Blues’ O’Reilly Wins Frank J. Selke Trophy
St. Louis Blues center Ryan O’Reilly has won the Frank J. Selke Trophy, recognizing “the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
O’Reilly garnered 1,001 voting points, including 48 first-place votes, to edge second-place right wing Mark Stone of the Vegas Golden Knights (881 voting points). Center Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins, a Selke finalist for an unprecedented eighth consecutive year and owner of a record-tying four Selke wins, finished third with 809 points.
O’Reilly led the NHL in face-off wins for the second consecutive season (1,086), joining Bergeron (2013-14 through 2016-17) as the only player to post 1,000+ face-off wins in four straight seasons since the statistic was introduced in 1997-98. O’Reilly’s face-off win percentage (56.9%, min. 750) ranked seventh in the NHL. He led the Blues in plus-minus (+22) and topped all St. Louis forwards in average ice time per game (20:46).
The 28-year-old native of Clinton, Ont., captured the third individual NHL Trophy of his career, following his Lady Byng Memorial Trophy win in 2014 and recent Conn Smythe Trophy selection as MVP of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. He is the second Blues player to capture the Selke, joining Rick Meagher (1990).
For a list of past Frank J. Selke Trophy winners, click here.
2018-19 Frank Selke Trophy Voting
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th) 1. Ryan O’Reilly, STL 1001 (48-43-31-18-11) 2. Mark Stone, VGK 881 (42-34-31-19-11) 3. Patrice Bergeron, BOS 809 (31-27-39-32-19) 4. Sidney Crosby, PIT 736 (34-30-23-18-17) 5. Aleksander Barkov, FLA 401 (9-18-16-27-24) 6. Sean Couturier, PHI 194 (2-8-11-13-24) 7. Phillip Danault, MTL 80 (1-1-3-11-15) 8. Mikael Backlund, CGY 66 (1-2-3-6-9) 9. Brayden Point, TBL 56 (1-2-3-4-5) 10. Elias Lindholm, CGY 56 (0-4-4-1-5) 11. Anthony Cirelli, TBL 30 (1-1-1-2-2) 12. Sebastian Aho, CAR 25 (0-0-1-4-8) 13. Nick Bonino, NSH 19 (1-0-1-1-1) 14. Mitchell Marner, TOR 11 (0-0-1-1-3) 15. Jonathan Toews, CHI 11 (0-0-0-2-5) 16. Brad Marchand, BOS 9 (0-0-0-3-0) 17. William Karlsson, VGK 8 (0-0-1-1-0) 18. Mathew Barzal, NYI 7 (0-1-0-0-0) 19. John Tavares, TOR 7 (0-0-0-2-1) 20. Dylan Larkin, DET 6 (0-0-1-0-1) 21. Casey Cizikas, NYI 6 (0-0-0-1-3) 22. Jordan Staal, CAR 5 (0-0-1-0-0) 23. Gabriel Landeskog, COL 4 (0-0-0-1-1) 24. Radek Faksa, DAL 3 (0-0-0-1-0) Marcus Foligno, MIN 3 (0-0-0-1-0) Carl Soderberg, COL 3 (0-0-0-1-0) Teuvo Teravainen, CAR 3 (0-0-0-1-0) 28. Logan Couture, SJS 2 (0-0-0-0-2) 29. Brad Richardson, ARI 1 (0-0-0-0-1) Derek Ryan, CGY 1 (0-0-0-0-1) Brandon Tanev, WPG 1 (0-0-0-0-1) Travis Zajac, NJD 1 (0-0-0-0-1)