Mike Richards can win Selke Trophy in Las Vegas tonight

by Travis Hughes on Jun 18, 2009 7:26 PM EDT in News Comment 3 comments

His competition is fierce, but if you ask around the hockey world today, people think Flyers captain Mike Richards has a good shot at taking some hardware home from Las Vegas tonight. He's one of three nominees for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, awarded to the league's best defensive forward.

Also nominated are Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks and last year's winner, Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings. Most people seem to think it's a two man race between Datsyuk and Richards. Richards might not give a better speech than Datsuyk, but if you ask me, he's more deserving.

And I'm not biased or anything.

In addition to Richie's hopeful victory tonight, Flyers goaltending coach Reggie Lemelin is presenting an award. If you're hanging around use this as a live thread for the awards show, which starts at 7:30 PM ET on Versus.

UPDATE - Datsyuk wins the Selke.

0 recs | Comment 3 comments |

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

i knew it,

although both are just as good and deserving, dats is a veteran who has been known throughout his career at a great defensive forward. give richie a few years and he will have some of those trophies (and a few rings too).

by JpH89 on Jun 18, 2009 7:55 PM EDT reply actions

Although Richards lost ---

It was incredibly close in the voting, and Richards received more First place votes than Dats. A great season for Mike, and he really deserved the award this year. In almost winning it, hopefully it will set the table for him to take it in the future.

by Gizmoitus on Jun 19, 2009 4:14 AM EDT reply actions

Grade Post?

I haven’t seen a “Grading Mike Richards” post yet….

who cares about individual trophies…the only one that really matters is the Stanley Cup and Richards does not have one of those yet.

by FlyersGoalies1and27 on Aug 9, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions

Comments For This Post Are Closed

Search

Atlantic Standings

	GP	W	L	OTL	PT
New Jersey In Lou We Trust	82	48	27	7	103
Pittsburgh PensBurgh	82	47	28	7	101
Philadelphia Broad Street Hockey	82	41	35	6	88
New York Rangers Blueshirt Banter	82	38	33	11	87
New York Islanders Lighthouse Hockey	82	34	37	11	79

(updated 4.12.2010 at 9:21 AM EDT)

Flyers Schedule

Next 5 Games

New Jersey In Lou We Trust	Tue 09/21	7:00 PM EDT
@ Toronto Pension Plan Puppets	Thu 09/23	7:00 PM EDT
@ Toronto Pension Plan Puppets	Fri 09/24	7:00 PM EDT
@ Minnesota Hockey Wilderness	Sat 09/25	8:00 PM EDT
@ New Jersey In Lou We Trust	Tue 09/28	7:00 PM EDT

Last 5 Games

Chicago Second City Hockey	Wed 06/09	OT - L 3 - 4
@ Chicago Second City Hockey	Sun 06/06	L 4 - 7
Chicago Second City Hockey	Fri 06/04	W 5 - 3
Chicago Second City Hockey	Wed 06/02	OT - W 4 - 3
@ Chicago Second City Hockey	Mon 05/31	L 1 - 2

Broad Street Hockey: An SB Nation Community

Network Bar

Broad Street Hockey -