About 30 trophies stored in a gym closet were “cycled,” Nathan said of the awards put on and taken off display periodically. “My cases will be for the trophies that took a season to earn versus the participation kind,” said Nathan, who plays soccer, rugby and football.

He got approval from Paul Yowchuang, the athletic director at the time, and then looked for help from the community. Younger Scouts joined the effort, collecting about 20,000 bottles and cans to raise money for supplies. Nathan’s father, Larry Vertel, his brother Jacob Vertel, who is also an Eagle Scout, and neighbor Michael Plaskey also pitched in.

Plaskey let Nathan build the cases at his business, Finish Line Closeouts, Warren, and helped him get supplies at cost. Robin Wernick, an assistant scoutmaster, offered guidance with construction.

“I had only built a birdhouse and a tool box before this,” Nathan said. “I was surprised at how precise every measurement had to be.”

Nathan’s mother, Sandie Vertel, said she is proud on many levels from the planning stage, to the bottle drive and the construction. To collect the returnables, Nathan passed out 4,000 fliers and appealed to almost everyone in Berkley. “He demonstrated true leadership and maturity,” Vertel said. She also is impressed with her son for accomplishing his goal while keeping up with his other activities, including a Daily Tribune paper route. “He is one of the last of the kid carriers,” Vertel said.??A Scout since he was in first grade at Berkley’s Pattengill Elementary School, Nathan now is a member of Royal Oak’s Boy Scout Troop 1610. He recently presented the three trophy cases to Berkley High School.??“Teachers, students and friends tell me or text me that they look really good,” Nathan said. “It feels surreal to be done with them after months of work.”

When he receives his Eagle Scout ranking, Nathan will join an exclusive group of the highest ranked scouts. In 2010, 56,176 Scouts achieved the rank of Eagle. Eagle Scouts must earn 21 merit badges, serve in a leadership capacity within their troops, plan and implement a service project and successfully complete a board of review.

The ancient Romans kept their trophies closer to home. Instead of a tribute to the victors and gods in the vicinity of the victory, the Romans had their commemorative trophies constructed in Rome. These trophies were often magnificent, and included columns and arches atop a foundation. Outside Rome, there are huge stone memorials that were originally crowned with sculpted stone trophies…remnants of these trophies from long ago.

There is little knowledge about awards of trophies given during the Middle Ages. However, in the New World, chalices, or two-handled cups, were given to winners of sporting events as early as at least the very late 1600s. An exquisite example of this is a small two-handled sterling cup in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, that was given to the winner of a short horse race between two towns in New England about 1699. It’s named the and is called the Kyp Cup as it was fabricated by silversmith Jesse Kyp . Chalices were primarily associated with sporting events, and were typically made in silver. They were awarded in horse racing, boating and early automobile racing. Sporting awards still often take the form of a cup, including the Davis Cup, a major tennis trophy first awarded in 1900, the Stanley Cup, given to National Hockey League champs (1894), and the World Cup, given since 1967 to top male and female alpine skiers, to name a few.

trophies & awards

The Rhinos are attempting to win an unprecedented third consecutive Super League title, as well as a second straight World Club Challenge. Sinfield has also set his sights on victory in the Challenge Cup.

“We want all the trophies. The Challenge Cup is something that has eluded me in my career and it’s something I’m desperate to get my hands on but no more than the Super League trophy,” he said.

“The success we’ve had has spurred us on for more. It gets better every year and to be part of what we have experienced at Old Trafford again would be something special.

“And why not? Someone has got to win it so why not us? We’ve got a great squad, although we understand we’re going to be a big scalp for everyone this year.”
Squad

The reigning champions have added former Australian international Danny Buderus and New Zealand Test forward Greg Eastwood to their squad in the off-season.

Sinfield believes that they, along with the younger players who have secured a spot in the senior squad this season, make the Rhinos even stronger than last year.

“We’ve recruited pretty well. To bring in someone like Danny Buderus is a major coup for the club and I expect big things from Greg Eastwood when he comes,” he added.

“Add to that four or five younger lads we’ve pulled into the squad who look every bit Super League players.

“I feeling it’s turning more into a squad game every season and the team with the strongest squad invariably wins it. Our prospects are good.”

