The Philadelphia Flyers handed out their year-end team awards on Tuesday prior to their season finale against Montreal. And while there were a few winners who previously walked away with some hardware, there were also a few newcomers who were lauded for their respective 2025-26 seasons.
Our MVP all season long: Dan Vladar. 😤 pic.twitter.com/1TLKdsXhdg
— x – Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) April 14, 2026
While the Flyers had some key personnel all season, none were more vital than goaltender Dan Vladar. As a result, Vladar won the Bobby Clarke Trophy for the team’s Most Valuable Player. The goalie, who signed a two-year contract with Philadelphia last summer, had a breakthrough season with career highs in games played, starts, wins, and goals-against average. More importantly, Vladar was spectacular when he needed to be, especially in the shootout where he now stands twenty-first all-time with a .745 save percentage. As well two-thirds of his starts saw him allow two of fewer goals, putting him third in the league for that category. The award, which went to Travis Konecny last season, is voted on by a panel of local sportswriters and broadcasters.
It wasn’t the only honor Vladar walked away with as he received the Yanick Dupre Class Guy Memorial Award. The honor is given to the Flyer “who best illustrates character, dignity and respect for the sport both on and off the ice.” The Award, voted by the Philadelphia chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA), honors Dupre, who the Flyers selected in the second round (50th overall) in the 1991 NHL Draft. He played 35 games with Philadelphia over three seasons before tragically passing away from leukemia in August 1997 at age 24. Dupre was selected in the second round (50th overall in the 1991 NHL Draft).
Meanwhile, Travis Sanheim won the Barry Ashbee Trophy for Most Outstanding Defenseman for the third consecutive year and his fourth time overall. Sanheim, alongside Rasmus Ristolainen for the last stretch of the season, was the team’s number one blueliner. Averaging just over 24 minutes per game, Sanheim has career-high for goals in a season (11) and has 37 points on the year. The award, like the Bobby Clarke Trophy, is voted on by a panel of local sportswriters and broadcasters. Sanheim also won the Gene Hart Memorial Award, given to the Flyer who showed the most “heart” over the season. The award also comes with a donation from the Philadelphia Flyers Fan Club which Sanheim will donate to the charity of his choosing.
Travis Sanheim’s fourth Barry Ashbee Award as our top defenseman! pic.twitter.com/SLgBkYeKI7
— x – Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) April 14, 2026
Zegras, Drysdale, Hathaway also winners
While Vladar and Sanheim took home a pair of honors each, Trevor Zegras won the Toyota Cup Award. The honor is tabulated from the three stars of the game, and Zegras won with 58 points. Zegras, who scored the game-tying goal last night against Carolina, had career highs this season with 26 goals and 67 points. He was also fantastic in the shootouts, leading the league with seven successful attempts. Much like the Gene Hart Memorial Award, Toyota will make a donation to a charity of Zegras’ choosing. Last season then Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov won the award.
Defenseman Jamie Drysdale won the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy given to the team’s most improved player over last season. Paired with Cam York most of the season, Drysdale blossomed in 2025-26 with personal highs in goals (eight) and points (32). The Trophy, named after the late Flyers goaltender Pelle Lindbergh, is voted on by Flyer players. Hopefully Drysdale doesn’t follow the lead of last year’s winner Bobby Brink and remains with the club for the foreseeable future.
Finally, after being named the Flyers nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for his work both on and off the ice, Garnet Hathaway received the Flyers Alumni Community Leadership Award for demonstrating “outstanding leadership, both on and off the ice, as well as a significant contribution to the community. Hathaway will see a $5000 donation from the Flyers Alumni to Hath’s Heroes, a group Hathaway and his wife founded which helps first responders in the Philadelphia area.
The Flyers considered announcing the awards prior to the game last night against Carolina. But given the importance of the game, the club decided to push the announcement back to Tuesday.
