Each year the Professional Hockey Writers' Association plays homage to the many players that have excelled during the course of the season under the lights with a spectacular awards show in Toronto, Canada.
On June 12th, Martin Brodeur, Sidney Crosby, Henrik Lundqvist and a handful of others are once again award finalists. The three mentioned are no strangers to receiving awards. Last year, Brodeur and Crosby were finalists for the Hart Trophy, which Crosby won and Brodeur and Lundqvist were finalists for the Vezina Trophy, which Brodeur went on to win.

After 1,230 regular-season contests, the stage is finally set for the second season...

It's a quarter of the way into the NHL season. Do you know where your local hockey team stands? No? Well don't feel so bad, apparently you're not alone. Hockey, unfortunately is on the decline. Once part of the "big 4" in sports along with the NFL, MLB, and NBA the NHL now finds itself on the outside looking in as NASCAR, for all intents and purposes, has replaced it in the big 4. The NHL, like so many other companies who find themselves floundering, have for the most part no one to blame but themselves.