Team awards
Here are the 2008-09 team awards, as announced by the Kings:
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AS VOTED BY THE MEDIA
Most Valuable Player: Dustin Brown
"Bill Libby Memorial Award"
Best Newcomer: Drew Doughty
"Mark Bavis Memorial Award"
Outstanding Defenseman: Drew Doughty
Defensive Player: Michal Handzus
AS VOTED BY THE KINGS PLAYERS
Most Inspirational Player: Sean O'Donnell
"Ace Bailey Memorial Award"
Unsung Hero: Michal Handzus
AS SELECTED BY THE KINGS CARE FOUNDATION
Community Service: Dustin Brown
AS SELECTED BY THE KINGS BOOSTER CLUB
Most Popular Player: Dustin Brown
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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews.com.
Do the media that vote even watch hockey? I love Brown but he's NOT been even close to the MVP of this team this year.
Great game today. Quick was on his game and it was nice to see Fro score another one.
Lets hope they extend him and keep him around.
Are these awards rigged? Why not just give Brown all of the awards including "Best Disappearing Act" down the stretch drive.
dustin brown was NOT our mvp...
love him...have some sympathy for his family issues...and his recently disclosed injury...but...
no...yr weren't even close to the FULL SEASON mvp...
i think rich's unofficial poll(s) were very accurate in assessing whom should have won the team awards...
i think all the voters who participated in the polls and on the blog deserve raises for getting it unofficially officially right...
oh, wait...we don't get paid....shucks...!
fine...give each other a pat on the back...
...even anthony (uy, yuy, yuy!)
This just proves that just because they are label the "media" doesn't mean they know squat about hockey or the Kings (present company excluded, of course.)
I guess things are so bad in the media that the high school reporter also doubles as the volleyball reporter and the hockey reporter. Can't be an expert in all three categories, can you.
I was watching the game against SJ and heard the name "Brown" and "MVP" in the same sentence and almost fell off my couch.
I actually rewinded the Tivo TWICE to make sure I heard that right! W T F! and I'm a Dustin Brown fan! we can only assume this was for "leadership qualities" and because he was goin through traumatic family issues, not actually anything that happened on the ice. because Brown would probably be the first to tell you he didn't have a good season. in fact by most measures he had a pretty bad season. it also diminishes what Frolov and to a lesser degree Kopi did... but this continues the long streak of Frolov always getting a raw deal from the local media and confirms his standing as one of the most underrated players in the league.
he got two other awards, why give him the most prestigious one the team hands out, just for kicks? that just makes you look like the dumb hacks that you are.
they did get best defenseman and newcomer correct, but c'mon those were gimmes for Doughty, though Quick was also in the running for the latter.