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Flames’ Giordano Wins James Norris Memorial Trophy Mark Giordano of the Calgary Flames has won the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the defenseman demonstrating “the greatest all-around ability in the position,” as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Giordano was a near-unanimous selection, receiving 165 of 171 first-place votes in garnering 1,690 points. Brent Burns of the San Jose Sharks, the 2017 Norris Trophy winner, finished second (720 points), followed by Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning, last year’s Norris recipient (585 points). Giordano enjoyed his most prolific campaign at age 35, posting career highs of 57 assists and 74 points in 78 games (17-57—74) to rank second among League defensemen in scoring and guide the Flames to their second-best regular season in franchise history. The Calgary captain topped all NHL skaters (defensemen and forwards) with a +39 rating, the best such mark by a Flames player since 1990-91 (Theo Fleury: +48, Al MacInnis: +42). Giordano also paced all blueliners and shared fourth place in the entire League with a career- high four shorthanded goals, the most by any defenseman since 1999-00 (Nicklas Lidstrom: 4 w/ DET). The Toronto native is the first player in Flames history to capture the Norris Trophy; MacInnis finished second in voting in both 1989-90 and 1990-91, as did Dion Phaneuf in 2007-08. For more on the James Norris Memorial Trophy, including a list of past winners, click here. 2018-19 Norris Trophy Voting Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th) 1. Mark Giordano, CGY 1690 (165-5-1-0-0) 2. Brent Burns, SJS 720 (2-54-44-27-21) 3. Victor Hedman, TBL 585 (1-44-33-28-18) 4. John Carlson, WSH 551 (3-34-26-41-30) 5. Morgan Rielly, TOR 515 (0-28-33-37-43) 6. Kris Letang, PIT 145 (0-3-14-11-21) 7. Roman Josi, NSH 82 (0-2-2-13-19) 8. Ryan McDonagh, TBL 70 (0-0-9-7-4) 9. Seth Jones, CBJ 40 (0-1-5-1-5) 10. Mattias Ekholm, NSH 14 (0-0-1-3-0) 11. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI 5 (0-0-1-0-0) Jake Muzzin, TOR 5 (0-0-1-0-0) Jared Spurgeon, MIN 5 (0-0-1-0-0) 14. Dougie Hamilton, CAR 4 (0-0-0-1-1) 15. Erik Karlsson, SJS 4 (0-0-0-0-4) 16. Zdeno Chara, BOS 3 (0-0-0-1-0) Jaccob Slavin, CAR 3 (0-0-0-1-0) 18. Thomas Chabot, OTT 1 (0-0-0-0-1) Esa Lindell, DAL 1 (0-0-0-0-1) Brett Pesce, CAR 1 (0-0-0-0-1) Jeff Petry, MTL 1 (0-0-0-0-1) Ryan Suter, MIN 1 (0-0-0-0-1) .