2018 NHL AWARDS: Frozen Royalty wraps up its coverage of the 2018 NHL Awards with comments from Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar, who won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league’s top defensive forward.
LAS VEGAS — Although he was a distant third in the voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League’s Most Valuable Player for the 2017-18 season, Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar outclassed the competition for the Frank J. Selke Trophy.
The Selke Trophy is awarded annually to the NHL’s best defensive forward, which Kopitar has now won twice, the first coming in the 2015-16 season.