Originally posted at Skysports.com

Just a couple of weeks after announcing it will donate 10 per cent of Auckland Reactor’s winnings at the three Cambridge meetings on January 2, 9, and 16 to the Waikato Hospice, the owners of the brilliant Mach Three 4-year-old have now agreed to donate all of his winning trophies (from the November 28 Franklin Cup on) to the Alexandra Park based Hall Of Fame.

“This is an absolutely amazing gesture. What a wonderful thought. The owners of Auckland Reactor need to be applauded for this. John Curtin is doing an absolutely brilliant marketing job with this horse. He is a true ambassador of the sport not only here but world-wide,” Myles said.

Curtin, of JC International, is a prominent standardbred agent in both the northern and southern hemispheres. He has a small share in Auckland Reactor and was only too pleased to have the champion’s trophies on display in the Hall of Fame.

“The Hall Of Fame is a treasured and much valued part of our industry. Being a New Zealand trained horse I thought it was only right there be a section for Auckland Reactor in the Hall Of Fame. I have spoken to all the owners and they are agreeable to this. It’s something we can all look at one day and be proud of,” Curtin said.

Auckland Reactor’s owners are scattered throughout Australasia and the Northern Hemisphere. They include Peter Heffering, Fred Brayford, Bill Loyens, Mike Wilson, Tom Kyron, Irv Storfer, Doug Millard from Canada and Jerry Silva and Carol Beneke from the US and The Stallion Station from Australia.

Myles, who has been involved in harness racing for most of his life, said he had never seen a better standardbred race in New Zealand.

“He’s the best I’ve ever seen and I watched Cardigan Bay and Lordship break a few hearts. This fella is the real McCoy. He’s a true champion simply because he can do in races what other horses can’t.

“Even though he had to work hard at Cambridge last Friday, he still won easy. He’s a stallion and knows how to fight back. He is a champion and we are lucky to have a horse like him racing here. He will continue to go on and break many good horse’s hearts. I just hope we can keep him ‘Down Under’ for as long as possible,” Auckland-based Myles said.

He believed Auckland Reactor was also bucking the economic trend.

“He has rejuvenated the industry. When most people are expecting an eight per cent downfall with the current financial market this fella is bucking the trend. You only needed to be at Cambridge last Friday to see that,” Myles said.

He said a segment of the New Zealand Trotting Hall Of Fame would now be sectioned off to make way for Auckland Reactor’s trophies.

“We have an induction ceremony in March during the Auckland Cup Carnival to induct more people and horses into the Hall Of Fame. It will be at that ceremony that we will officially receive the trophies off his owners,” Myles said.

Auckland Reactor has now raced 16 times for 16 wins and $641,428 in stakes. He can be seen racing again at Cambridge Raceway on January 9 and 16 against his own age-group.
Originally posted at Harnesslink.com.

The “Great Entertainer” has won a stream of accolades following an amazing year.

Wales picked up the Six Nations title; the Triple Crown for beating England, Scotland and Ireland; and the James Bevan Trophy following their memorable 20-15 triumph over Tri-Nations runners-up Australia at the Millennium Stadium 11 days ago.

His region the Ospreys went into the year as Magners League champions, but lost that title to crack Irish province Leinster.

However, Welsh rugby’s big spenders got some consolation for losing their hold on the Celtic crown and bombing out of the Heineken Cup following a stunning upset against English outfit Saracens at Vicarage Road by walloping Leicester Tigers in the Twickenham-held final of the Anglo-Welsh EDF Energy Cup.

And Shane has bagged another three of his own. He was overwhelming winner of the public vote to find the Six Nations player of the tournament, was named International Rugby Board player of the year and, earlier this week, BBC Wales sports personality of the year.

Only three pieces of major silverware are missing from his trophy cabinet: the Heineken Cup, the World Cup and British Lions’ Test series glory.

The 31-year-old winger accepts he might not be around come the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand, but is desperate to make next summer’s Lions tour of South Africa.

But, first of all, Williams wants the Ospreys to become the first Welsh team to lift the Heineken Cup – the final takes place in Edinburgh on May 24 next year – and Wales to retain their European crown.

Ospreys continue their assault on the Heineken – no Welsh team has reached the final of the European showpiece since Cardiff were beaten by Toulouse in the final 12 years ago – at Treviso in Italy on Saturday.

They are four points behind leaders Leicester in Pool Three and five points ahead of French club Perpignan, with Treviso yet to get off the mark.

