The NHL Awards were today and three Colorado Avalanche players were nominated for the major awards that were being given out. The Avs had Nathan MacKinnon up for the Hart (MVP), Cale Makar up for the Norris (Best Defenseman), and Philipp Grubauer up for the Vezina (Best Goalie). Unfortunately, the trio came home with nothing.
Let’s go through the awards and voting.
Hart Memorial Trophy
Connor McDavid won the Hart with 100/100 first place votes. He’s the first player to hit that achievement since Wayne Gretzky in 1982. Auston Matthews earned 69 second place votes and finished in front of Nathan MacKinnon in third.