EA Sports announced their new cover star during the National Hockey League awards show in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, and to no one's real surprise, the honor went to Oilers captain Connor McDavid.
The youngest captain in National Hockey League history also became the third youngest scoring champ and a reason to stop and stare at the TV any time he appeared on screen.
McDavid is only the 10 National Hockey League player to win the three awards during the same year and he becomes just the third to win the Hart Trophy prior to being 21 years old.
Connor McDavid is likely to win his first Hart Trophy as NHL MVP later week, but will anyone notice? But because of injuries - and the fact that there are a lot of other great players in the NHL - Crosby didn't win his second MVP award until 2014. Laine (64 points in 73 games) would have had a strong case if he played the full season. Per Elias, he is the second defenseman to have at least a share of the team lead in goals, assists and points in a season (Kevin Hatcher in 1990-91). One of the league's newest generation of stars, Edmonton Oilers' forward Connor McDavid, was unveiled as the cover athlete for this year's game, according to a press release. Burns beat out Ottawa's Erik Karlsson and Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman.
Vezina Trophy (awarded to the best goaltender): Sergei Bobrovsky, Braden Holtby, Carey Price. Bobrovsky led in goals against average (2.06) and save percentage (.931). His 40 goals and 69 points were records for a first-year Leaf and he's rightly expected to win the first Calder trophy for Toronto in 51 years. The 27-year-old was second only to Burns among defenders with 17 goals and 0.92 points per-game while starting more shifts in the defensive zone - often against better players and under the intensely defensive lean of first-year coach Guy Boucher.
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The 20 players invited to the green room at Barclays Center posed on stage about an hour before the telecast was to begin. All first-round picks will receive a grade and an explanation, while all second round picks will just receive a grade.
There was every expectation that the greatest names in the game would end up with lounge act status to the main showroom Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft. Bergeron joined Hall of Famer Bob Gainey, who presented the award, as the only players to win the Selke four times. Burns doesnt think offensive numbers alone determine the Norris victor. He beat out San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns and Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby. "Creative Attack controls let our players show off all the skill and highlight-reel moves they can imagine, while NHL THREES brings the speed and excitement of 3-on-3 hockey to the game".
National Hockey League teams announced their home openers Wednesday with the full, 1,271-game schedule for the 2017-18 season set to be released Thursday.
The expansion Vegas Golden Knights will make their regular-season debut on the road in Dallas on October 6 and host the Arizona Coyotes on October 10 in the first home game in franchise history.
The evening's most emotional moment came when Hurricanes forward Bryan Bickell, a longtime member of the Blackhawks, was honored for coming to back to play after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November.
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