The Ospreys have to finish top of their group to book an automatic place in the quarter-finals of the European jewel.

And Wales’ record try-scorer Shane is convinced they possess the strike weapons – the likes of Lee Byrne, Tommy Bowe, Gavin Henson, James Hook, Mike Phillips, Adam Jones, Alun Wyn Jones, Ryan Jones, Jonathan Thomas, Ian Gough, Marty Holah and Filo Tiatia – to make up for last-term’s Heineken flop.

“We were disappointed last season because we thought we could go on and win it,” said 61-times capped Williams.

The Ospreys had thumped Saracens in the semi-final of the EDF at the Millennium Stadium a fortnight earlier, but were mugged at Vicarage Road in the Heineken.

It cost them a money-spinning Cardiff-staged semi-final with eventual European kings Munster and a potential final in the Welsh capital.

But Shane insists they can consign embarrassing failure at Saracens, which was a major factor in the departure of Ospreys coach Lyn Jones a few weeks later, to the dustbin by conquering Europe this campaign.

“We are a better side this year. We have a lot of strength in depth in this squad,” stressed Williams.

“We were disappointed last season because we thought we could go on and win it.

“The Heineken Cup, in particular, is something we at the Ospreys are targeting this season and it’s something which is certainly missing from my trophy collection.

“If you want to put it into some kind of perspective, someone like Gareth Thomas in 2005, won the Grand Slam with Wales, but he also captained the Lions and lifted the Heineken Cup with Toulouse.

“So there is still plenty for me to aim for. I may not be captaincy material, but it would be great to make a Lions tour of South Africa in the summer and perhaps go one better than ‘Alfie’ and be involved in a winning set-up.

“But, my immediate aim is an obvious one – to take the Ospreys as far as we can in the Heineken Cup and work hard to defend the Six Nations title with Wales.

“This last year has been out of this world for me, to be honest, and it’s pretty difficult to choose a favourite trophy, but, if pushed, I have go to go for both the EDF Energy Cup and the Six Nations trophy.

“Both of those are symbolic of a lot of hard work put in by an entire team … the players, management and staff … at international and regional level with Wales and the Ospreys.

“Seven trophies speak for themselves and tell you what a great year I have had in rugby, but I keep saying it’s not over yet.”

Williams reckons Wales could provide the biggest contingent to next year’s Lions squad, but stressed: “There’s a lot of rugby to be played before then.

“But, yes, I would like to be part of a Lion tour again, a successful Lions tour this time.”

Shane went to New Zealand with the Lions three years ago but they suffered a 3-0 “blackwash” against the All Blacks and he wants to make amends after only appearing in the second Test.

But, he acknowledged, the 2011 World Cup might be beyond him, saying: “I will be 34 then and it might be a step too far for me.

“I would like to be part of a successful Wales team at the World Cup, but we will have to see how my body is, how fit I am and how much I am enjoying my rugby.”
Originally posted by Andy Howell.

Trophies are treasured prizes — whether bestowed on professional athletes who have just helped their team win a national championship or presented to a youth soccer player who showed up for every game and played his heart out. Corporate executives and third-grade spelling bee winners alike gratefully receive these awards and proudly display them in their offices or bedrooms at home.

“People like to be recognized for their accomplishments, what they’ve done in the workplace or on the playing field and other avenues,” says Jay Stelmach, the maker of monuments and owner of Colonial Trophy in Lakeville.

The family owned and operated business first opened in Taunton in 1955 and has been at its current location next to Mucky’s Liquors on Route 44 since 1968.

Stelmach offers a huge selection of trophies, plaques, medals and other commemorative items for a vast variety of sports and activities. Trophies for every major sport are available and if it’s not, Stelmach takes special orders.

“I had a guy today pick up 15 cricket trophies for his cricket club, and we’ve done trophies for a chicken show, pigeon racing, stuff like that,” he says.

While youth sports teams and adult leagues make up a large portion of his clientele, jobs for local businesses and corporations keep Stelmach busy as well.

“We do a lot of work for Ocean Spray and Johnson & Johnson,” Stelmach says, while removing a Customer Focus Award plaque made for an Ocean Spray employee from the laser engraver in his shop. The engraver, which Stelmach invested in this year, has cut down on the time it takes to etch the plates for plaques and trophies. Production improvements like that help Stelmach keep up in the face of various online competitors.

