The Carolina Hurricanes and the Carolina chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association announced the recipients for four different team awards: MVP, the Josef Vasicek Award, the Carolina Hurricanes’ nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy and the Steve Chiasson Award.
The team MVP, as voted on by the Carolina chapter of the PHWA, was Sebastian Aho.
Aho led the team in goals — 36 — for the sixth consecutive season and was second on the team in points with 67. He also led the team in special teams scoring with seven power play goals and three shorthanded goals, the latter of which tied him with Eric Staal for the franchise record of 16 career shorthanded goals.