Early Favorites for Season Awards by Silvio Saouaf of the Siberia Icecats...

Early Favorites for Season Awards

Welcome sports fans, this is the first edition of the CCHL Season Awards.  Let's take a look at the top 3 early candidates for each award as of 11/6/2015

President's Trophy
Dayton Musicmen - 31 out of a possible 34 points, and a shutout streak of over 3 games
Minnesota Norsemen - most points in the league with 32, and leading the league in goals scored
Victoria Ronin - 28 out of a possible 36 points, and own the second best offense in the league

Hart Trophy
Tyler Seguin (DAY) - leading the league in scoring and leading the top ranked Musicmen
Jeff Carter (MIN) - the leading scorer for the Norsemen is helping to bring the Norsemen to new heights
Carey Price (CLG) - One of the best goalies in the league, Carey is backstopping the surging Chinook

Norris Trophy
Roman Josi (GEO) - leading the Millers with 21 points in 18 games
Tyler Myers (VIC) - the Ronin backline is being lead by this big defender who is second in the league in points from a defenseman with 18
Justin Faulk (MIN) - the young blueliner has been lighting up the scoreboard and helping lead the Norsemen with 17 points

Vezina Trophy
Devan Dubnyk (DAY) - Journeyman Dubnyk seems to have found a home with the Musicmen and it doesn't hurt to play behind a stoudt defense.  He leads the league with an eye-popping 1.12 GAA and .954 SV% and 5 shoutouts
Carey Price (CLG) - The young Chinook are depending on the Al-Star goalie to "Carey" their team and he has not disappointed, with a 1.46 GAA and .945 SV%, both good for 2nd in the league
Steve Mason (VIC) - Mason is doing a great job in keeping goals out for the high scoring Ronin.  His 2.03 GAA and .926 SV% are good for 3rd in the league

Jennings Trophy
Devan Dubnyk (DAY)
Carey Price (CLG)
Steve Mason (VIC)

Calder Trophy (minimum 3 games played, not on last year's disk)
Aaron Ekblad (HAM) - this young blueliner is a star in the making, and has 11 points in 19 games
Andrew Hammond (DAY) - the young netminder has a GAA (0.71) that requires a microscope to find
Johnny Gaudreau (CLG) - the young sniper has 8 points in 17 games for the high flying Flames
Tobias Rieder (SAN) - 7 points in 16 games.  This young Islander is close enough to include in the race!

Selke Trophy
Jeff Carter (MIN) - this high scoring center also leads the league in +/- with a +22
Wayne Simmons (VIC) - the tough, power forward is currently second in the league with a +21
Tyler Seguin (DAY) - the typically "offensive only" forward is playing a strong 2-way game this year, with a +19

Art Ross Trophy
Tyler Seguin (DAY) - the ultra-talented Seguin leads the league with 29 points
Jeff Carter (MIN) - 28 points for the hulking center for the Norsemen
Zach Parise (MIN) - the speedy, skilled winger is currently 3rd in the league with 27 points

Rocket Richard Trophy
Jeff Carter (MIN) - Jeff's 14 goals leads the league, but he is followed closely by..
There is a 4 way tie for second place with 13 goals each
Mike Hoffman (GEO)
Corey Perry (GEO)
Wayne Simmonds (VIC)
Zach Parise (MIN)

GM of the Year
Bill Corfield (DAY) - GM Corfield has loaded up his team with a ton of talent from top to bottom.  The league leading Musicmen are dominating their opponents
Blake Wendt (MIN) - GM Wendt has not been shy about making trades to challenge for the title, and if they succeed, it will have been all worth it
Paul Canosa (VIC) - the shrewd GM Canosa continues to contend for the title year in and year out.  Watch out for the Ronin