Auston Matthews is nearing an elite, rare echelon for American hockey players
by Eric Blum from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5ZRHV)
The NHL's most prestigious individual award was first handed out in 1924. Calvin Coolidge just became President of the United States. It took until Barack Obama's final year in The White House for someone born and raised in America to win the Hart Memorial Trophy, the league's most valuable player award.