Wednesday is First of Award Days for Alex

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NHL TO HONOR 2007-08 AWARD WINNERS IN PITTSBURGH WEDNESDAY       

The National Hockey League will honor the winners of three major regular-season trophies and will present two special awards at a luncheon Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh. The event will begin at 2 p.m., ET.
 
        Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals will receive the Art Ross Trophy and the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy for leading the League in points and goals with 112 points and 65 goals, respectively. The William M. Jennings Trophy, awarded the goaltenders who play a minimum of 25 games for the team that allows the fewest goals during the regular season, will be presented to Chris Osgood and Dominik Hasek of the Detroit Red Wings, who combined to allow just 184 goals in the 82 games.  

        Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin will receive the Mark Messier Leadership Award, presented to the player who exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice, and the 10th annual NHL Foundation Award, recognizing the NHL player who applies the core values of hockey (commitment, perseverance and teamwork) will be presented to Vincent Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Trevor Linden of the Vancouver Canucks.

        The other major regular-season awards will be presented at the NHL Awards Show on Thursday, June 12 at the Elgin Theater in Toronto.

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3 thoughts on “Wednesday is First of Award Days for Alex”

  1. Alex will also be on the popular TSN show tonight “Off the Record”. Being in the middle of all the Stanley Cup Finals excitement will make Alex even hungrier to get there as soon as possible.

  2. The ceremony tomorrow is in Pittsburgh?! Yeah, I get that that’s where the Stanley Cup Finals are going right now, but come on…PITTSBURGH?

    Next thing you know, the NBA will be sending Gilbert Arenas to Cleveland for an awards ceremony. Sheesh!

    Of course, if you’re into irony, it’s a beautiful thing to see them handing out hardware to Pittsburgh’s hockey version of Public Enemy Number One. And instead of picking up a trophy, Crosby will likely be in the middle of his pre-game nap, and having nightmares about the Red Wings’ defense.

    Man, I love being a hockey fan!