Quinn Hughes carves fresh Canuck ice with dest defenceman honour

Thursday in Las Vegas, the first Vancouver Canucks defenceman to ever record more than 90 points in a season, also became the first Canuck ever to be named the NHL’s top defenceman.

Accordin to nhl.com, Hughes had the most even-strength points , second-most power-play points and was fourth in plus/minus among defensemen. Hughes was tied for 10th in the NHL in ice time per game and led the Canucks in SAT percentage with the team controlling 56.4 percent of shot attempts at 5-on-5 when he was on the ice.

Meanwhile, Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon was the big winner at Thursday’s NHL awards show, taking home the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s MVP and the Ted Lindsay Award as the league’s most outstanding player as decided by the NHL Players Association. Bedard, one of the most-hyped prospects in recent years, was last year’s No. 1 overall draft pick by the Blackhawks and led all rookies with 61 points. He also was first with 22 goals and his 39 assists tied for the lead as well.

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