The ice hockey professional of the Edmonton Oilers won the coveted with 52 goals as the first German Maurice Richard Trophy And made another career milestone at the end of the main round.
Although Draisaitl only played 71 of possible 82 games after two injuries in the end of the season, he scored seven goals more than the second -placed William Nylander from the Toronto Maple Leafs. With such few main rounds, 29 years ago with Mario Lemieux, a professional had ended up in first place on the scorer list.
“It is great to become a top scorer in the NHL. It is a great individual award, which I am also a little proud of, especially since it is the first time I am Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard Trophäe can win. “ But he will be real “Only think about it after the season”. The focus is now on “Completely on the upcoming play-offs”.
So far three awards
The Edmonton Oilers meet in the first round of the Playoffs In the fourth year in a row on the Los Angeles Kings. In the past few years each Edmonton enforce in seven, six and five games.
In 2020, Draisaitl already had the Hard memorial trophy For the most valuable player (MVP) the NHLthe Ted Lindsay Award For the outstanding player of the league and the Art Ross Trophy for the best Scorer won.
Again more than “magical” 50 goals
Previously, only seven players had taken all of these titles in their career and first place on the list of goalkeepers. In the scorer ranking, the Cologne team ended up in third place with 106 points, Nikita Kutscherow (121/Tampa Bay Lightning) and Nathan Mackinnon (116/Colorado avalanche), but both played significantly more games.
For the fourth time in his career, Draisaitl broke the “magical” brand of 50 goals, which was otherwise only Alexander Owetschkin from the currently active players.