<p>The NHL announced Tuesday that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations">Montreal Canadiens’</a>&nbsp;defenseman Lane Hutson has <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/montreal-canadens-lane-hutson-wins-2025-nhl-calder-trophy">won the 2025 Calder Trophy</a>.</p>


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<p>Hutson ran away in voting with 165 first-place votes, well ahead of second-place goaltender Dustin Wolf of the&nbsp;<a href="https://flamesnation.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Calgary Flames</a>&nbsp;and his 15 first-place votes.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/san-jose-sharks/line-combinations">San Jose Sharks’</a>&nbsp;forward Macklin Celebrini, the 2024 No. 1 overall pick who played with Hutson at Boston Univeristy, received 11 first-place votes.</p>



<p>Hutson scored six goals and recorded 60 assists for 66 points in 82 regular-season games in 2024-25. He became just the fourth defenseman in the NHL’s modern era to lead rookies in scoring, joining Bobby Orr, Brian Leetch and Quinn Hughes.</p>



<p>On Tuesday’s episode of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7gtvoXSCZM"><em>Daily Faceoff LIVE</em></a>, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discuss Hutson’s rookie campaign and what he did to run away with the votes. </p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="143"></div>



<p><strong>Tyler Yaremchuk</strong>: Fascinating to see him get that many first-place votes when, I think you could go back to February, and a lot of people were still split on who they would vote for. </p>



<p><strong>Frank </strong><b>Seravalli</b>: I think a few things happened here. One: Dustin Wolf fell short of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which I think was a big barrier to entry for some people when thinking about awards. Macklin Celebrini missed a chunk of games, which didn’t help. Then Hutson went on a tear on the exact moment in time when people are really beginning to spend a lot of time thinking about their ballot and putting it together – then the Canadiens made the playoffs. </p>



<p>What we saw from Hutson with 66 points was a guy that really had a historic season for a rookie defenseman. His dynamic play, his ability at the blue line to make things happen, the energy that he gave to the entire Montreal Canadiens team, I think he really proved himself to be a game changer.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="175"></div>



<p>You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…</p>


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Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson