When Are the NHL Awards Announced?

The NHL Awards are announced every year in June. Stay up to date with the latest information on when the NHL Awards will be announced.

Introduction

The NHL Awards are held annually to honor the top performers in the National Hockey League. The awards are given out in a range of categories, and the winners are selected by a vote of the NHL’s general managers.

The NHL Awards show is typically held in late June, after the Stanley Cup Finals have wrapped up. This year’s awards show will be held on June 20, 2018, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

NHL Awards

The NHL Awards are held annually to recognize the top performers in the National Hockey League. The awards are handed out in June following the conclusion of the Stanley Cup playoffs. This year, the awards will be handed out on June 21, 2017.

Hart Memorial Trophy

The Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the player deemed most valuable to his team during the regular season, as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.

Eligibility is limited to players who have not won the award in the past three years or who have not served as team captain for any part of four seasons.

Winners are announced annually at the NHL Awards show.

Vezina Trophy

The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the “goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position”. It is named in honor of Georges Vezina, goaltender of the Montreal Canadiens from 1910 until 1925, who died in 1926 of tuberculosis. The trophy was first awarded at the end of the 1926–27 NHL season and was awarded to Georges Vezina’s widow. It was officially presented to the league by Jacques Plante in 1967. It is now considered to be one of the most important awards given out by the National Hockey League.

James Norris Memorial Trophy

The James Norris Memorial Trophy is awarded to the top defenseman in the National Hockey League (NHL) as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. It has been awarded 60 times to 25 different players since its beginnings in 1954. The trophy is named in honour of James E. Norris, the owner of the Detroit Red Wings from 1932 until his death in 1952. It is generally considered to be the NHL’s counterpart of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy and the Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Commissioner’s Trophy.

In 1954–55, when redirected by Norris’s heirs about what to do with their father’s estate, NHL President Clarence Campbell decided to use a portion of it to create an award for “the league’s best defenseman”. He commissioned George Sorel, an artist who designed some trophies for both the NHL and Major League Baseball, to design a trophy with a likeness of Norris that would be suitable as both a display piece and functional hockey equipment. Sorel described his design for the trophy thusly: “I used a design I had been working on for months that featured a head-on profile of Mr. Norris composed entirely of tiny sterling silver rinkboards joined together like links in a chain.”

Calder Memorial Trophy

The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League. The trophy is named in honor of Frank Calder, who was the first president of the NHL from 1926 to 1943. The winner of the trophy is selected by a vote of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association at the end of the regular season and is announced at the NHL Awards Show.

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League “player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability”. It has been presented 96 times to 53 different players since its beginnings in 1925.

The trophy is named after Marie Evelyn Moreton (née Byng), Viscountess Wendover, who was the wife of Julian Byng, 12th Governor General of Canada. Lady Byng donated the trophy to the National Hockey League in 1925 in memory of her late husband, who had been an avid hockey fan. He died on June 6, 1925, after complications from surgery. There is no definitive description or image for either version of the trophy; it has changed over time to reflect the increasing value placed on skill rather than gentlemanly conduct.

The original trophy was donated by Lady Byng in 1925 and was shared by Frank Nighbor and Howie Morenz until it was retired in 1937. It was re-introduced in 1948 as a memorial to Lady Byng by her son, George Egerton Boyle Byng, 3rd Earl of Viscount Wendover. The new trophy wasn’t nearly as large as the original and featured a silver bowl atop a wood base with an engraved silver band around its rim that read “Lady Byng Memorial Trophy”, with space below for engraving the winner’s name. It continued to be handed out sporadically until 1967 when Montreal Canadiens superstar Jean Béliveau became the first player to win it twice consecutively.

Since then, only four other players have won back-to-back Lady Byngs: Stan Mikita (1968–69), Marcel Dionne (1977–78), Wayne Gretzky (1979–80), and Steve Yzerman (1988–89). No player has won three times in a row; however, five players – more than any other award – have won it three times: Alex Delvecchio, Guy Lafleur Mike Bossy Pierre Turgeon and Pavel Datsyuk In total, eleven players have won it more than once: Béliveau (seven times), Mikita (four times), Dionne , Gretzky , Yzerman , Delvecchio , Bossy , Lafleur , Turgeon , Datsyuk Red Kelly(twice) and Billy Taylor (twice). bosses Lindros Housley

Frank J. Selke Trophy

The Frank J. Selke Trophy is awarded “to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game” as judged by the National Hockey League’s general managers. It is named in honour of Frank J. Selke, former general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. The trophy was first awarded at the end of the 1977–78 NHL season and has been awarded annually ever since.Dave Taylor of the Los Angeles Kings was the first winner of the award, while Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins has won a record four times, including three consecutive wins between 2015 and 2017.
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Jack Adams Award

The Jack Adams Award is presented annually to the NHL coach “adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.” It was first awarded at the 1974 NHL Awards Ceremony and named in honour of Jack Adams, who coached the Detroit Red Wings for 22 seasons.

Past winners of the Jack Adams Award include some of the most successful coaches in NHL history, such as Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour, Toe Blake, Glen Sather, Pat Quinn, Mike Keenan, and Joel Quenneville.

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is “an annual award under the trusteeship of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association and is given to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey.”

Nominees for the trophy are submitted by all NHL clubs at the conclusion of the regular season, and the top three vote-getters are named finalists. The winner is then selected by a poll of all PHWA members at the end of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

General Manager of the Year Award

The National Hockey League’s General Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the general manager who is “adjudged to have exhibited outstanding leadership ability during the regular season.” ballots are cast by the 30 NHL general managers and a panel of NHL executives, print and broadcast media. The award was first presented at the end of the 1985–86 NHL season and has been presented every year since. Lou Lamoriello, formerly of the New Jersey Devils, is the only person to have won the award three times, winning in 1987–88, 1991–92, and most recently in 2002–03.

There is no limit to how many times a general manager can win the award, though no GM has won it in consecutive years since Lamoriello did so in 1988 and 1989. Bob Pulford (then of the Chicago Blackhawks) was named as one of three finalists for the inaugural award in 1986 but ultimately lost out to Lamoriello; he would go on to win it himself twice, in 1999–2000 and 2005–06.

Conclusion

The NHL awards are announced annually in June, with the exact date varying from year to year. The awards ceremony is typically held in Las Vegas, though it has also been held in Los Angeles, Toronto and Chicago in recent years. This year’s awards will be announced on June 20, 2018.