Keeping up with the latest trophy trends does, too. For instance, a new soccer trophy featuring a soccer ball that spins around in the mounting, rather than the traditional soccer player figure, has been very popular this season, Stelmach said. Plug-in or battery-operated trophies that glow and flash in pastel colors are another hot item, he said. Stelmach is also doing more work in acrylic and glass engraving, which is now in greater demand with his business clients.

Originally posted by Alice Coyle from the Taunton Daily Gazette.

Heisman Trophy to be in Green Valley on Thursday

The Heisman Trophy, which will be presented to this year’s best college football player, will be on display at Cole Nissan on Thursday from 8:30 a.m.- 7 p.m. The 25-pound Heisman Trophy will be in Green Valley as part of ESPN’s two-month Gridiron Blowout Trophy Tour.

Originated from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Laval quarterback Benoit Groulx Quebec nominee for Hec Crighton Trophy

LENNOXVILLE, Que. — Laval Rouge et Or quarterback Benoit Groulx won the Jeff Russel Trophy as the Quebec conference’s player of the year on Monday.

The Montreal native also becomes one of the four nominees for the Hec Crighton Trophy as the top player in Canadian university football, which will be awarded Nov. 20, two days ahead of the Vanier Cup trophy in Hamilton.

Groulx’s teammate Etienne Legare was named the conference’s most outstanding lineman, Joash Gesse from the Montreal Carabins earned top defensive player honours, Bishop’s Gaiters defensive halfback Harrison Maloney is rookie of the year and Benoit Boulanger of the Sherbrooke Vert & Or is the top student athlete.

All conference winners become nominees for the national honour.

Groulx, a fourth year sport administration student, established a new Canadian record by completing 75.2 per cent of his passes (185-of-245), breaking Garry Smith’s mark of 70.4 set in 1962.

He was second in the country with 185 completions and threw for 2,385 yards and 12 touchdowns passes against just two interceptions for 8-0 Laval.

Gesse, a third-year linebacker from Montreal, recorded 50 tackles, 37 of them solo, seven of them for a loss, and added four sacks.

Legare, a sport administration student from Laval, Que., is one of the top CFL draft prospects in the CIS. He made 23 tackles in seven games and had 6.5 quarterback sacks causing a total of 58 yards in losses.

Maloney, from Thurso, Que., led all rookies with 39.5 tackles, including 30 solo tackles. He also had one forced fumble and a pass knockdown this year.

Boulanger, a fullback from Sherbrooke, Que., posted a grade point average of 4.25 out of 4.3 while accepting a role as his school’s ambassador for a tobacco prevention program and acting as a tutor for his teammates.

Originated from The Canadian Press

Former college hockey stars Brett Hull, Brian Leetch and Mike Richter will be enshrined into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as the Class of 2008 it was announced today by USA Hockey. Providence and Women’s Team USA standout Cammi Granato was also selected, the first female among the Hall’s 134 members.

The quartet will be formally inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in Denver on Friday, Oct. 10, at Magness Arena on the campus of the University of Denver. The following evening — Sat., Oct. 11 — the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game will take place in the same venue, when Denver plays Notre Dame.

“The Class of 2008 is one of the most accomplished groups that’s ever been inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame,” said Ron DeGregorio, president of USA Hockey. “It is indeed with great pleasure that we welcome them to the group of hockey immortals in our country.”

Hull recorded 1,391 points during his more than 20-year National Hockey League career that included stints with five teams. Hull’s 741 career goals place him third all-time in NHL history. In his first full season with the Blues (1988-89), he scored 41 goals and captured the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. The following year marked the first of three consecutive 70-plus goal seasons, which included a career-high 86 goals in 1990-91 to earn him the Lester B. Pearson Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s MVP.

Hull helped the United States to an Olympic silver medal at his second Games in 2002 and topped the tournament in scoring as Team USA captured the World Cup of Hockey in 1996, the first of his two World Cup appearances. He also participated in the 1991 Canada Cup and 1986 IIHF Men’s World Championship.

Hull played two seasons at Minnesota-Duluth, where he scored 52 goals in his sophomore season and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. No college player has scored more goals in single season since.

