The National Hockey League announced finalists for both the Calder Memorial Trophy - “awarded to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition” - and the Jack Adams Award -presented to the head coach who has “contributed the most to his team’s success” - yesterday. This follows Tuesday’s announcement of the finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award. Today, the league will announce the finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy and Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, which was won by Aleksander Barkov last year.
Following are the finalists for the Calder Trophy, in alphabetical order:
Hughes posted 8-45-53 in 68 games to become the third defenseman in the NHL’s modern era (since 1943-44) to top all rookies in scoring (outright or tied), joining Brian Leetch (1988-89 w/ NYR) and Bobby Orr (1966-67 w/ BOS).