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Don Sweeney named NHL General Manager of the Year

LAS VEGAS (AP) —Boston’s Don Sweeney was named the league’s top general manager Wednesday night at the hockey world’s annual Vegas ceremony, held this year at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Carolina Hurricanes General Manager Don Waddell and St. Louis Blues General Manager Doug Armstrong were the other two finalists for the award.

Other award winners included…

1. Ryan O’Reilly added his first Selke Trophy as the NHL’s top defensive forward to the Blues’ Stanley Cup victory. Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron, a four-time Selke winner and a finalist for the eighth consecutive year, was also nominated. O’Reilly was the Blues’ top scorer with 77 points, including 28 goals in his first season in St.