{"id":650546,"date":"2026-05-06T01:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/650546\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:46:12","slug":"canadiens-ivan-demidov-a-finalist-for-calder-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/650546\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens&#8217; Ivan Demidov a finalist for Calder Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadiens rookie forward Ivan Demidov, who had 43 assists and 62 points this season, the most of any rookie in the NHL, was named a finalist for the Calder Trophy on Tuesday, the award given out to the NHL\u2019s best rookie.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Schaefer of the New York Islanders and Beckett Sennecke of the Anaheim Ducks were the other finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Demidov, 20, was <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/sports\/hockey\/hockey-inside-out\/stus-slapshots-canadiens-confidence-in-ivan-demidov-is-paying-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">selected fifth overall by the Canadiens in 2024<\/a> (with C\u00e9line Dion announcing the selection at the draft), and made his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/sports\/hidden-game-ivan-demidov-scores-in-canadiens-debut-but-playoffs-still-unclinched#:~:text=The%20atmosphere%20was%20electric%20on,selected%20fifth%20overall%20in%202024.&amp;text=And%20he%20didn&#039;t%20disappoint,shifts%2C%20totalling%2016%3A56.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pro debut April 14, 2025, against Chicago<\/a>, when he had a goal and assist.<\/p>\n<p>Playing in all 82 games for the Canadiens this season, he had 19 goals, sixth among NHL rookies, and was an overall plus-3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got an elite offensive computer and the skills to do what his brain is actually processing,\u201d Head Coach Martin St. Louis <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/sports\/hockey\/montreal-canadiens\/elite-offensive-computer-powers-habs-rookie-ivan-demidov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said of Demidov in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second straight year the Canadiens have a finalist for the Calder Trophy. <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/sports\/lane-hutson-wins-2025-calder-trophy-for-best-rookie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lane Hutson won the award last season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s Picks\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadiens rookie forward Ivan Demidov, who had 43 assists and 62 points this season, the most of any&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-650546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}