Jets' Connor Hellebuyck Wins 2023-24 NHL Vezina Trophy; 2nd Time Winning Award

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is the 2024 Vezina Trophy winner.

After becoming the first Winnipeg Jets goaltender to win the Vezina in 2020, Hellebuyck was voted the winner again for the 2023-24 season, as announced June 27 at the NHL's annual awards show in Las Vegas.

The Florida Panthers' Sergei Bobrovsky and Vancouver Canucks' Thatcher Demko finished as runners up for the award, which is voted on by general managers.

Hellebuyck had previously claimed the William M. Jennings Trophy for allowing an NHL-low 199 goals, including shootout deciders, through 60 starts.

He finished the season with a .921 save percentage and 2.39 goals against average with shutting out opponents five times.

Hellebuyck completed the regular season with five straight wins, including a 30-save shutout of Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche on April 13.

Although the Jets ranked in the middle of the pack with 3.16 goals per game, Hellebuyck's goaltending helped his team finish second in the Central, their highest division ranking since 2019.

A fifth-round draft selection by the Jets in 2012, Hellebuyck has worked as Winnipeg's go-to starter since the 2016-17 season.

He finished as Vezina runner-up in 2018 after leading the league with 44 wins, then won the award in 2020 after recording a dominant .922 save percentage through an NHL-high 58 games played.

After nine seasons with the Jets, Hellebuyck is returning for seven more. Thanks to an extension he signed in October, the reigning Vezina winner is locked in with Winnipeg through the 2030-31 campaign.