In 18 NHL seasons, Leetch was an 11-time All-Star, won two Norris Trophies as the league’s best defenseman, captured a Conn Smythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup Playoff MVP and was the Calder Trophy winner as the league’s top rookie. He is one of only five blueliners in NHL history to record more than 100 points in a season and one of seven to accumulate more than 1,000 points in his career (247-781–1028).

In his rookie season with the New York Rangers (1988-89), who drafted him ninth overall in 1986, Leetch put up 23 goals and 48 assists to capture the Calder Trophy. Three years later, in 1991-92, Leetch tallied a career-best 102 points, including a team record 80 assists, to capture the Norris Trophy for the first time. In 1993-94, the Rangers won their first Stanley Cup in more than 50 years. He led the way as the top scorer in the post season and was the first ever American-born player to capture the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs.

Internationally, Leetch is one of just 10 American men’s ice hockey players to have competed in the Olympic Winter Games three or more times, as he played for Team USA in 1988, 1998 and 2002. He also represented the United States at three IIHF World Junior Championships (1985-87), two IIHF Men’s World Championships (1987, 1989), one Canada Cup (1991) and twice in the World Cup of Hockey (1996, 2004).

Leetch played one season (1986-87) of college hockey at Boston College and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award.

Mike Richter played in 666 games during his 14-year NHL career, all with the New York Rangers. His 301 wins with the team are more than any other Rangers goaltender and he helped the club win its first Stanley Cup in over 50 years.

Playing full-time for the Rangers beginning during the 1990-91 season, he was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goalie in just his second full season in the NHL. In 1993-94, Richter was selected as the MVP of the NHL All-Star Game and went on to set a Rangers’ single-season record with 42 wins in leading the team to the President’s Trophy and its first Stanley Cup title since 1942. Beyond making a huge impact for the Rangers, Richter also was an integral part of the U.S. program for parts of three decades. He is one of just 10 Americans ever to compete in at least three Olympic Games, including in 2002, when the team captured the silver medal. In addition, he led Team USA to the World Cup of Hockey championship in 1996 and was named the tournament’s MVP. He also played in two IIHF World Junior Championships (1985-86), three IIHF Men’s World Championships (1986-87, 1993) and the 1991 Canada Cup. Richter, a three-time NHL All-Star, played two seasons of college hockey (1985-87) at Wisconsin before beginning his professional career.

Cammi Granato’s extraordinary playing career, particularly at the international level, has played a key role in the growth of women’s hockey not only in the United States, but across the world. At Providence College, she established goal-scoring records and captured ECAC Player of the Year honors from 1991-93.

A 15-year member of the U.S. Women’s National Team beginning in 1990, Granato is the program’s all-time scoring leader with 343 points (186-157) in 205 games. She achieved international fame by captaining Team USA to the gold medal at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, the first time ever women’s ice hockey was included in the Games. Four years later, she captained the United States to the silver medal at the 2002 Olympics. In her last international competition and ninth World Championship, she led Team USA to the gold medal, its first-ever in an IIHF World Women’s Championship. In 2007, Granato received the NHL’s Lester Patrick Award in recognition of outstanding service to hockey in the United States, and, in 2008, she was enshrined into the IIHF Hall of Fame.

Granato was the first woman to be honored with the aforementioned awards and will be the first female to be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.

Originally Written by CHN Staff, www.college hockeynews.com

Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby won the Hart Trophy as the National Hockey League’s Most Valuable Player tonight, capping a sophomore season in which he became the youngest scoring champion in major pro sports history and sparked one of the NHL’s most dramatic team turnarounds.

Crosby, who earlier this month was named the youngest team captain in League history, received 91 of 143 first-place votes for 1,225 points in voting by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks, who tallied 25 first-place votes and 801 points, was runner-up.

At 19 years, 10 months, Crosby is the second-youngest Hart Trophy winner in the history of the award, which was introduced in 1924. Wayne Gretzky was 19 years, 5 months old in 1979-80 when he captured the first of eight consecutive Hart Trophies with the Edmonton Oilers.

Crosby finished the regular season with 36 goals and 84 assists for 120 points, winning the Art Ross Trophy as League scoring champion. He took the permanent scoring lead with a career-high six-point night against Philadelphia Dec. 13 and never went more than three consecutive games without a point afterward. The Penguins were 41-10-9 in games when Crosby recorded a point, 6-13-0 when he did not and 0-1-2 when he was out of the lineup.

