New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin was named one of three finalists for the Vezina Trophy, the National Hockey League announced today. The winners of the 2022 NHL Awards will be revealed during the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Final, with exact dates, format and times to be announced.
First awarded in 1926-27, the Vezina Trophy is presented annually "to the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position" and is voted on by the general managers of the NHL's 32 teams. The other finalists for the award are Calgary's Jacob Markstrom and Nashville's Juuse Saros.
Shesterkin, 26, is the first Rangers goaltender since Henrik Lundqvist in 2012-13 to be named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy. Lundqvist was a runner-up that season in his bid for back-to-back Vezina Trophy wins. If Shesterkin were to take home the award, he would become the sixth Ranger to do so and join Henrik Lundqvist (2011-12), John Vanbiesbrouck (1985-86), Ed Giacomin & Gilles Villemure (1970-71), and Dave Kerr (1939-40).