LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Jiri Hudler won the Lady Byng Trophy and lost his shoes in Vegas.
The Calgary Flames forward was shoeless when he took the stage to accept the trophy honoring the NHL's most sportsmanlike player Wednesday night at the NHL Awards show.
Hudler just couldn't stand the pinch of his new shoes any longer, and he took them off shortly before he went on stage. His funny acceptance speech and his orange-and-blue socks were among the hits of the NHL's postseason party.
''I couldn't do it,'' Hudler said. ''I was sitting there for an hour and a half.