The Penguins finished the season with a 47-24-11 record for 105 points, qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2001 and recording a 47-point improvement over 2005-06. Only three clubs in NHL history have posted a bigger gain, most recently the Winnipeg Jets’ 48-point surge from 1980-81 to 1981-82.

Other honorees included Penguins center Evgeni Malkin, who won the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie. Malkin launched his NHL career in memorable fashion, becoming the first player in 89 years to score goals in each of his first six NHL games. Before Malkin, only three players in NHL history had scored at least one goal in each of their first six (or more) games and all did so in 1917-18, the League’s inaugural season. The 20-year-old went on to lead all rookies in goals (33), power-play goals (16), assists (52) and points (85).

Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings joined an elite group by capturing the Norris Trophy as the League’s outstanding defenseman for the fifth time. Lidstrom becomes the fourth defenseman in League history with as many as five Norris Trophy wins, joining Hockey Hall of Fame members Bobby Orr (eight), Doug Harvey (seven) and Ray Bourque (five). Lidstrom, who earned his fifth Norris in the past six seasons, tied for the League lead among defensemen in plus-minus with a +40 rating, ranked third among all players in ice time per game (27:29) and was fifth among defensemen in scoring with 62 points (13 goals, 49 assists).

Lidstrom’s teammate, Pavel Datsyuk, won his second consecutive Lady Byng Trophy for combining sportsmanship with a high standard of play. Datsyuk led the Red Wings in scoring for the second consecutive season, matching a career high with 87 points (27 goals, 60 assists). His plus-36 rating ranked second on the club and seventh in the League overall.

Another repeat winner was Carolina Hurricanes captain Rod Brind’Amour, who won the Frank Selke Trophy as the League’s outstanding defensive forward. Brind’Amour ranked second among all NHL centers with a 59.2% face-off winning percentage and ranked third among League forwards in average ice time per game (23:19).

The New Jersey Devils’ Martin Brodeur claimed the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender for the third time in the past four seasons following a record-breaking campaign. Brodeur won an unprecedented 48 games, surpassing Bernie Parent’s mark of 47 in 1973-74, led the NHL in shutouts (12), ranked third in goals-against average (2.18) and third in save percentage (.922).

Alain Vigneault of the Vancouver Canucks won his first Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top coach, edging last year’s winner, Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabres, by eight points (134-126). In his first year behind the Vancouver bench, Vigneault guided the Canucks to a franchise record-breaking season. They improved their wins record to 49 from a previous high of 46 and recorded the highest points total in club history with 105.

Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu accepted the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for leadership and humanitarian contributions to his community. Koivu’s exemplary support of cancer treatment and research — and, more particularly, his personal demonstration of courage as a cancer survivor — is a source of inspiration and pride to his teammates as well as the many thousands of patients and their families who benefit from his generosity.

Boston Bruins center Phil Kessel received the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Diagnosed with testicular cancer in early December, the 19-year-od Kessel played a Dec. 9 game against New Jersey, knowing he would be admitted to the hospital for surgery on Dec. 12. He missed only 12 games before returning to Boston’s lineup.

Four players who received the NHL’s statistic-based trophies June 2 in Ottawa also were acknowledged at the NHL Awards Show this evening: Crosby (Art Ross Trophy), Tampa Bay Lightning center Vincent Lecavalier (Maurice Richard Trophy as goal-scoring leader) and the Minnesota Wild’s Niklas Backstrom and Manny Fernandez (William Jennings Trophy as goaltenders on the club allowing the fewest goals).

The Professional Hockey Writers’ Association (PHWA) cast ballots for the Hart, Norris, Selke, Lady Byng and Calder Trophies. The PHWA also voted on the Masterton Trophy. The 30 NHL General Managers voted on the Vezina Trophy. The NHL Broadcasters’ Association (NHLBA) submitted votes for the Jack Adams Award, and a special panel of representatives from the PHWA and NHLBA chose the King Clancy winner. Voting for these awards was conducted at the conclusion of the regular season.

Balloting results were tabulated by the accounting firm Ernst & Young, with the exception of the Masterton and King Clancy trophies. The results for these awards were tabulated by the PHWA and the National Hockey League, respectively.

Orginally Written by http://penguins.nhl.com