NEW YORK -- Winnipeg Jets left wing Kyle Connor is the 2021-22 recipient of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded "to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability," as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
Connor of Jets wins Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct
Forward had two minor penalties in 79 games this season
Connor was named on 181 of the 195 ballots cast, including 122 first-place selections, for 1,527 voting points, ahead of second-place Jaccob Slavin of the Carolina Hurricanes, the 2020-21 Lady Byng Trophy recipient. Slavin received votes on 141 ballots and was the top choice on 31 for 904 points. Jared Spurgeon of the Minnesota Wild, a Lady Byng Trophy finalist for the second consecutive season, finished third in voting with 272 points (six first-place selections).
Connor produced the best offensive season of his six-year NHL career, setting personal highs and ranking among the League leaders in shots on goal (4th; 317), goals (t-5th; 47), game-winning goals (t-6th; 9) and points (13th; 93). Connor - who also established career highs in assists (46), power-play assists (20), power-play points (28) and shorthanded goals/points (3) - finished fourth among NHL forwards in average time on ice (21:47) and 12th among all skaters in takeaways (66). He did so while receiving only four penalty minutes during his 79 appearances - the fewest among the League's top 100 scorers in 2021-22 (minimum: 50 GP).
Connor, a first-time finalist, is the first Winnipeg player (from the current or original Jets) to capture the award.
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2021-22 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Voting
1. Kyle Connor, WPG 1527 (122-28-17-6-8)
2. Jaccob Slavin, CAR 904 (31-58-25-18-9)
3. Jared Spurgeon, MIN 272 (6-10-17-15-12)
4. Mitchell Marner, TOR 265 (2-14-16-18-13)
5. Mika Zibanejad, NYR 246 (0-17-16-11-14)
6. Joe Pavelski, DAL 149 (4-5-9-6-11)
7. Jack Hughes, NJD 148 (5-6-7-5-6)
8. Aleksander Barkov, FLA 144 (2-9-7-6-8)
9. Johnny Gaudreau, CGY 124 (4-6-2-8-8)
10. Auston Matthews, TOR 123 (3-4-6-10-5)
11. Ryan O'Reilly, STL 121 (2-1-11-10-9)
12. Artemi Panarin, NYR 100 (0-9-2-6-9)
13. Steven Stamkos, TBL 89 (4-4-1-4-4)
14. Elias Pettersson, VAN 61 (0-0-3-13-7)
15. Cam Atkinson, PHI 58 (1-5-2-1-0)
16. Anze Kopitar, LAK 56 (0-1-4-7-8)
17. Jesper Fast, CAR 55 (2-3-2-1-1)
18. Ryan Pulock, NYI 55 (2-1-4-2-2)
19. Sam Reinhart, FLA 39 (0-1-4-3-3)
20. Alex Iafallo, LAK 38 (0-0-4-4-6)
21. Esa Lindell, DAL 35 (0-2-4-0-1)
22. Jack Campbell, TOR 29 (1-1-1-1-4)
23. Victor Olofsson, BUF 28 (0-0-3-2-7)
24. Patrick Kane, CHI 25 (0-0-2-4-3)
25. Marc-Andre Fleury, MIN 24 (1-1-0-2-1)
26. Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA 22 (0-2-1-1-0)
27. Devon Toews, COL 20 (1-0-1-1-2)
28. Ryan McDonagh, TBL 20 (0-2-0-2-0)
29. Cam Fowler, ANA 20 (0-1-1-2-2)
30. Patrice Bergeron, BOS 18 (1-0-1-1-0)
31. Alex Ovechkin, WSH 17 (0-0-3-0-2)
32. Josh Bailey, NYI 16 (0-0-2-1-3)
33. Colton Parayko, STL 15 (0-1-1-1-0)
34. Connor McDavid, EDM 14 (1-0-0-1-1)
35. Brandon Saad, STL 14 (0-0-1-3-0)
36. Elias Lindholm, CGY 11 (0-0-2-0-1)
37. Jonas Brodin, MIN 11 (0-0-1-2-0)
38. Sebastian Aho, CAR 10 (0-0-2-0-0)
39. John Carlson, WSH 10 (0-0-0-3-1)
40. Kirill Kaprizov, MIN 9 (0-0-1-1-1)
41. Frederick Gaudreau, MIN 9 (0-0-1-0-4)
42. Miro Heiskanen, DAL 8 (0-0-1-1-0)
t-43. Leon Draisaitl, EDM 7 (0-1-0-0-0)
Roman Josi, NSH 7 (0-1-0-0-0)
John Tavares, TOR 7 (0-1-0-0-0)
46. William Karlsson, VGK 7 (0-0-0-2-1)
t-47. Noah Dobson, NYI 6 (0-0-1-0-1)
Cale Makar, COL 6 (0-0-1-0-1)
Robert Thomas, STL 6 (0-0-1-0-1)
50. Filip Forsberg, NSH 6 (0-0-0-2-0)
t-51. Oliver Bjorkstrand, CBJ 5 (0-0-1-0-0)
Tobias Bjornfot, LAK 5 (0-0-1-0-0)
Nikita Kucherov, TBL 5 (0-0-1-0-0)
Nate Schmidt, WPG 5 (0-0-1-0-0)
t-55. Oliver Kylington, CGY 4 (0-0-0-1-1)
Anton Stralman, ARI 4 (0-0-0-1-1)
t-57. Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Marcus Johansson, WSH 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Timo Meier, SJS 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Josh Norris, OTT 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Rasmus Sandin, TOR 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
Nick Schmaltz, ARI 3 (0-0-0-1-0)
63. Riley Sheahan, SEA 3 (0-0-0-0-3)
t-64. Connor Brown, OTT 2 (0-0-0-0-2)
Alex DeBrincat, CHI 2 (0-0-0-0-2)
t-66. Frederik Andersen, CAR 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Jake DeBrusk, BOS 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Andy Greene, NYI 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Calle Jarnkrok, CGY 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Nathan MacKinnon, COL 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Derek Ryan, EDM 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
\ Points allocation: 10-7-5-3-1 (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)*
