Jussi Jokinen was named Hurricanes MVP and Eric Staal won the Good Guy Award for media cooperation in voting by the Carolina chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
Jokinen leads the Hurricanes with 30 goals and is second in scoring behind Staal with two games left in the season. He is also plus-5 to lead the team. Staal, a two-time winner of the writers' MVP award, wins the Good Guy Award for the first time.
Past winners:
MVP
2009 Cam Ward
2008 Eric Staal
2007 Ray Whitney
2006 Eric Staal
2004 Sean Hill
2003 Ron Francis
2002 Ron Francis
2001 Arturs Irbe
Good Guy Award
2009 Tuomo Ruutu
2008 Cam Ward
2007 Mike Commodore
2006 Aaron Ward
2004 Kevyn Adams
2003 Kevyn Adams
2002 Arturs Irbe
2001 Glen Wesley
Luke has worked for The N&O since 2000. He covered the Carolina Hurricanes and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist in August 2008. A native of Evanston, Ill., he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at (919) 829-8947, @LukeDeCock on Twitter or
Comments
Hurray for Jokinen
Thu, 04/08/2010 - 10:32 — ctillHurray for Jokinen, a good choice. In fact, all of these MVP choices were good... even 2004 (Sean Hill), when it wasn't easy to find an MVP. Hill was 3rd in goals among Canes that year and played in 80 games. Unfortunately his career went downhill quickly thereafter.
Yipppieee
Thu, 04/08/2010 - 10:00 — esteban1949The Juice is the MVP !!! esteban looks over to and waves @ Ammy144..skips off into the pollen filled air without a care in the world...aaaahhhchhhooo !! dang alergies !!
The Canes are Good,My Grandkids are Better, and Life is Great !! Go Canes !!
The Juice!
Thu, 04/08/2010 - 09:06 — ammy144Very happy to see the "Juice" receive the MVP award. He has been my favorite player since he arrived and I am so glad he was recognized.