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Keith adds Norris Trophy to Cup victory
Wednesday, 06.23.2010 / 11:55 PM / 2010 NHL Awards By Bob Condor - NHL.com Editor-in-Chief
LAS VEGAS -- Pretty good month for Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith, though it didn't start out that way. On May 24, in a hockey episode well documented in words and video, Keith lost seven teeth during the second period of Game 4 of the Western Conference. While he was treated in the dressing room, he heard the Fratellis' song, "Chelsea Dagger," thumping from the ice level signaling a Blackhawks goal, and started feeling better. Within seven minutes of game time, Keith was back on the ice to lead his team in minutes played (29:02) as Chicago swept the San Jose Sharks before going on to win the Stanley Cup. Now, on June 24, Keith will wake up as the 2010 Norris Trophy winner as the NHL's best defenseman. "To come out and be the guy who gets the award is kind of surreal a little bit," Keith told the media while looking at the famed trophy backstage. "To think of the other defensemen who have won it, and nominated, and the other Blackhawk players who have won it, Chris Chelios, Pierre Pilote to name a couple, to be in that group is kind of unbelievable."
Miller earns Vezina Trophy as NHL's top goalie
Wednesday, 06.23.2010 / 11:21 PM / 2010 NHL Awards By Bob Condor - NHL.com Editor-in-Chief
LAS VEGAS -- When he was a kid, Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller said he loved buying "decks" of hockey trading cards. "It was so cool to see the cards with the award winners," Miller said. On Wednesday night, Miller might have been imaging what his trading card will look like this coming season: He won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's outstanding goaltender, walking to the stage at the NHL Awards Show after standing in a threesome with fellow finalists Martin Brodeur and Ilya Bryzgalov. "I look up to Marty quite a bit," Miller said of the four-time Vezina winner from New Jersey. "And Bryzgalov and I came into the American League at the same time, so it's been really fun watching him progress. He played with my brother Drew for a while, so I knew what kind of stand-up, character guy he was."
