Favorites for Season Awards - December Edition by Silvio Saouaf...

Welcome back sports fans, this is the December 2015 edition of the CCHL Season Awards.  Let's take a look at the top 3 candidates for each award!

President's Trophy
Dayton Musicmen – No surprise here.  The Musicmen continue to be the best team with a healthy 13 point lead on the #2 team which is….
Copenhagen Crusaders – The defending champs have really hit their stride, going 8-1-1 in their last ten games.  You can never count out the champs!
Minnesota Norsemen – The Norsemen have fallen to #3, but still have a very strong team

Hart Trophy
Jason Spezza (DAY) – now the leading scorer, Jason is centering the best line in the game!
Carey Price (CLG) – Carey continue to dominate and is one of the (if not THE) best goalies in the game!  Calgary strength is defense and Price is the cornerstone
Jiri Hudler (LNZ) – a surprise entry, the diminutive winger has quietly put together a great year, currently sitting 5th in points behind the Dayton pack.  The Blackwings are struggling this year, but where would they be without Hudler?

Norris Trophy
John Carlson (DAY) – John has rocketed up and is the leading scoring defenseman on Dayton with 48 points!
Justin Faulk (MIN) - the young blueliner continues to help the Norsemen challenge for a title and is second in scoring with 44 points
Roman Josi (GEO) – Roman is the rock on the Millers blueline, with 40 points!

Vezina Trophy
Devan Dubnyk (DAY) – Dubnyk continues to be the frontrunner for this award, posting a GAA of 1.36 and SV% of .947, both tops for goalies playing at least 10 games!
Carey Price (CLG) – Need we say more about Carey?
Cam Talbot (GEO) – Young Cam has helped backstop the Millers to the #4 position in the Canosa Conference, with a 2.05 GAA and a SV% of .926

Jennings Trophy
Devan Dubnyk (DAY)
Carey Price (CLG)
Andrew Hammond (DAY)

Calder Trophy (minimum 3 games played, not on last year's disk)
Aaron Ekblad (HAM) - this young blueliner’s star continues to rise, scoring 21 points in 39 games
Andrew Hammond (DAY) - the young netminder has a GAA (1.42), and it helps playing on such a stacked team as Dayton!
Johnny Gaudreau (CLG) - the young sniper has 23 points in 43 games for the Flames

Selke Trophy
Jason Spezza (DAY) - this high scoring center also leads all forwards in +/- with a +51!
Tyler Seguin (DAY) – another member of the best line in hockey continues his strong 2-way game this year, with a +44
Wayne Simmons (VIC) - the tough, power forward brings a defensively sound game with a +32

Art Ross Trophy
Jason Spezza (DAY) – Mr. “Do It All” is leading the league with 66 points!
Tyler Johnson (DAY) – Trails his teammate with 60 points
Tyler Seguin (DAY) – The other “Tyler” rounds out the sweep of this race for Dayton with 59 points

Rocket Richard Trophy
Corey Perry (GEO) – Corey is the new leader with a league leading 32 goals for the surging Millers
Tyler Seguin (DAY) – Have we mentioned this guy enough?  Tyler has 29 goals
Tyler Johnson (DAY) – Tyler Johnson caps off the Tyler attack with 27 goals

GM of the Year
Bill Corfield (DAY) - GM Corfield continues to tweak his team and they are humming.  Nothing short of a title will be acceptable with this team!
Blake Wendt (MIN) - GM Wendt’s team continues to be a front runner for a championship, and it’s all because of GM Wendt’s moves
Bruce Niblett (COP) – GM Niblett has chosen to stay quiet during the regular season, having made his moves earlier in the year.  Just keeping his core stars in place and giving them time to gel with their new teammates is shrewd enough, and the Crusaders have pushed up the standings
Eugene Yip (CGY) – GM Yip has done a fantastic job of setting his team up for success this year and for years beyond with a strong stable of prospects (including NHL ROY candidate Dylan Larkin)