2011-2012 REGULAR SEASON AWARD NOMINATIONS


HART MEMORIAL TROPHY - FCHL REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE MVP
A tight race as a Defenseman who led the league in scoring on the highest scoring team faces a Goalie who led all goalies in points on the worst team and the Forward who led all forwards in scoring who may have changed a whole team's fortune Total Votes: - 11
Karlsson - 8
Malkin - 3
Rinne - 0
Erik Karlsson
What a breakout year for Karlsson as he finished with 97 points (18 Goals, 51 Assists, 29 Icetime Points) to lead all Defensemen in scoring and with icetime, to lead all players in scoring.
Pekka Rinne
Rinne started the season with the best team in the league, DRA but was traded at draft day only to follow it up with the most points for an FCHL goalie on the worst team of the league. He finished with 91 points (38 Wins, 3 OT Losses, and 4 Shutouts) to lead his team in scoring.
Evgeny Malkin
There was much criticsm in the trade for Malkin but he has silenced all the MBL critics as he might have just single handedly given MBL elite status. Malkin led all forwards in scoring with 84 points (38 Goals and 46 Assists).



CALDER MEMORIAL TROPHY - FCHL REGULAR SEASON OUTSTANDING ROOKIE
These are the top 3 scoring rookies of the season as we see the top overall pick face the most NHL ready of the recent draft against a surprising emerging defenseman. Total Votes - 10

Landeskog - 6
Nugent-Hopkins - 4
Faulk - 0
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
He led most of the season in scoring but ended 2nd with 41 points (15 Goals and 26 Assists). He is already establishing himself as a cornerstone player for WKW who showed plenty of promise early in the season.
Justin Faulk
Faulk was not expected to be a contender for this award according to most pundits but he has shown the ability to get the points consistently. He finished with 39 points (8 Goals, 11 Assists, 23 Icetime Points) to lead all rookie D-men in scoring.
Gabriel Landeskog
He was the most NHL ready of all the rookies and in the end he proved everyone right as he finished with the most points for a rookie with 43 (18 Goals and 25 Assists). He could continue the streak for JSF with Jeff Skinner winning last year's Calder.



JACK ADAMS TROPHY - FCHL BEST DRAFT PICK THIS SEASON
These are the best value picks in the 2011-2011 draft as they have proven to be more productive than their draft position. Total Votes - 10

Hartnell - 8
Michalek - 2
Backstrom - 0
Milan Michalek
Michalek has been a surprising addition to HOP's season success this year. He was selected in the 7th Round, 108th overall but finished with a very respectable 51 points including 32 goals.
Scott Hartnell
No one has been more productive from the late rounds than Scott Hartnell. He is the favourite to win this award after posting 60 points (32 Goals and 28 Assists) and was selected in the 8th Round, 110th overall.
Nicklas Backstrom
Easily the best value goalie pick up in the draft at half the price, Backstrom finished with 17 Wins and 3 Shutouts for 48 points selected by FPH in the 6th Round, 88th overall.



KEN HOLLAND TROPHY - FCHL BEST DRAFT PICK FROM THE DRAFT 5 SEASONS AGO
A new award this season as we take a look at the draft from 5 years ago and select the best value pick 5 years later. We have exempted the top 10 picks of the draft and selected from the picks 11th overall and later. Total Votes - 11

Keith - 7
Yandle - 4
Stastny - 0
Paul Stastny
Stastny has been a consistent producer in the FCHL. He was drafted in the 5th Round, 65th Overall in the 2006 draft. He was even drafted behind RMT's selection of Stephan Ruzicka, who? At only 26 he was taken by DDR in the expansion draft.
Keith Yandle
He was taken in the 3rd Round, 48th overall as a highly touted producing dman by SFJ. He didn't realize his potential right away. He was traded twice in the 07-08 season and twice again in the 08-09 finally landing in SXK where he's flourished to a 40+ point dman.
Duncan Keith
Keith is an allstar dman who has won a Norris trophy but he was not selected early in the draft. EDH used a 3rd rounder, 39th overall to select the dman. He moved a few more times as most young dmen don't hit prime early on and finally ended up with SSA in the 2011-2012 expansion draft.



LOU LAMORIELLO TROPHY - FCHL BEST FREE AGENT SIGNING THIS SEASON

The best bang for the buck Free Agent signings of the year, there weren't many. MBL did end up with two of them on this list but they didn't sign them all.

 Total Votes - 11

Cole - 6
White - 3
Fleischmann - 2
Erik Cole
Signed by SFJ to a 4 year 0.5 Million per season contract and he didn't dissappoint finishing with 49 points but didn't make a difference for SFJ's playoff run.
Thomas Fleischmann
Fleischmann signed a 2.7 Million contract for 4 years with VIW. He finished the regular season with 49 points but not enough to hang around VIW's now rebuilding team but he finds himself in the playoffs with MBL.
Ian White
One of the best signings of the season after he finished with 54 points (24 Icetime Points) at somewhat of a bargain price of 3.7 Million for each of the next 2 years.



BILL MASTERTON TROPHY - FCHL COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE SEASON
These players have seen their numbers dip recently but have once again proven a real value in the FCHL after a comeback season. Total Votes - 11

Smith - 9
Anderson - 1
Lupul - 1
Mike Smith
Mike Smith wasn't in the league last year and was simply a pick added to be DDR's 2nd goalie. However, after this season't good start he is establishing himself as a comeback player with a massive 56 point jump from last year's production with 77.
Craig Anderson
He was a big contributor for VIW 2 years ago but was a cast off from FPH after last year's poor performance. He bounced back this year after being drafted by MBL as their back up goalie. He picked up 70 points compared to last year's 43.
Joffrey Lupul
He's had a terrible few years but finally made some strides to be the player he was touted to be. This year though, he put up 67 points which is a vast improvement from last year's measely 21 points giving HOP a solid cornerstone player.



JEAN BELIVEAU TROPHY - FCHL BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE SEASON
It's a good crop of breakout players this year with a 2 defensemen producing at a very high level and a forward though to be picked up too early proving his critics wrong. Total Votes - 11

Karlsson - 10
Pacioretty - 1
Edler - 0
Erik Karlsson
There is no question Karlsson has officially arrived in the FCHL. He led all the league in scoring and a almost a 50% increase from last year's out put of 56 points.
Max Pacioretty
Many eyebrows were raised when WAR picked up Pacioretty 10th overall considering he wasn't good enough to be in the league last year. He made great strides to have over 50% production from last year to prove he belongs in the early pick category finishing with 56 points, up from last year's 24.
Alex Edler
Edler quietly put together a solid season making him among the top for most productive dmen this season. He only put up 45 points last year but he added to that total with another 25 points to finish the season with 70.