NEW YORK -- Defenseman Lane Hutson of the Montreal Canadiens is the 2024-25 recipient of the **Calder Memorial Trophy**, presented “to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

A day after the NHL announced that Montreal Canadiens blueliner Lane Hutson had won the Calder Trophy as the league’s best rookie, it announced that Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar was the James Norris Trophy recipient.