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Messier, Richter, Devellano receive Patrick Award
Wednesday, 10.21.2009 / 11:47 PM / NHL Awards
By Shawn P. Roarke  - NHL.com Managing Editor
NEW YORK -- Earlier this year, hockey executive Jimmy Devellano, New York Rangers and Team USA goalie Mike Richter and six-time Stanley Cup winner Mark Messier were selected to receive the Lester Patrick Award for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.
 
On Wednesday night, the trio of hockey luminaries showed why they are considered American hockey treasures -- despite the fact that both Messier and Devellano were born in Canada.
 
During the course of a 75-minute roundtable -- hosted by Rangers broadcaster Sam Rosen and with Lester Patrick's grandchildren, Craig and Dick Patrick looking on from the audience -- Devellano, Richter and Messier spoke eloquently about their love of the game, as well as many of the issues unique to the growing of the sport in America.
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Patricks reminisce about their famous grandfather
Wednesday, 10.21.2009 / 7:52 PM / NHL Awards
By Dan Rosen  - NHL.com Staff Writer
NEW YORK -- Craig Patrick's eyes welled up and his voice cracked. He had to stop to take a breath and gather himself before going on with his story.
 
Patrick, the former general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers, was remembering the time when, three months after his grandfather, Lester Patrick, died, he thought he saw him sitting in the old Montreal Forum, two rows behind the net, watching Craig practice his shot.
 
It was 1960. Craig Patrick was 14-years-old, going to school and playing hockey in Montreal. Through his father, Lynn Patrick, the GM of the Boston Bruins, Canadiens GM Frank Selke allowed Craig to skate on the Forum ice after school.
 
"I did a double take, but I shot the puck and looked up and he wasn't there," Patrick said Wednesday. "I went around and tried it like 30 more times just to see if it was a reflection in the lights that might have caused it, but I never saw him again."
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Dick Patrick has been key to Capitals' rise
Wednesday, 10.21.2009 / 6:56 PM / NHL Awards
By Mike G. Morreale  - NHL.com Staff Writer

"Well, it hasn't been a straight and steady line graph since I've been here -- there were some lean years in between.  But you look around and there are lots of great teams and lots of great players so you have to earn it and fight for it and we haven't got there yet but that's our goal." -- Dick Patrick

NEW YORK -- Before Dick Patrick arrived in Washington, the Capitals and their fans had never experienced the excitement of playoff hockey.

Today, it's hard to fathom the Stanley Cup Playoffs without the Capitals -- and, in particular, one of the game's most ebullient stars, Alex Ovechkin.

"Alex is the cornerstone of our team because he's such and exciting player and with him here, everyone is going to have high expectations," Patrick told NHL.com. "We'd like to compete for the Stanley Cup, but I can look around and put my finger on about 6-to-8 other teams that expect to win as well. That's what makes it a great League."

Patrick was more than willing to discuss Capitals hockey on Wednesday during the 2009 Lester Patrick Trophy ceremony at Gotham Hall, where Mike Richter, Mark Messier and Jim Devellano were honored with the trophy named after Patrick's grandfather.


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Messier turns steely determination to front office
Thursday, 10.15.2009 / 11:10 AM / NHL Awards
By Dan Rosen  - NHL.com Staff Writer

"The '94 Cup in New York was very special in a lot of ways; obviously for what it did for the people here in New York, the lifelong Ranger fans and the organization, but I think it really captured a lot for hockey in the USA as well."
-- Mark Messier

For the first 30 and a half years of his life, Mark Messier had a better shot of winning the lottery than being honored for his impact on hockey in the United States.

He was a legend in Edmonton and known universally as one of the best hockey players in the world, but that didn't do much for kids playing hockey in rinks, on streets and in parks across America.

Then, on Oct. 4, 1991, Messier, Albertan born and trained, came to Broadway, forever changing hockey in New York.

Eighteen years later, the captain and heart and soul leader of the Rangers' 1994 Stanley Cup championship team still hasn't won the lottery (to our knowledge), but he is being honored for his outstanding service to hockey in the United States with the Lester Patrick Award, which he'll receive at a dinner in New York's Gotham Hall on Oct. 21.

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Richter savors accomplishments of a great career
Thursday, 10.15.2009 / 10:43 AM / NHL Awards
By Mike G. Morreale  - NHL.com Staff Writer
Come February, Mike Richter will have had his jersey number hanging from the rafters at Madison Square Garden for six years.

Doesn't it seem like just yesterday Richter was regarded as the greatest goalie in the world following his remarkable performance in leading the New York Rangers against the Vancouver Canucks in the 1994 Stanley Cup Final and that spectacular exhibition in the '96 World Cup for the United States?

