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WST | Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck on winning the Vezina Trophy

After taking home his second Vezina trophy, Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck spent just over nine minutes discussing the win, his team and more.

Topics:
1) Getting a chance to celebrate it this time.
2) What does this award mean to him? (:26)
3) What does it mean to be a two-time winner? (:50)
4) What is he most proud of from this season? (1:22)
5) Is his dad having a good time? His friends? (1:46)
6) What made him want to be a goalie? (2:17)
7) Were his parents ok with it? (2:40)
8) How much has goaltending changed? (2:52)
9) The season that Sergei Bobrovsky had (3:16)
10) His thoughts on Paul Maurice’s comments? (3:32)
11) What’s the summer look like for him? (3:47)
12) How much of the playoffs did he watch? (4:15)
13) How has he seen Vegas grow as a hockey city? (4:37)
14) Did he see Nathan Mackinnon reach another level? (4:59)
15) How badly does he want to represent the USA at Olympics? (5:24)
16) When did the ‘I want to be the best’ mindset develop? (5:45)
17) Seeing Laurent Brossoit as a UFA (6:23)
18) What was it like seeing Dylan DeMelo re-sign? (6:42)
19) Thoughts on Scott Arniel taking over as head coach (6:54)
20) The Morrissey/DeMelo pairing (7:34)
21) How does he see the growth of the team under Rick Bowness? (8:04)
22) How hard was it to vote for the Lindsay Award (8:44)

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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