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Victor Hedman Wins The Norris Trophy
by Paul on 06/20/18 at 07:22 PM ET
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via the NHL PR department,
Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning has won his first career James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the defenseman demonstrating “the greatest all-around ability in the position,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
Hedman was named on 163 of 164 ballots, including 94 first-place votes, in accumulating 1,385 voting points to edge second-place Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings. The 2015-16 Norris Trophy winner found support on 160 ballots, including 52 first-place tallies, for 1,164 points. Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban, the 2012-13 Norris winner, finished third with 565 points.
Hedman shared first place among NHL defensemen with a career-high 17 goals, tied for the second-most in one season by a Lightning blueliner (behind Dan Boyle: 20 in 2006-07). He also ranked fifth among League defensemen with 63 points, becoming the first blueliner in team history to top 60 points in multiple campaigns (16‑56—72 in 2016-17). Hedman established a career high with a +32 rating, ranking sixth in the League and second among defensemen, and also set personal bests in time on ice per game (25:51) and total time on ice (1,990:30), placing fifth and ninth overall, respectively.
The 27-year-old Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, native, who finished third in Norris Trophy voting last season in his first appearance as a finalist, is the first player in Tampa Bay history to win the award.
2017-2018 Norris Trophy Voting
| Pts. | (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th) | |
| 1. Victor Hedman, TBL | 1385 | (94-57-6-5-1) |
| 2. Drew Doughty, LAK | 1164 | (52-68-28-8-4) |
| 3. P.K. Subban, NSH | 565 | (11-14-50-30-17) |
| 4. Seth Jones, CBJ | 406 | (2-9-38-33-34) |
| 5. John Carlson, WSH | 311 | (3-6-19-38-30) |
| 6. John Klingberg, DAL | 160 | (1-7-4-18-27) |
| 7. Roman Josi, NSH | 86 | (0-0-6-12-20) |
| 8. Brent Burns, SJS | 48 | (1-1-3-3-7) |
| 9. Alex Pietrangelo, STL | 35 | (0-0-3-4-8) |
| 10. Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI | 31 | (0-0-4-2-5) |
| 11. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS | 19 | (0-0-0-6-1) |
| 12. Erik Karlsson, OTT | 15 | (0-1-0-2-2) |
| 13. Ryan Suter, MIN | 11 | (0-0-1-1-3) |
| 14. Dougie Hamilton, CGY | 9 | (0-1-0-0-2) |
| 15. Zdeno Chara, BOS | 8 | (0-0-1-1-0) |
| 16. Mark Giordano, CGY | 6 |
(0-0-1-0-1) |
| 17. Josh Manson, ANA | 4 |
(0-0-0-1-1) |
| 18. Jaccob Slavin, CAR | 1 | (0-0-0-0-1) |
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