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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