Colorado's MacKinnon wins Ted Lindsay Award, Chicago's Bedard named top rookie at NHL awards
By MARK ANDERSON
Posted 6/27/24
Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon won the Ted Lindsay Award as the league’s most outstanding player in the regular season and Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard was selected as the …
You must be a member to read this story.
Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.
Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here
Otherwise, follow the link below to join.
To Our Valued Readers –
Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.
For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.
Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.
Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.
Need to set up your free e-Newspaper all-access account? click here.
Non-subscribers
Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.
Register to comment
Click here create a free account for posting comments.
Note that free accounts do not include access to premium content on this site.
I am anchor
Colorado's MacKinnon wins Ted Lindsay Award, Chicago's Bedard named top rookie at NHL awards
Florida Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola, left, and left wing Ryan Lomberg, right, hug after winning the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Posted
By MARK ANDERSON
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon won the Ted Lindsay Award as the league’s most outstanding player in the regular season and Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard was selected as the league's top rookie, winning the Calder Memorial Trophy at the NHL awards show on Thursday night.
Bedard, one of the most-hyped prospects in recent years, was last year's No. 1 overall draft pick by the Blackhawks and led all rookies with 61 points. He also was first with 22 goals and his 39 assists tied for the lead as well.
Brock Faber of the Minnesota Wild and Luke Hughes of the New Jersey Devils were the other contenders.
MacKinnon had a career-high 140 points this season. He won the award for the first time. He opened the season with a 35-game points streak at home, second all-time only to Wayne Gretzky.
The awards go to the league's top players as voted on by the NHL Players Association.
MacKinnon finished the season with 54 goals and 89 assists, edging out Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Awards announced earlier include:
— Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov won the Selke Trophy as the top defensive forward for the second time in four years.
— Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct. He also won it in 2021.
— Rick Tocchet received the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year. He led the Vancouver Canucks to the Pacific Division title.
!role~Preview!mt~photo!fmt~JPEG%20Baseline)
