Bergeron is a Selke Trophy recipient for a record fifth time in his career, adding to his wins in 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2016-17. He had been tied with Bob Gainey, who captured the trophy in each of the first four years it was awarded (1977-78 through 1980-81 with Montreal).
The Bruins captain was a runaway winner by the most decisive margin among his five Selke triumphs. He appeared on 194 of the 195 ballots cast and garnered 160 first-place votes for 1,798 voting points. Second-place Elias Lindholm of the Calgary Flames was named on 157 ballots, including 21 first-place selections, for 878 points. Aleksander Barkov of the Florida Panthers, the 2020-21 Selke winner, was third in voting with 746 points (10 first-place selections).
Bergeron kept his familiar place atop NHL face-off and puck possession categories, leading the League in face-off wins (991) for the seventh time in his career and posting the top win percentage (61.9%). He also led the League in the puck possession metric SAT% (65.1), with Boston accounting for 65.1% of all shot attempts 5-on-5 when Bergeron was on the ice (min: 25 GP) -- the best figure by any player since the statistic was first recorded in 2009-10.
Bergeron was a Selke Trophy finalist for the 11th straight season, extending his own mark in that category, and surpassed the 10 consecutive years of top-three Hart Trophy finishes by Wayne Gretzky (1980 through 1989) as the longest ever for a voted NHL Award.
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2021-22 Frank J. Selke Trophy Voting
Pts (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)
1. Patrice Bergeron, BOS 1798 (160-20-11-0-3)
2. Elias Lindholm, CGY 878 (21-46-50-28-12)
3. Aleksander Barkov, FLA 746 (10-52-40-22-16)
4. Ryan O'Reilly, STL 415 (1-16-28-39-36)
5. Anthony Cirelli, TBL 385 (0-28-19-22-28)
6. Anze Kopitar, LAK 163 (3-9-6-10-10)
7. Joel Eriksson Ek, MIN 113 (0-7-4-9-17)
8. Phillip Danault, LAK 78 (0-3-5-8-8)
9. Marcus Foligno, MIN 77 (0-3-5-7-10)
10. Auston Matthews, TOR 70 (0-2-6-4-14)
11. Jordan Staal, CAR 58 (0-0-4-11-5)
12. Brad Marchand, BOS 53 (0-1-6-4-4)
13. Mikael Backlund, CGY 45 (0-4-1-3-3)
14. Sebastian Aho, CAR 32 (0-0-2-6-4)
15. Mika Zibanejad, NYR 25 (0-1-1-3-4)
16. Mitchell Marner, TOR 24 (0-1-1-3-3)
17. Jesper Fast, CAR 13 (0-1-1-0-1)
18. Mason Marchment, FLA 13 (0-1-0-2-0)
19. Rasmus Asplund, BUF 11 (0-0-1-2-0)
20. Valeri Nichushkin, COL 11 (0-0-1-0-6)
21. Roope Hintz, DAL 10 (0-0-0-2-4)
22. Joe Pavelski, DAL 6 (0-0-1-0-1)
23. J.T. Miller, VAN 6 (0-0-0-2-0)
24. Andrew Copp, NYR 5 (0-0-1-0-0)
Vincent Trocheck, CAR 5 (0-0-1-0-0)
26. Colton Sissons, NSH 4 (0-0-0-1-1)
27. Johnny Gaudreau, CGY 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Nazem Kadri, COL 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
David Kampf, TOR 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Jesse Puljujarvi, EDM 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Michael Raffl, DAL 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Sam Reinhart, FLA 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Matthew Tkachuk, CGY 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
34. Sidney Crosby, PIT 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Bo Horvat, VAN 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Anton Lundell, FLA 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, NYI 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Evan Rodrigues, PIT 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
* Points allocation: 10-7-5-3-1 (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)
