Panthers' Barkov honored with Selke, Clancy

Florida Panthers skipper Aleksander Barkov has won the Selke Trophy arsenic the NHL's champion antiaircraft guardant for the 2nd consecutive season.

Barkov has present won the Selke 3 times (2021, '24, '25) successful his 12-season NHL career. Former Boston Bruins halfway Patrice Bergeron holds the all-time people for astir Selke wins with six.

Along with the Selke, Barkov was announced arsenic the victor of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, presented "to the subordinate who champion exemplifies enactment qualities connected and disconnected the crystal and has made a noteworthy humanitarian publication successful his community."

Barkov has been a longtime protagonist of the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital successful Hollywood, Florida, a starring pediatric infirmary that supports children with cancer, humor disorders, bosom transplants, exigency attraction and rehabilitation. Several girls and boys from the infirmary amazed Barkov with the 2 trophies astatine the Panthers' signifier installation recently.

Barkov, 29, won the Selke by an awesome borderline implicit linemate Sam Reinhart, a first-time finalist who finished 2nd for the award. Barkov appeared connected 173 of the 191 ballots arsenic voted connected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association and was the apical prime connected 96 of them. Reinhart had 29 first-place votes, tying him with Tampa Bay Lightning halfway Anthony Cirelli, different first-time finalist who finished third.

Barkov and Reinhart are the archetypal teammates ever to decorativeness archetypal and 2nd successful Selke Trophy voting. This besides marks the archetypal clip successful 23 years that teammates person swept the apical 2 positions for a voted-on NHL award.

The Panthers halfway helped his squad to top-10 finishes successful goals-against per crippled (7th), shots-against per crippled (5th) and punishment termination ratio (10th). He ranked 4th among NHL forwards successful shot-attempt percent (59.3%), according to the NHL's metrics.

The adjacent 2 players extracurricular the apical 3 finalists were New Jersey Devils halfway Nico Hischier and Vegas Golden Knights halfway Jack Eichel. Among the different players who received first-place votes were Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers, Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and two-time Selke victor Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings.