The NHL awards were given tonight and members of the Wings came up big, again. And I think what is even greater is the fact the winners were decided even before the playoffs began--so these are all about the season's play and not who won the Cup. And the winners are:
--TORONTO, ON - JUNE 12: Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings poses with the James Norris Memorial Trophy during the 2008 NHL Awards at the at the Elgin Theatre on June 12, 2008 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)--
Lidstrom won the Norris for the sixth time. NOT a surprise, in the least.
--TORONTO, ON - JUNE 12: Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings poses with Frank J. Selke Trophy and the Lady Bing Memorial Trophy during the 2008 NHL Awards at the at the Elgin Theatre on June 12, 2008 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)--
Datsyuk won the Selke for the first time--and beat out Zetterberg. It really was a toss-up as to which one would win. He also won the Lady Byng--for the third time in a row. Again, not surprising.
Along with Z being up for the Selke, Chelios was nominated for the Masterson and Babcock for the Adams. Of course, they didn't win. But, there's always next year.
I loved seeing the players in their tuxes during the show--they DO clean up rather nicely.
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