Faber put together an impressive rookie campaign for the Wild. LPH Photo by Jackson BolineSt. Paul, Minn. – The National Hockey League (NHL) today announced Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber as a finalist for the 2023-24 Calder Memorial Trophy. The Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the player selected as the most accomplished player in his first year of competition. The winners will be announced on June 27th at the NHL Awards Show in Las Vegas.
Faber, 21 (born August 22, 2002), played in all 82 games this season, scoring 47 points (8-39=47), blocking 150 shots and averaging 24:58 time on ice (TOI). . He leads all NHL rookies in TOI and blocked shots per game, ranks T-1st (1st among rookie defensemen) with 39 assists, and T-2nd in points (T-1st among rookie defensemen). ) was ranked. The 6-foot-1, 208-pound native of Maple Grove, Minn., set Wild season rookie records for assists, blocked shots and TOI per game, surpassing Kirill Kaprizov (27 wins, 24 minutes, 51 minutes). Lost, 2020) was ranked second behind. -21 seasons), the team's single-season rookie points record.
Faber finished the season with 2,047:53 TOI, the most by an NHL rookie since the 2000-01 season, and the fifth-highest total among all NHL players this season. He recorded a career-high 33 minutes, 25 seconds in TOI's game against Montreal (Dec. 21), the highest single-game total by an NHL skater this season and the first NHL rookie since the 2000-01 season. It was the third highest record. He had five games during the season in which he recorded more than 30 minutes of TOI, with four of those games occurring within a five-game span from December 14th to December 21st. According to NHL statistics, Faber became the only NHL rookie to play five games. More than 30 minutes of TOI in a single season since the league began tracking the statistic in the 1997-98 season. He also recorded a point streak in six consecutive games (2-7=9) from January 15th to January 25th, the longest scoring streak by a rookie defenseman in franchise history, and the longest scoring streak by an NHL rookie this season. It was the second longest scoring streak.
Minnesota acquired Faber from the Los Angeles Kings on June 29, 2022, in exchange for Kevin Fiala, along with a 2022 NHL Draft first-round pick (Liam Ogren). He was originally selected by Los Angeles in the second round (45th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft.
Faber becomes the second finalist in Wild history, along with Kaprizov, who won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 2020-21, and the 12th in the series, along with Lady Byng finalist Jared Spurgeon, to win the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA). ) Award finalist. 2022, 2021) and Mikael Granlund (2017), Bill Masterton finalist Mason Shaw (2023), Matt Dumba (2021) and Devan Dubnyk (2015 winner). and Josh Harding (2013 winner), James Norris finalist Ryan Suter (2013), Frank J. Zelke finalist Mikko Koivu (2017) and Wes Walz (2003).
Connor Bedard and Luke Hughes are the other finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy for the 2023-24 season. PHWA members will submit their Calder Memorial Trophy ballots at the end of the regular season, and the top three vote-getters will be named as finalists. The trophy was first awarded to Carl Voss of Detroit in 1932-1933. From 1936 to 1937, until his death in 1943, NHL president Frank Calder purchased a trophy each year to be permanently awarded to the league's outstanding rookie. After Calder's death, the NHL presented the Calder Memorial Trophy in his memory.
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