McDavid, MacKinnon, Avalanche Dominate NHL Awards

0:00On April 17th, the 2025-26 NHL regular season just wrapped up with some massive award wins. Emton Euler star, Conor McDavid snagged his 6th Art Ross Trophy as the points leader with 138 points in 82 games. Colorado Avalanche center Nathan McKinnon grabbed his first Maurice Rocket, Richard Trophy, topping the league with 53 goals. And Avalanche goalie Scott Wedgewood and McKenzie Blackwood took home the William M. Jennings Trophy for the team that allowed the fewest goals. McDavid finished 8 points ahead of Tampa Bay's Nikita Kutcherov, tying Gordy Howe and Mario Lemieux for the second most Art Ross wins ever, just. Behind Wayne Gretzky's 10, he hit points in 68 of his games, every Euler's win and reached 100 points for the sixth straight year. At 29, his 1.54 per game average ranks third all time. Fans are buzzing over McKinnon's dominance, leading the league in goals from early November and powering Colorado to the best offense at 3.63 goals per game.

1:03He notched his second 50 goal season, hit 400 career goals and top charts and even strength points, plus minus and shots. It's his fifth time leading in shots. On defense, the Avalanche gave up just 203 goals, 23 fewer than anyone else. Wedgewood led goalies with a 2.02 goals, against average and 0.921, save percentage in 45 games, while Blackwood added, 23 wins. They held opponents to two or fewer goals in over 60% of games. Colorado now joins Rare Company as the second team since 1998-99, with both the rocket-richard and Jennings winners, setting, them up strong, heading into playoffs. What a finish. I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to NHL News today, AI Power Team Coverage.