Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck becomes the 6th player to win Hart Trophy for MVP and Vezina Trophy as top goaltender

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(AP) Winnipegs Connor Hellebuyck has won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and the Vezina Trophy as the leagues best goaltender, becoming the first at the position to do so since Carey Price a decade ago.Hellebuyck was unveiled as the top MVP vote-getter on an awards show Thursday night prior to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, hosted by actor and former Arizona State wide receiver Isaiah Mustafa.Edmontons Leon Draisaitl finished second in the Hart voting and Tampa Bays Nikita Kucherov third, a single point ahead of Colorados reigning MVP Nathan MacKinnon, as chosen by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Hellebuyck was a landslide winner of the Vezina as picked by general managers, receiving 31 of 32 first-place votes.Hellebuyck won the Vezina for a second year in a row and for the third time in his career.

He backstopped the Jets to the Presidents Trophy for the best regular season and the William Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals allowed before losing in the second round of the playoffs to Dallas.Price was the last to pull off the Hart-Vezina double in 2015.

Hellebuyck is just the sixth goalie to do it, joining Price, Jose Theodore in 2002, Dominik Hasek in 1997 and 98 and Jacques Plante in 62.Kucherov, the Art Ross Trophy winner for leading all scorers with 122 points this season, was also chosen for the Ted Lindsay Award as most outstanding player, as voted on by his peers.

The Russian winger was MVP in 2019 when the Lightning finished atop the standings.Draisaitl, the Rocket Richard Trophy recipient for scoring a league-high 52 goals, won the Hart in 2020 after the season was cut short by the pandemic.

He became the first German player to be MVP.Los Angeles captain Anze Kopitar won the Lady Byng for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct for a third time, an award announced earlier Thursday.A majority of the awards were already presented over the past few weeks, given out as surprises for the first time with no advanced notice.

Colorados Cale Makar got the Norris as the top defenseman, Floridas Aleksander Barkov the Selke as the best defensive forward and Washingtons Spencer Carbery the Jack Adams as coach of the year..

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