Heading into Wednesday night’s NHL Awards ceremony in Las Vegas a Nashville Predator had never won a performance-based award, but that all changed as Pekka Rinne was awarded the Vezina Trophy as the top goaltender in the league.
Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy and Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck were the other two finalists for the award.
The 35-year-old had been a Vezina Trophy finalist three times prior to this season, most recently in 2015. While the Predators’ postseason run ended quicker than they had hoped for, Rinne receiving this award has to put smiles on the faces of Preds fans.
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