St. Louis repeats as Byng winner at 2011 NHL Awards show
by John Fontana on Jun 22, 2011 9:12 PM EDT
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Lightning assistant captain Martin St. Louis repeated as winner of the Lady Byng award on Wednesday night at the NHL Awards ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marty beat out Nicklas Lidstrom and Loui Eriksson, 994 votes, to Lidstrom's 464 and Eriksson's 347 votes.
St. Louis finished a distant 3rd in voting for the Hart Trophy, which went to Anaheim's Corey Perry.
It was revealed earlier in the evening that forward Steven Stamkos, who had been nominated for the Ted Lindsay Award, would grace the cover of EA sports next version of their hockey video game franchise, NHL '12.
St. Louis, Stamkos and Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman were all nominated for awards tonight, with St. Louis' Lady Byng win being the only hardware earned.
There's a debate to be had about Mike Gillis wining General Manager of the year over Steve Yzerman. One might say Gillis has built his team over several years into a contender, thus why he deserves the accolade... The counter point would easily be that this is the GM of theYear award, not the GM Of Several Years of Building.
Congratulations to all of tonight's winners.
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Already pre-ordered my copy of NHL 12
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
by MTBoltFan on Jun 22, 2011 10:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
As bad as last year's show was...
…this one was far, far worse.
- Too many B-list celebrities to remember
- “Far East Movement” What the heck was that?
- Why “Real Wives of Orange County” as presenters? No one else was available?
- If Jay Mohr had any—and I do mean any—hockey interest in his body, he would know how to pronounce the name of our GM/JM.
- The production crew doesn’t know how to proof their graphics. Apparently they believe the Oilers GM Tambellini is a dead ringer for Vancouver’s Gillis.
Unbelievable. If Mohr hosts it next year, I’m not watching. The game deserves a better product that what they put in front of us last night.
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
I’m so glad that you could barely heard the volume over the bar noise where I was at! Most people just sat around talking hockey, anyways. The Awards Show was just an excuse to congregate.
Win or lose, I'm proud of these guys.
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by Cassie McClellan on Jun 23, 2011 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Getting on the cover of NHL'12 is a big deal.
Indeed, I’m going to quote the father of Ralphie from “A Christmas Story” about it. “It’s a Major Award!”
It might not be something that writers or players vote on, but it’s a huge prestige boost for both the player and his team.
Let's Go Blues!
Support your local NAHL team. Seriously.
by Paperwork Ninja on Jun 23, 2011 10:38 AM EDT reply actions
Maybe EA Sports will package a fishnet-stockinged leg lamp with copies of NHL 12 for the Christmas season! That would be epic. :-)
"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011
Insert “You Have Impressed Guy Boucher!” graphic here :-)
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by John Fontana on Jun 23, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope you guys use that during the year.
Especially if you have a season like this most recent one.
Let's Go Blues!
Support your local NAHL team. Seriously.
by Paperwork Ninja on Jun 24, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Congrats St. Louis
I wish he and Stevie Y could have won the other ones they were up for, but hey, I’ll take the Lady Byng!
Also a fan of the Rays and Lightning.
There is no offseason.
My icon was drawn by Samara Pearlstein, talented artist/blogger at Roar of the Tigers.
by Tigers&WingsFan on Jun 23, 2011 6:03 PM EDT reply actions
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