William Karlsson just finished a fantastic season, so it’s nice to see him take home a trophy at the 2018 NHL Awards.
Karlsson generated 43 goals, 78 points, and just 12 penalty minutes during the 2017-18 season on his way to winning the Lady Byng Trophy. The other finalists were Aleksander Barkov and Ryan O’Reilly.
(Note: it’s unclear if Karlsson edged out his competition by way of hair flips.)
Here are the voting results. Note that this was cut off at the top 20, while 49 players received at least one vote. As a reminder, the Lady Byng is “given to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.”
This is a nifty factoid about Karlsson’s win:
Karlsson was named on 126 of the 164 ballots to become the first player to win an end-of-season trophy for a team in its inaugural campaign since 1979-80 (Wayne Gretzky w/ EDM). #NHLAwards pic.twitter.com/0Uq8tgzGvF
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) June 21, 2018