The underdog kid born into an all out hockey family down in Orlando Florida, now a player to the Vancouver Canucks. Just yesterday on Monday 21st Quinn Hughes finished in second in the Calder trophy voting. This trophy is awarded every year after the playoffs. The way voting is done is by members of the Professional Writers’ Hockey Association. Each member ranks their top #5 candidates on a 10-7-3-1 scale. The 2 finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL awards ceremony after a regular season.

This year it was rookie player Cale Maker of the Colorado Avalanche who won the trophy but our defensemen Quinn Hughes came in second. Quinn Hughes rewrote Canucks history from 2019-2020 as being the 3rd consecutive Vancouver player nominated for the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year. Previously won by Elias Pettersson. In the Vancouver teams awards he was voted best defensemen in February this year. 

Hughes was selected in the NHL 2018 first draft. Before the Canucks he played Bantam and Midget hockey in Toronto while his father worked for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He joined the USA Hockey National development Program in 2015 excelling in the under-17 and under-18 teams. After this he played for Michigan University scoring 29 points (5 goals, 28 assists) as a freshman.

Hughes signed with the Canucks on March 10th 2019, he was impressive enough in his first NHL season he earned a spot on the Pacific Division roster for the 2020 Honda NHL All-Star game. It is without a doubt this 20 year old is turning heads across the NHL.