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HARTY Awards History

 The HARTY Awards are based on an annual blog post ran in conjunction with the NHL Award Show, in which the publisher of the blog feels the need to feed his narcissism by declaring who he thinks is the best at everything in hockey. Most HARTYs have a comparable award in the NHL (for example, "Best Blueliner" is essentially Norris Trophy lite,) but there are a few other HARTYs that are not in any way recognized by the NHL and are unique to The Hart of Hockey.
 In addition to being forever chronicled on this page, all HARTY Awards are added to the winners' Wikipedia pages and promptly removed by the website's moderators within the next day or two.


BEST BLUELINER
Duncan Keith  2014
Ryan Suter  2013 
Shea Weber  2012


BEST COACH
Patrick Roy  2014
Paul MacLean  2013
Paul MacLean  2012


BEST DEFENSIVE FORWARD
a.k.a. THE FANS-DON'T-APPRECIATE-EVERYTHING-I-
DO-NO-MATTER-HOW-MUCH-THEY-SAY-THEY-DO AWARD
Patrice Bergeron  2014
Patrice Bergeron  2013
Patrice Bergeron  2012

BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Gustav Nyquist  2014

GOALIE OF THE YEAR
Tuukka Rask  2014
Sergei Bobrovsky  2013
Jonathan Quick  2012


THE "GREAT SEASON FOR NOTHING" AWARD
Mark Giordano  2014
Steven Stamkos  2013
Carey Price  2012


MANLY BYNG
(High Level of Play & Gentlemanly Conduct)
Ryan O'Reilly  2014
Martin St. Louis  2013
Brian Campbell  2012


MATTHEW WITTMAN MEMORIAL AWARD
(Awarded to the "Class Clown" of the NHL)
Joe Thornton  2014
Roberto Luongo  2013
Kevin Bieksa  2012


MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Sidney Crosby  2014
Sidney Crosby  2013
Evgeni Malkin  2012


RAGU SAUCE AWARD
(Awarded to the player deemed to have the best sauce)
Nicklas Backstrom  2014
Patrick Kane  2013
Pavel Datsyuk  2012


ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Nate MacKinnon  2014
Jonathan Huberdeau  2013
Gabriel Landeskog  2012


SICKEST FLOW AWARD
Ryan O'Reilly  2014
Kristopher Letang  2013
Erik Karlsson  2012

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CELLY OF THE YEAR


PLAY OF THE YEAR
Mike Smith  2014
Pavel Datsyuk  2013
Jason Spezza  2012


SAVE OF THE YEAR
Jonas Gustavsson  2014
Jake Allen  2013
Mike Smith  2012