CCHL Year End Awards Presented by Siberia

 

Hello sports fans. With the CCHL season over, it’s time to announce the end-of-season awards. What a season it was as we crowned a new champion, the Seattle Reign. This season was more competitive as the new playoff format allowed 2 more teams to make the playoffs. We had 4 rounds of fun hockey.

We had a lot of worthy nominees for the end-of-season awards. Without further ado, let’s look at the award winners.

 

Lady Byng - given to the most gentlemanly player

·         Ondrej Kase - F - CAP: 2 PIMS in 81 games

·         Artemi Panarin - F - FOR: 2 PIMS in 82 games

·         Sam Reinhart - F - NIA: 2 PIMS in 82 games

·         Josh Bailey - F - WIS: 2 PIMS in 82 games

·         AND THE WINNER IS: The bread man, Artemi Panarin, winning 63% of the votes

 

Selke - given to the best defensive forward

·         Patrik Kane - FOR: Led all forwards with a +41, 3rd in the league with 112 points

·         Patrice Bergeron - SIB: Had a +35 and led the league in scoring with 128 points

·         Noel Acciari - FOR: Kane's teammate and defensive specialist was +38

·         Anthony Cirelli - LAS: The defensive specialist put up 55 points while putting up a +12 on the Aces

·         AND THE WINNER IS: Patrice Bergeron, who garnered 68% of the votes

 

Calder - given to the best rookie (min 20 games played in NHL 2018-19 season to qualify)

·         Victor Oloffson - F - HAM: 43 points in 74 games

·         Adam Fox - D - LIE: 67 points in 82 games

·         Cale Makar - D - POR: 58 points in 69 games

·         Ethan Bear - D - SEA: 37 points in 79 games

·         AND THE WINNER IS: Adam Fox, who was 7 votes ahead of runner up, Cale Makar

 

Norris - given to the best defenseman

·         Mattias Ekholm - SEA: 88 points in 81 games, +24 for the CCHL champion Seattle Reign

·         Roman Josi - SUD: 86 points in 82 games for the Canosa Conference champions

·         Doug Hamilton - AMO: 83 points in 83 games for the first year Comets

·         Alex Pietrangelo - FOR: 83 points in 82 games, led the league with a +44

·         Mark Giordano - SPR: 83 points in 82 games

·         AND THE WINNER IS: Mattias Ekholm, who won by a landslide, receiving 72% of the votes!

 

Vezina - given to the best goaltender

·         Connor Hellebuyck - SIB: lead the league with a 2.75 GAA and 51 wins, and 2nd with a .906 S%

·         Frederik Anderson - SUD: second in the league with a 2.85 GAA and tied for 6th with a .900 S%, 5th in the league with 40 wins

·         Braden Holtby - FOR: third in the league with a 2.95 GAA and 4th with a .904 S%

·         Andrei Vasilevskiy - AMO: 6th in the league with a 3.06 GAA and tied for 6th with a .900 S%, second in the league with 47 wins

·         Mikko Koskinen - HAM: was 4th in the league with a 2.98 GAA and led the league with a .910 S%

·         AND THE WINNER IS: Connor Hellebuyck, who also won by a landslide, receiving 81% of the votes!

 

Jennings - given to the team/goalies with the fewest goals against

·         SIB: 237 goals against

·         FOR: 238 goals against

·         SUD: 239 goals against

·         HAM: 262 goals against

·         AND THE WINNER IS: Siberia (Connor Hellebuyck and Darcy Kuemper)

 

Now we have the 2 biggest awards, the Hart and Con Smythe trophies. The Hart trophy is given to the player who is the most valuable to his team in the regular season

·         Patrice Bergeron - SIB: 128 points in 80 games, led league in points

·         Mika Zibanejad - VIC: led the league with 60 goals and 2nd in points with 118

·         Patrick Kane - FOR: 48 goals and 3rd in the league with 112 points for President's trophy winning Falcons

·         Kyle Connor - SEA: Kyle led the Seattle attack and finished with 101 points for the cup winning Reign

·         AND THE WINNER IS: Patrice Bergeron, who was 8 points ahead of runner up, Mika Zibanejad!

 

 

Finally, we have the Conn Smythe trophy, given to the most valuable player in the playoffs

·         Mattias Ekholm - SEA: 11 goals and 24 points to lead the Reign

·         JG Pageau - POR: 12 goals and 27 points for the Corfield Conference runner ups

·         Auston Matthews - SUD: 11 goals and 24 points for the start Miners center

·         Mikko Rantanen - POR: led playoff performers with 30 points in only 19 games

·         AND THE WINNER IS: Mattias Ekholm in a landslide victory, 13 votes ahead of runner up, Mikko Rantanen

Well sports fans, there you have it, the awards for the 2020-2021 CCHL Season. Mattias Ekholm from the Cup winning Reign won two awards, and deservedly so! As we head into the offseason, we will see lots of movement as teams look to dethrone the Reign and win the Kehler Cup next year. Stay tuned for a busy offseason and monumental next season, sports fans!