Ronin13
06-24-2014, 19:19
Just ended, but what a great night for the Avalanche! Of course, as predicted by many NHL fans and reporters alike, the Hart trophy went to Crosby for the 2nd time... saw that coming. Shame that Vezina went to Tuuka Rask instead of Semyon Varlomov, but enough with the bad news, check out the awards Colorado gets to gloat about:
Jack Adams Award ("the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success"): Patrick Roy!
Lady Byng Trophy ("to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability): Ryan O'Reilly! 1,181 pts and only 2 Penalty Minutes in the season.
Calder Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the year): Nathan McKinnon! 1,347 pts! What a badass.
Of course the uncomfortable moment was when they did the more off-ice trophies for humanitarian and charity trophies and had Cuba Gooding Jr as one of the presenters, who was very visibly and obviously drunk off his ass... As soon as the interwebs folks upload a video of his drunken shenanigans I'll update with the video so you can see just how awkward things got... in case you missed it.
Congrats Avs... now let's hurry up and finish up with the summer so it can be October already and get the '14/15 season started! [Beer]
Note: Hockey is still way better than soccer... :P
Jack Adams Award ("the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success"): Patrick Roy!
Lady Byng Trophy ("to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability): Ryan O'Reilly! 1,181 pts and only 2 Penalty Minutes in the season.
Calder Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the year): Nathan McKinnon! 1,347 pts! What a badass.
Of course the uncomfortable moment was when they did the more off-ice trophies for humanitarian and charity trophies and had Cuba Gooding Jr as one of the presenters, who was very visibly and obviously drunk off his ass... As soon as the interwebs folks upload a video of his drunken shenanigans I'll update with the video so you can see just how awkward things got... in case you missed it.
Congrats Avs... now let's hurry up and finish up with the summer so it can be October already and get the '14/15 season started! [Beer]
Note: Hockey is still way better than soccer... :P