Quinn Hughes

American ice hockey player

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2025 Quinn Hughes is honored with the Daniel & Henrik Sedin Award
2025 Quinn Hughes is awarded the Three Stars Award
2025 Hughes wins the Cyclone Taylor Trophy, a prestigious recognition in Vancouver Canucks hockey
2025 Receives the Cyrus H. McLean Trophy, demonstrating outstanding performance
2025 Awarded the Three Stars Award, recognizing his exceptional contributions to the team
2025 Wins the Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award, celebrating his dynamic playing style
2025 Hughes is featured as the EA Sports NHL cover athlete, a significant honor in professional hockey
2024 Won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman, highlighting his exceptional skills and contributions to the game.
2024 Wins the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman.
2024 Named to the 2024 National Hockey League All-Star Game for the second time in his career.
2024 Led the Canucks to first place in the Pacific Division and qualified for the playoffs, contributing 10 assists in 13 games during the Stanley Cup playoffs.
2024 Career-best season with 82 games played, scoring 17 goals and recording 75 assists. Participated in playoffs, playing 13 games.
December 2 2024 Named the second NHL star of the week.
December 1 2024 Surpassed Alexander Edler to become the Canucks' franchise leader in assists by a defenceman.
November 5 2024 Became the third-fastest defenseman in NHL history to reach the 300-assist milestone, achieving this in his 376th career NHL game during a 5–1 win over the Anaheim Ducks.
2023 Named the 15th captain in Canucks history, becoming the youngest active captain in the NHL and the first American-born captain of the Canucks.
2023 Continued strong performance with 78 games played, scoring 7 goals and achieving 69 assists for the Vancouver Canucks.
November 20 2023 Matched his career-high eight goals and became the first player to reach the 30-point mark in the 2023–24 NHL regular season, becoming the third defenseman in NHL history to reach 30 points through the first 17 games of the season.
November 6 2023 Named the NHL's First Star of the Week after tallying eight points over three games.
March 4 2023 Became the fastest defenseman in NHL history to reach 200 assists, achieving the milestone in 263 career NHL games - one game faster than Brian Leetch.
April 27 2022 Set a new Canucks franchise record for most points by a defenseman in a single season, surpassing Doug Lidster with 66 points after a goal and two assists against the Seattle Kraken.
February 17 2022 Returned from COVID-19 protocol, scoring a goal and an assist in a 5-4 overtime win against the San Jose Sharks.
February 7 2022 Placed on the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list after being reinfected, missing three games.
2021 Luke Hughes (Quinn's brother) was drafted 4th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the NHL entry draft.
October 21 2021 Became the fastest defenseman in Canucks history to reach 100 points and the fastest active NHL defenseman.
October 1 2021 Signed a six-year, $47.1 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
April 21 2021 Hughes returned to the ice after COVID-19, collecting three points in a 6–3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
March 30 2021 Hughes was infected with an aggressive Gamma variant of COVID-19, one of 22 players on the Canucks.
February 13 2021 Hughes tied the NHL record for fourth-most points by an NHL defenseman in the first 18 games of a season since 1985–86 after collecting his 18th point against the Calgary Flames.
January 13 2021 Hughes began the 2020-21 season, collecting eight assists through the first nine games of the COVID-19 shortened season.
2020 Nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best rookie, recognizing his impressive offensive performance as a defenseman.
2020 Nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best rookie.
2020 Hughes set an NHL record for most playoff assists by a rookie defenseman with 13 assists in 15 playoff games. He also surpassed Cale Makar's record for most points in a postseason by a rookie defenseman.
August 6 2020 Hughes recorded his first multi-point playoff game against the Minnesota Wild, becoming the sixth youngest defenseman to record a three-assist playoff game and the youngest in Canucks history.
February 27 2020 Hughes broke the Canucks franchise record for most power-play points by a rookie and most single assists by a rookie. He was named Rookie of the Month for February.
January 11 2020 Hughes was voted into the NHL All-Star Game and became the sixth fastest defenseman in NHL history to reach 30 assists in 49 games or less. He also scored a goal at the NHL All-Star Game, becoming the second rookie defenseman to do so.
2019 Represented the United States at the 2019 World Junior Championships.
2019 Participated in his first NHL playoffs, playing 17 games and scoring 2 goals with 14 assists.
2019 Completed his second season with the University of Michigan, recording 5 goals and 28 assists in 31 games.
2019 Jack Hughes (Quinn's brother) was drafted first overall in the NHL entry draft by the New Jersey Devils.
2019 After the Vancouver Canucks season, Hughes was named to the United States' roster for the IIHF World Championship.
2019 Represents the United States at the 2019 World Junior Championships.
2019 Became a full-time NHL player with the Vancouver Canucks, playing 68 games and scoring 8 goals with 45 assists.
November 21 2019 Hughes became the first rookie defenseman in NHL history to record three power-play assists in multiple games in a season during a 6-3 win.
November 1 2019 Hughes suffered a left knee bruise in a game against the Anaheim Ducks.
October 2019 Hughes scored his first career NHL goal in the home opening game against the Los Angeles Kings during a power play, becoming the youngest Canucks defenseman since J. J. Daigneault to score a goal for the team.
March 28 2019 Hughes made his NHL debut against the Los Angeles Kings, playing on a pairing with Luke Schenn and recording his first career NHL point with an assist on a Brock Boeser goal in a 3-2 shootout win.
March 12 2019 Hughes was named to the AHCA First-Team All-America, becoming the 95th All-American in Michigan's history.
March 10 2019 Quinn Hughes ended his collegiate career in his sophomore season and signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
March 8 2019 During the 2019 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Hughes suffered a foot injury in a 3–2 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

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