LAS VEGAS --Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews remembers well the nerves he felt when he was getting ready to go to Buffalo last June for the 2016 NHL Draft.
Fast-forward a year later when Matthews, 19, was experiencing a different type of nerves on stage at the 2017 NHL Awards and NHL Expansion Draft presented by T-Mobile on Wednesday to accept the Calder Trophy after being the near-unanimous winner, receiving 164 of 167 first-place votes.
Auston Matthews of Maple Leafs wins Calder Trophy
Center led NHL rookies in goals, points, shots on goal
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Kevin Weekes speaks with Auston Matthews