Jets' Connor wins Lady Byng for gentlemanly conduct

Winnipeg Jets ahead Kyle Connor has received the Girl Byng Trophy, given to the NHL’s most gentlemanly participant.

The league introduced the consideration Monday evening earlier than Recreation 4 of the Western Convention ultimate between Colorado and Edmonton.

Connor tied for the second-fewest variety of minor penalties in the course of the common season. He was penalized simply twice in over 1,700 minutes of ice time that included common short-handed shifts and matchups towards high offensive opponents.

It is his first time profitable the Girl Byng. Final 12 months’s winner, Carolina defenceman Jaccob Slavin, was second in voting by the Skilled Hockey Author Affiliation. Minnesota captain Jared Spurgeon was third.

The Girl Byng Memorial Trophy is offered yearly to the participant adjudged to have exhibited the perfect kind of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct mixed with a excessive normal of enjoying means.<br><br>Tanya and Lucie Bossy introduced <a href=”https://twitter.com/KyleConnor18?ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfw”>@KyleConnor18</a> as this 12 months’s winner. <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHLAwards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfw”>#NHLAwards</a> <a href=”https://t.co/Bqdut8xL7k”>pic.twitter.com/Bqdut8xL7k</a>

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