Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Frank Brimsek’s 1938-39 Season

Born in Eveleth, Minnesota, Frank Brimsek wasn’t your ordinary offensively-driven hockey player growing up. Instead, he was the one amongst the other kids that would step into the net and take on their...

Read more:
https://thehockeywriters.com/revisiting-calder-trophy-seasons-frank-brimseks-1938-39-season/?src=mast2

#BostonBruins #BruinsHistory #HockeyHistory #CalderTrophy #FrankBrimsek #VezinaTrophy
#NHL #Hockey

Connor Bedard Exceeded Expectations During Calder Season

Connor Bedard didn’t come into the league like any other first-overall draft pick. The former Regina Pats forward was one of the most talked about prospects in NHL history. He was considered one of the best players to be drafted since Connor McDavid in 2015. When...

Read more:
https://thehockeywriters.com/connor-bedard-exceeded-expectations-rookie-season/?src=mast2

#ChicagoBlackhawks #CalderTrophy #ConnorBedard
#NHL #Hockey

Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Cully Dahlstrom’s 1937-38 Season

He was commonly referred to as Cully Dahlstrom, but Carl Sidney Dahlstrom was an American-born hockey player who took an extended route to the NHL. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 3, 1912, Dahl...

Read more:
https://thehockeywriters.com/revisiting-calder-trophy-seasons-cully-dahlstroms-1937-38-season/?src=mast2

#BlackhawksHistory #ChicagoBlackhawks #HockeyHistory #CalderTrophy #CullyDahlstrom
#NHL #Hockey

Devils’ Luke Hughes’ 2023-24 Season Deserves the Calder Trophy

The NHL announced that New Jersey Devils rookie defenseman Luke Hughes was named a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition." Hughes joins the Chicago ...

Read more:
https://thehockeywriters.com/devils-luke-hughes-deserves-calder-trophy/?src=mast2

#NewJerseyDevils #BrockFaber #CalderTrophy #ConnorBedard #LukeHughes
#NHL #Hockey

Wild’s Faber Earns Calder Nomination with All-Around Play

The NHL officially announced their candidates for the Calder Memorial Trophy, which goes to the top-performing rookie in the NHL, on Tuesday, April 30. The names will come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the NHL closely this season. The Chicago Blackhawks’ Conno...

Read more:
https://thehockeywriters.com/wilds-faber-earns-2023-24-calder-nomination/?src=mast2

#MinnesotaWild #BrockFaber #CalderTrophy
#NHL #Hockey

Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Syl Apps’ 1936-37 Season

His name was Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps. To those around the hockey world, he was simply known as Syl Apps — a former Olympic pole vaulter and member of the football team at McMaster University.

Big in stature, Apps re...

Read more:
https://thehockeywriters.com/revisiting-calder-trophy-seasons-syl-apps-1936-37-season/?src=mast2

#HockeyHistory #MapleLeafsHistory #TorontoMapleLeafs #CalderTrophy #SylApps
#NHL #Hockey

3 Ducks Rookies Making an Early Calder Push

With the Anaheim Ducks (6-4) off to a surprisingly hot start going into November, we have to look at what's changed over last season. New head coach Greg Cronin is proving to be leaps and bounds a better tactician than his predecessor. A renewed commitment to the de...

Read more:
https://thehockeywriters.com/ducks-rookies-early-2024-calder-push/?src=mast2

#AnaheimDucks #CalderTrophy #LeoCarlsson #LukasDostal #PavelMintyukov
#NHL #Hockey

The Hockey Writers Daily Substack - July 25, 2023

In today’s edition we have Matthews’ new contract setting the next standard for the Maple Leafs, the elite 2023-24 Calder Trophy race, some good-value free agents for the Oilers to pursue, some Flames’ rookies to watch this season, and much more.

#TorontoMapleLeafs ##CalderTrophy #EdmontonOilers #CalgaryFlames #MontrealCanadiens #NewJerseyDevils #BostonBruins #TampaBayLightning #NHL #Hockey

https://thehockeywriters.substack.com/p/the-hockey-writers-daily-july-25

Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Russ Blinco’s 1933-34 Season

Russ Blinco was 25 when he suited up for his first career NHL game as a member of the Montreal Maroons in 1933-34. He signed with the Maroons after playing for the Windsor Bulldogs of the International Hockey League in 1932-33 and, in doing so, became...

Read more:
https://thehockeywriters.com/revisiting-calder-trophy-seasons-russ-blinco-1933-34-season/?src=mast2

#HockeyHistory #CalderTrophy #RussBlinco
#NHL #Hockey