NHL nominates players for NHL awards!!

25-4-2013 NHL nominates players for NHL Awards

The NHL has released the annual list of award nominees. For each category in which the winner is voted, there are three nominees. The annual NHL Awards Ceremony is held right after the Stanley Cup Finals.

Here are the candidates for season 2012-13:

Jack Adams Award

1. Claude Julien,
2. Craig Ramsay,
3. Joel Quenneville,

Annual award given to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success

Calder Memorial Trophy

1. Sean Couturier,
2. Andrei Vasilevski,
3. Nick Ebert,

Annual award given to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League

Hart Memorial Trophy

1. Sidney Crosby,
2. Alexander Ovechkin, WHS
3. Ondrej Pavelec,

Annual award given to the player judged to be the most valuable to his team

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

1. Eric Staal,
2. Pavel Datsyuk,
3. Alexander Ovechkin,

Annual award given to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability

James Norris Memorial Trophy

1. Shea Weber,
2. Andrei Markov,
3. Cam Fowler,

Annual award given to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position

Frank J. Selke Trophy

1. Patrik Berglund,
2. Dustin Byfuglien,
3. Lars Eller,

Annual award given to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game

la moindre des choses cest de donner le Norris a Weber