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Minnesota Wild Rookie Kirill Kaprizov Wins Calder Trophy
Minnesota Wild rookie standout Kirill Kaprizov is the first player in team history to win the Calder Memorial Trophy.
The yearly award is given to the league s most productive rookie, and Kaprizov certainly met the criteria by leading the team and all other NHL rookies with 51 points in 55 games this season, the team says he is one of four rookies since 1992-93 to lead a team in points during the regular season, while helping them qualify for the playoffs.
The 24-year-old Kaprizov was picked by the Wild in the fifth round (135th overall) in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, and in 2020 he signed a two-year deal with the Wild after his deal with CSKA Moscow, a professional hockey club in his home country of Russia, expired.
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Kaprizov, Miller, Nedeljkovic, Norris, Robertson, Smith honored by NHL Public Relations @PR NHL
NEW YORK The National Hockey League announced today the 2020-21 NHL All-Rookie Team, including the three players voted as finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the League s top rookie: forwards Kirill Kaprizov of the Minnesota Wild and Jason Robertson of the Dallas Stars as well as goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Also named to the 2020-21 NHL All-Rookie Team are forward Josh Norris of the Ottawa Senators and defensemen K Andre Miller of the New York Rangers and Ty Smith of the New Jersey Devils.
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This is an honor similar to the All-Star First and Second Teams for the NHL’s players and it is voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Three forwards, two defensemen, and a goaltender are selected annually for this team. This year’s All-Rookie Team consists of Smith, goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic of Carolina, defenseman K’Andre Miller of Our Hated Rivals, forward Kirill Kaprizov of Minnesota, forward Josh Norris of Ottawa, and forward Jason Robertson of Dallas. As per the press release, Smith is the sixth defenseman in Devils history to be named to the All-Rookie team. He joins Will Butcher, Colin White, Brian Rafalski, Scott Niedermayer, and Eric Weinrich in that group. That is not a bad group to be a part of. While Butcher’s career remains in progress, the other four played in this league for quite a long time.