"It just goes by so fast and your career is over in a blink," Richter told NHL.com. "The hard part to understand is that you work so hard for so many years to win that Cup and, as an athlete, you're always setting higher goals for yourself. The next level for us would have been winning another Cup, and when we didn't repeat, it was kind of stunning. We wanted to build a dynasty, and when you don't do it and fall short, it's tough. Looking back, I would have loved to win one more, but I also remember the great players who I played against who didn't experience that, so I feel fortunate to be able to have that in my life."

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Patrick nod a fitting tribute to Devellano
Tuesday, 10.13.2009 / 10:42 AM / NHL Awards
By Brian Compton  - NHL.com Staff Writer

"When I think back, I've been in the NHL 43 years and being from Toronto, I've only worked for American clubs. I suppose it's a reward for working for three U.S. clubs for a long, long time. I've been fortunate that each one of those clubs has had a fair amount of success while I was there."
-- Jim Devellano

Truth be told, there really aren't many milestones in this game Jim Devellano hasn't reached.

But Oct. 21, he'll be able cross another one off the list.

On that day, the seven-time Stanley Cup winner will be one of three honorees for the Lester Patrick Trophy, which is given for outstanding service to hockey in the United States. Devellano, along with Mark Messier and Mike Richter, will be presented the award in New York City.

"I'm really honored to be going in with the two guys that I'm going in with," Devellano told NHL.com. "Richter and Messier? Boy, that's really something. Two great Rangers icons, for sure. It's nice to be going in with those kinds of guys."
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Messier, Richter, Devellano to receive Patrick Trophy
Friday, 09.18.2009 / 3:25 PM / NHL Awards
NHL.com
NEW YORK – Hockey Hall of Fame center Mark Messier, New York Rangers goaltender Mike Richter and Detroit Red Wings Senior Vice President Jim Devellano have been named recipients of the 2009 Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.

The award, one of the most prestigious in hockey, was presented to the National Hockey League by the New York Rangers in 1966. It honors the memory of Lester Patrick, who spent 50 years in hockey as a player, coach and general manager and was a pioneer in the sport's development.

The recipients will be honored at an evening reception at Gotham Hall in New York City on Thursday, October 21. Further details on the event will be announced at a later date.
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Notes from the NHL Awards Show
Thursday, 06.18.2009 / 11:02 PM / NHL Awards
By NHL.com Staff
LAS VEGAS -- Boston's Claude Julien knew he won the Jack Adams Trophy seconds before it was announced.

How did he divine his fate and know that he had topped San Jose's Todd McLellan and Andy Murray of the St. Louis Blues for the NHL's Coach of the Year Award?

Pat Burns, the award presenter and a three-time winner of the award, gave it away when he said the winner was his "mon ami."

"That tipped it off," Julien said Thursday night after accepting the award at the Pearl Concert Theater.

Julien and Burns are notably close, even among the tight-knit NHL coaching fraternity. Both have traveled a similar coaching road, starting with the Hull Olympiques in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Then each coached in the American Hockey League with the farm team of the Montreal Canadiens.
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Ovechkin, Bruins have big night at NHL Awards Show
Thursday, 06.18.2009 / 9:49 PM / NHL Awards
By Shawn P. Roarke  - NHL.com Managing Editor

"You look around and see all the players and what they have accomplished, it's pretty amazing. It's almost surreal."
-- Calder Winner Steve Mason

LAS VEGAS -- In a city driven almost exclusively by star power, the NHL delivered more than its fair share of electricity Thursday night during the 2009 NHL Awards Show at the Pearl Concert Theater.

"I like the vibe," Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla told NHL.com. Iginla was on hand to receive the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award. "The energy has been amazing. I like the fans coming from different cities and coming here to cheer us on. And for the players, it's a little more laid-back, relaxing. It's been a great night."

The show kicked off with the arrival of the Stanley Cup -- the biggest star in hockey -- being placed on the theater's stage by Pittsburgh's Conn Smythe winner Evgeni Malkin, Game 7 hero Max Talbot and coach Dan Bylsma.

While Pittsburgh laid claim to the Stanley Cup after a Game 7 win against Detroit just six days ago, the Pens were practically shut out in the hunt for other trophies.
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Ovechkin takes home Hart, Pearson, Richard trophies
Thursday, 06.18.2009 / 9:17 PM / NHL Awards
By Shawn P. Roarke  - NHL.com Managing Editor
LAS VEGAS -- It seems that Alex Ovechkin just can't lose here in this desert oasis.

After reporting Thursday afternoon that he was up by $500 at the blackjack tables, Ovechkin came to the NHL Awards Show and hauled in both the League's MVP awards -- the Hart Trophy, awarded by the writers, and the Lester B. Pearson Trophy, voted on by his fellow players.

"Losing's not for me," the Washington star said before the results were even announced.

Ovechkin dedicated the Pearson Trophy to the memory of his grandfather, who died during the season.

It's the second-straight year Ovechkin made a clean sweep of the MVP hardware. Ovechkin also won the Maurice Richard Trophy for the second-straight season -- his 56 goals were 10 better than anyone else in the League.
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