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Kyle Connor Is Your Lady Byng Winner

06/06/2022 at 8:03pm EDT

NEW YORK (June 6, 2022) – Winnipeg Jets left wing Kyle Connor is the 2021-22 recipient of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Connor was named on 181 of the 195 ballots cast, including 122 first-place selections, for 1,527 voting points, ahead of second-place Jaccob Slavin of the Carolina Hurricanes, the 2020-21 Lady Byng Trophy recipient. Slavin received votes on 141 ballots and was the top choice on 31 for 904 points. Jared Spurgeon of the Minnesota Wild, a Lady Byng Trophy finalist for the second consecutive season, finished third in voting with 272 points (six first-place selections).

Connor produced the best offensive season of his six-year NHL career, setting personal highs and ranking among the League leaders in shots on goal (4th; 317), goals (t-5th; 47), game-winning goals (t-6th; 9) and points (13th; 93). Connor – who also established career highs in assists (46), power-play assists (20), power-play points (28) and shorthanded goals/points (3) – finished fourth among NHL forwards in average time on ice (21:47) and 12th among all skaters in takeaways (66). He did so while receiving only four penalty minutes during his 79 appearances – the fewest among the League’s top 100 scorers in 2021-22 (minimum: 50 GP).

Connor, a first-time finalist, is the first Winnipeg player (from the current or original Jets) to capture the award.

For more on the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, including a list of past winners, click here.

2021-22 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Voting

Points

(1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)

1.

Kyle Connor, WPG

1527

(122-28-17-6-8)

2.

Jaccob Slavin, CAR

904

(31-58-25-18-9)

3.

Jared Spurgeon, MIN

272

(6-10-17-15-12)

4.

Mitchell Marner, TOR

265

(2-14-16-18-13)

5.

Mika Zibanejad, NYR

246

(0-17-16-11-14)

6.

Joe Pavelski, DAL

149

(4-5-9-6-11)

7.

Jack Hughes, NJD

148

(5-6-7-5-6)

8.

Aleksander Barkov, FLA

144

(2-9-7-6-8)

9.

Johnny Gaudreau, CGY

124

(4-6-2-8-8)

10.

Auston Matthews, TOR

123

(3-4-6-10-5)

11.

Ryan O’Reilly, STL

121

(2-1-11-10-9)

12.

Artemi Panarin, NYR

100

(0-9-2-6-9)

13.

Steven Stamkos, TBL

89

(4-4-1-4-4)

14.

Elias Pettersson, VAN

61

(0-0-3-13-7)

15.

Cam Atkinson, PHI

58

(1-5-2-1-0)

16.

Anze Kopitar, LAK

56

(0-1-4-7-8)

17.

Jesper Fast, CAR

55

(2-3-2-1-1)

18.

Ryan Pulock, NYI

55

(2-1-4-2-2)

19.

Sam Reinhart, FLA

39

(0-1-4-3-3)

20.

Alex Iafallo, LAK

38

(0-0-4-4-6)

21.

Esa Lindell, DAL

35

(0-2-4-0-1)

22.

Jack Campbell, TOR

29

(1-1-1-1-4)

23.

Victor Olofsson, BUF

28

(0-0-3-2-7)

24.

Patrick Kane, CHI

25

(0-0-2-4-3)

25.

Marc-Andre Fleury, MIN

24

(1-1-0-2-1)

26.

Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA

22

(0-2-1-1-0)

27.

Devon Toews, COL

20

(1-0-1-1-2)

28.

Ryan McDonagh, TBL

20

(0-2-0-2-0)

29.

Cam Fowler, ANA

20

(0-1-1-2-2)

30.

Patrice Bergeron, BOS

18

(1-0-1-1-0)

31.

Alex Ovechkin, WSH

17

(0-0-3-0-2)

32.

Josh Bailey, NYI

16

(0-0-2-1-3)

33.

Colton Parayko, STL

15

(0-1-1-1-0)

34.

Connor McDavid, EDM

14

(1-0-0-1-1)

35.

Brandon Saad, STL

14

(0-0-1-3-0)

36.

Elias Lindholm, CGY

11

(0-0-2-0-1)

37.

Jonas Brodin, MIN

11

(0-0-1-2-0)

38.

Sebastian Aho, CAR

10

(0-0-2-0-0)

39.

John Carlson, WSH

10

(0-0-0-3-1)

40.

Kirill Kaprizov, MIN

9

(0-0-1-1-1)

41.

Frederick Gaudreau, MIN

9

(0-0-1-0-4)

42.

Miro Heiskanen, DAL

8

(0-0-1-1-0)

t-43.

Leon Draisaitl, EDM

7

(0-1-0-0-0)

Roman Josi, NSH

7

(0-1-0-0-0)

John Tavares, TOR

7

(0-1-0-0-0)

46.

William Karlsson, VGK

7

(0-0-0-2-1)

t-47.

Noah Dobson, NYI

6

(0-0-1-0-1)

Cale Makar, COL

6

(0-0-1-0-1)

Robert Thomas, STL

6

(0-0-1-0-1)

50.

Filip Forsberg, NSH

6

(0-0-0-2-0)

t-51.

Oliver Bjorkstrand, CBJ

5

(0-0-1-0-0)

Tobias Bjornfot, LAK

5

(0-0-1-0-0)

Nikita Kucherov, TBL

5

(0-0-1-0-0)

Nate Schmidt, WPG

5

(0-0-1-0-0)

t-55.

Oliver Kylington, CGY

4

(0-0-0-1-1)

Anton Stralman, ARI

4

(0-0-0-1-1)

t-57.

Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG

3

(0-0-0-1-0)

Marcus Johansson, WSH

3

(0-0-0-1-0)

Timo Meier, SJS

3

(0-0-0-1-0)

Josh Norris, OTT

3

(0-0-0-1-0)

Rasmus Sandin, TOR

3

(0-0-0-1-0)

Nick Schmaltz, ARI

3

(0-0-0-1-0)

63.

Riley Sheahan, SEA

3

(0-0-0-0-3)

t-64.

Connor Brown, OTT

2

(0-0-0-0-2)

Alex DeBrincat, CHI

2

(0-0-0-0-2)

t-66.

Frederik Andersen, CAR

1

(0-0-0-0-1)

Jake DeBrusk, BOS

1

(0-0-0-0-1)

Andy Greene, NYI

1

(0-0-0-0-1)

Calle Jarnkrok, CGY

1

(0-0-0-0-1)

Nathan MacKinnon, COL

1

(0-0-0-0-1)

Derek Ryan, EDM

1

(0-0-0-0-1)

* Points allocation: 10-7-5-3-1 (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)

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