STOCKHOLM, (OTHL) - The awards for the 2007-2008 season has now been decided the general managers and the league office has been voting and counting and the winners of the various awards this past season have now been made official.
To nobodies surprise Alexander Ovechkin, with 64 goals and 137 points during the regular season, picked up the Hart Memorial Trophy, the Art Ross, the Lester B. Pearson and was the co-winner of the Maurice Richard Trophy. The Richard shared with Jaromir Jagr, who also scored 64 goals.
Another none-surprise was the winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie the past season. The Sharks defender Shea Weber picked up the trophy after his solid rookie campain. 43 points and a +43 rating made him the second Shark in a row to pick up the trophy. Last season his teammate Evgeni Malkin won it. The Sharks also picked up the Jack Adams Award, as Ron Wilson was picked as the best coach this past season, after leading his Sharks to the Presidents Trophy and the first team in OTHL history with more then 50 wins in a season.
The winner of the Norris Trophy was also a none-surprise, as Nicklas Lidström picked up his first OTHL Norris after scoring 83 points, 21 points more then Sheldon Souray who also picked up some votes in the Norris voting.
The prestigious GM of the Year award was given to St Louis Blues general manager Fred Younan after turning the Blues into a cup contender. Younan has worked hard the last four years to achieve this goal, and nobody deserves this award more then he.
The full list of the award winners can be found here.