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This year, the NHL has changed up the way they announce award winners. On random weekday mornings, the NHL releases videos of players finding out via feel good surprises that they&#8217;ve won the award.
<blockquote>Hutson wins the Calder Trophy</blockquote>
For Montreal Canadiens defenceman Lane Hutson, that surprise came in the form of his friends and family gathering at a bar for what Hutson was told was a party to celebrate him being nominated for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL&#8217;s top rookie.
What he didn&#8217;t know was that the Keeper of the Cup &#8212; and I guess all <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/nhl-awards-watch-did-quinn-hughes-enough-capture-back-back-norris-trophies">NHL Trophies</a> &#8212; was hiding in the back with the actual Calder Trophy, and was there to inform Hutson that he was this year&#8217;s winner. Watch the video below:
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🗣️ LANE HUTSON IS YOUR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 
The Hutson family gathered to surprise Lane with the Calder Memorial Trophy. 🥹
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&mdash; NHL (@NHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1932452850262552843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Hutson received first place votes on 165 of 191 ballots. Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf came in second place, but earned just 15 first place votes. In other words, there wasn&#8217;t much doubt among voters who deserved the honour this season. San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini finished in third place, not too far behind Wolf.
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Final voting results for the 2024-25 Calder Trophy: <a href="https://t.co/nsK0fyUj0g">pic.twitter.com/nsK0fyUj0g</a>
&mdash; Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) <a href="https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1932453892219883673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Hutson put up 66 points through 82 regular season games with the Montreal Canadiens this season. He became just the fourth defenceman in the NHL’s modern era to lead rookies in scoring, joining Bobby Orr, Brian Leetch, and Canucks captain Quinn Hughes.
For full transparency, here was the ballot I submitted:
Lane Hutson, Montreal Canadiens 
Dustin Wolf, Calgary Flames 
Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks 
Matvei Michkov, Philadelphia Flyers 
Will Smith, San Jose Sharks
<blockquote>Oilers complain about Cup Final officiating</blockquote>
On Monday night, the Edmonton Oilers fell to the Florida Panthers by a final score of 6-1. It&#8217;s the first game of this year&#8217;s Stanley Cup Final that didn&#8217;t require overtime to solve, and as expected, got very chippy, especially in the third period. The two teams combined for 140 penalty minutes, with 122 coming in the third period alone.
Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch wasn&#8217;t shy about sharing his thoughts not only about Monday night, but about the series as a whole through three games.
“I think the game was out of hand. I don’t think we would’ve acted or played like that had the game been a one-goal, or two-goal game. I think our guys were just trying to, I don’t know — boys being boys, just trying to make investments for the next game.
“We’ve got some guys who’d love to drop the gloves a little more and get at ‘er a little bit. We’re a big, physical team. We have some skilled guys and I don’t see our skilled guys getting distracted and getting into that. The guys who like it are getting into it.”
Knoblauch, whose team was called for too many men in the first period, &#8220;complimented&#8221; the officials for catching that one, but didn&#8217;t pass up the opportunity to remind everyone that he felt the officials missed a too many men call during overtime of game two in the lead up to Brad Marchand&#8217;s game-winning goal.
“I think the referees did an outstanding job tonight, and they even caught the too-many-men penalty in the first, which was too many men. They caught us there. I just wish they had been calling it in Game 2 in overtime.”
Forward Evander Kane also chimed in:
“They seem to get away with it more than we do,” he said. “It’s tough to find the line — they’re doing just as much stuff as we do. It was 4-4 at the end of it, then it gets out of hand and there seems to be a little more attention to our group.”
The Panthers now hold a 2-1 series lead, and this one is far from over.
<h2><a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/nhl-awards-watch-did-quinn-hughes-enough-capture-back-back-norris-trophies">READ NEXT: Did Quinn Hughes do enough to capture back-to-back Norris Trophies?</a></h2>
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Welcome back to NHL Notebook -- the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League -- oftentimes through a <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/combinations">Vancouver Canucks</a>-tinted lens. 
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This year, the NHL has changed up the way they announce award winners. On random weekday mornings, the NHL releases videos of players finding out via feel good surprises that they've won the award.
<blockquote>Hutson wins the Calder Trophy</blockquote>
For Montreal Canadiens defenceman Lane Hutson, that surprise came in the form of his friends and family gathering at a bar for what Hutson was told was a party to celebrate him being nominated for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL's top rookie.

What he didn't know was that the Keeper of the Cup -- and I guess all <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/nhl-awards-watch-did-quinn-hughes-enough-capture-back-back-norris-trophies">NHL Trophies</a> -- was hiding in the back with the actual Calder Trophy, and was there to inform Hutson that he was this year's winner. Watch the video below:

https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1932452850262552843

Hutson received first place votes on 165 of 191 ballots. Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf came in second place, but earned just 15 first place votes. In other words, there wasn't much doubt among voters who deserved the honour this season. San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini finished in third place, not too far behind Wolf.

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1932453892219883673

Hutson put up 66 points through 82 regular season games with the Montreal Canadiens this season. He became just the fourth defenceman in the NHL’s modern era to lead rookies in scoring, joining Bobby Orr, Brian Leetch, and Canucks captain Quinn Hughes.

For full transparency, here was the ballot I submitted:

Lane Hutson, Montreal Canadiens
Dustin Wolf, Calgary Flames
Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks
Matvei Michkov, Philadelphia Flyers
Will Smith, San Jose Sharks
<blockquote>Oilers complain about Cup Final officiating</blockquote>
On Monday night, the Edmonton Oilers fell to the Florida Panthers by a final score of 6-1. It's the first game of this year's Stanley Cup Final that didn't require overtime to solve, and as expected, got very chippy, especially in the third period. The two teams combined for 140 penalty minutes, with 122 coming in the third period alone.

Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch wasn't shy about sharing his thoughts not only about Monday night, but about the series as a whole through three games.

“I think the game was out of hand. I don’t think we would’ve acted or played like that had the game been a one-goal, or two-goal game. I think our guys were just trying to, I don’t know — boys being boys, just trying to make investments for the next game.

“We’ve got some guys who’d love to drop the gloves a little more and get at ‘er a little bit. We’re a big, physical team. We have some skilled guys and I don’t see our skilled guys getting distracted and getting into that. The guys who like it are getting into it.”

Knoblauch, whose team was called for too many men in the first period, "complimented" the officials for catching that one, but didn't pass up the opportunity to remind everyone that he felt the officials missed a too many men call during overtime of game two in the lead up to Brad Marchand's game-winning goal.

“I think the referees did an outstanding job tonight, and they even caught the too-many-men penalty in the first, which was too many men. They caught us there. I just wish they had been calling it in Game 2 in overtime.”

Forward Evander Kane also chimed in:

“They seem to get away with it more than we do,” he said. “It’s tough to find the line — they’re doing just as much stuff as we do. It was 4-4 at the end of it, then it gets out of hand and there seems to be a little more attention to our group.”

The Panthers now hold a 2-1 series lead, and this one is far from over.
<h2><a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/nhl-awards-watch-did-quinn-hughes-enough-capture-back-back-norris-trophies">READ NEXT: Did Quinn Hughes do enough to capture back-to-back Norris Trophies?</a></h2>
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NHL Notebook: Lane Hutson wins Calder; Oilers complain about Cup Final officiating

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