Pens shut out of major NHL Awards

Kris Letang didn’t win the Masterson. Sidney Crosby didn’t win the Hart. And Marc-Andre Fleury didn’t even seem to register among voters as a candidate for the Vezina Trophy.

The Penguins were shut out of the major NHL Awards in Las Vegas Wednesday night.

Letang, their best shot, was a finalist for the NHL’s Bill Masterson Memorial Trophy for “perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey” but was edged out by Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk who certainly had a remarkable season.

Crosby, who finished fifth in voting for the Hart Trophy, earned the team’s only award of the night when he was named to the NHL All-Star Team Second Team.

That’s right, the second team. 

The highlight of the entire award show was when Canadian teenager Jonathan Pitre took the stage in the suit that Sidney Crosby bought him. (see Dave Molinari’s story here) Pitre suffers from a rare and painful disease, but was beaming in his threads bought by Crosby.

Up tomorrow: The NHL is expected to release the entire 2015-16 schedule by mid-morning.