Lundqvist, Drury, and Callahan Take Home Rangers' Team Awards

New York Hockey Daily

Apr 10, 2010

The Rangers announced their 2009-10 team awards last night. The awards are voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Here are the awards:

Team MVP

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Winner: Henrik Lundqvist

Players’ Player Award

Winner: Chris Drury
The award is given out to the player who “best exemplifies what it means to be a teammate.

The John Halligan Good Guy Award

Winners: Erik Christensen and Vinny Prospal
This award is voted on by the Rangers’ media.
It recognizes players’ cooperation with the media. Or whoever gives the best interviews.

The Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award

Winner: Ryan Callahan
This award is voted on by the fans.
It recognizes a player who “performs above and beyond the call of duty.”

Thoughts: These awards are all pretty straightforward and expected. I think the only one that wouldn’t have been an easy guess is the John Halligan award. Although I think we all knew that Sean Avery or head coach John Tortorella wouldn’t have gotten this one.

These have been some of the good guys on a team that, until recently, often lacked visible heart. I think only Brandon Dubinsky and Marc Staal are missing some recognition. Although both will have long careers and I’m sure they’ll be honored plenty during that career.

Here is a link to the press release .