Connor Hellebuyck first goalie since '15 to pull off Hart-Vezina double - ESPN

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is the NHL's Hart Trophy winner for the 2024-25 season.

The Jets' veteran netminder was just the third goalie in the past 10 years to be a finalist for the Hart, awarded annually to the player «adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.» On Thursday he was revealed as the first goalie to win it since Carey Price in 2015, and the fourth overall at the position in the expansion era (since 1967-68).

Hellebuyck also won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender, the third time he has earned that distinction (2020, '24), and in so doing became the first goalie to win the Hart and Vezina trophies in the same year since Price. Hellebuyck was a nearly unanimous choice for the Vezina, earning 31 of 32 first-place votes from the NHL's general managers. He got 81 of 191 first-place votes for the Hart from members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl was second.

Both honors were announced during the league's award show prior to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. The broadcast showed footage of Hellebuyck's family surprising him with the trophies earlier this spring at their home in Michigan. Hellebuyck's goaltending partner in Winnipeg, Eric Comrie, was also part of the reveal.

«Looking back, I'll probably picture this day as one of the greatest of my career,» Hellebuyck said of receiving the two trophies.

Hellebuyck had a dominant regular season for the Jets, collecting a league-leading 47 wins as Winnipeg paced the NHL in points to earn the franchise's first Presidents' Trophy. He also led qualified goalies in shutouts (8) and goals-against average (2.00) with the second-best save percentage (.925). Hellebuyck's season also included one eight-game