Northeast Division Recap

Standings
*Boston (46-25-11-103)
*Montreal (44-30-8-96)
*Buffalo (43-29-10-96)
Toronto (37-34-11-85)
Ottawa (32-40-10-74)

Statistical Leaders
Goals- Thomas Vanek, BUF (32)
Assists- David Krejci, BOS (49)
Points- Thomas Vanek, BUF (73)
plus/minus- Zdeno Chara, BOS (+33)
Save PCT- Tim Thomas (.938)

All-Northeast First Team
LW- Thomas Vanek (BUF)
C- Patrice Bergeron (BOS)
RW- Phil Kessel (TOR)
D- Zdeno Chara (BOS)
D- Erik Karlsson (OTT)
G- Tim Thomas (BOS)

All-Northeast Rookie Team
LW- Tyler Ennis (BUF)
C- Zack Smith (OTT)
RW- Brad Marchand (BOS)
D- PK Subban (MTL)
D- Adam McQuaid (BOS)
G- James Reimer (TOR)

Division Awards
Hart Trophy- Tim Thomas (BOS)..Put together arguably he best single season performance by a goaltender.  Allowed just 2.00 goals per game, and posted an NHL-Record .938 save percentage.  The Bruins don't win the cup without him

Vezina Trophy- Tim Thomas (BOS)..for all the reason above and more.

Norris Trophy- Zdeno Chara (BOS)..Led the NHL with a +33 and won the Mark Messier Award for leadership, and averaged 25:26 of ice time per game.

Calder Trophy- Tyler Ennis (BUF)..Was on my NHL All-Rookie team, ranked top 5 among rookies in assists (29), points (49), and was 7th in goals (20).

Lady Byng- Brian Gionta (MTL)..Represents the true meaning of wearing a Canadiens jersey and what it stands for.  The way of which he conducts himself as captain of le club de hockey Canadien, and is certainly not representative of some characters on that Montreal payroll.

Selke- Zack Smith (OTT)..had 27 blocked shots and won 54% of faceoffs.

Jack Adams- Claude Julien (BOS)..always stuck to his system and as a result saw his team hoist the Cup last week.

Masterton Trophy- Tim Thomas (BOS)..overcame alot of obstacles following his hip surgery that ruined his 2009-2010 season en route to becoming the second player to win the Vezina, Conn Smythe, and Stanley Cup in one season.

Players in the Penthouse
David Krejci (BOS)
Patrice Bergeron (BOS)
Zdeno Chara (BOS)
Mark Recchi (BOS)
Tim Thomas (BOS)
Thomas Vanek (BUF)
Drew Stafford (BUF)
Tyler Myers (BUF)
Tomas Plekanec (MTL)
Brian Gionta (MTL)
Mike Cammalieri (MTL)
Carey Price (MTL)
Jason Spezza (OTT)
Mikhail Grabovski (TOR)
Nikolai Kulemin (TOR)

Players in the Elevator
Milan Lucic (BOS)
Brad Marchand (BOS)
Adam McQuaid (BOS)
Tyler Ennis (BUF)
Nathan Gerbe (BUF)
Steve Montador (BUF)
Andrei Kostitsyn (MTL)
PK Subban (MTL)
Mathieu Darche (MTL)
Erik Karlsson (OTT)
Bobby Butler (OTT)
Clark MacArthur (TOR)
James Reimer (TOR)

Players in the Doghouse
Tim Connolly (BUF)
Jordan Leopold (BUF)
Scott Gomez (MTL)
Hal Gill (MTL)
Milan Michalek (OTT)
Filip Kuba (OTT)
Tyler Bozak (TOR)