team That Could Win the Conn Smythe Award

    The Conn Smythe award is given to the player who is most valuable to his team in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.Throughout its history, several huge names have won this award.  Patrick Roy, Joe Sakic, Scott Stevens, Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Mario Lemieux, just to name a few.The playoffs are the t...

  • NHL 2010-11 Awards: John Tortorella Should Be Considered for Jack Adams Award

    New York Rangers bench boss John Tortorella is an interesting man to say the least. He is a very vocal and expressive coach who expects a lot from his players. He is a Stanley Cup winner and is also currently the leader in wins for American-born coaches in NHL history. For any NHL franchis...

  • NHL Awards: Why the “Mark Messier” Leadership Award Needs to Be Renamed

    I've read many great articles here on Bleacher Report discussing who should win the various year-end awards. As I looked through the NHL's award list myself, I came across one that made me shake my head in dismay.Right there, among the awards named for such hockey icons as Rocket Richard and Bi...

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