{"id":136793,"date":"2023-04-14T09:16:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T13:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=136793"},"modified":"2023-04-14T09:16:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T13:16:25","slug":"rangers-defensemen-ryan-lindgren-wins-two-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/04\/14\/rangers-defensemen-ryan-lindgren-wins-two-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Defensemen Ryan Lindgren Wins Two Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to Mika Zibanejad winning an award, another prestigious honour was given out. Ryan Lindgren is the winner of two awards. This award is the Players\u2019 Players Award and the Steven McDonald award. One award is to the player that demonstrates what it means to be a team player and then the extra effort award. This is the second time in three seasons he has won the award.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThat\u2019s what the kid does. Every night he puts his heart and soul out there.\u201d &#8211; Coach Gallant on Ryan Lindgren <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xXdxu7h9Ka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xXdxu7h9Ka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1645609282040131584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ryan Lindgren Given Awards<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=136790&amp;preview=true&amp;preview_id=136790\" target=\"_self\">Mika Zibanejad was given out the MVP award<\/a>, it was voted on by media members. However, Ryan Lindgren was given out the Players\u2019 Player award voted on by his teammates. The next award, was voted on by the fans. In the eyes of his team, he is a player that demonstrates what it means to be a team player (The Players\u2019 Player Award). His impacts on the ice are noticeable and it has grabbed the attention of his teammates and head coach Gerard Gallant.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What The Steven McDonald Award Means To Lindgren<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The \ud83d\udc99 and soul. <\/p>\n<p>LET&#39;S GO LINDY! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uXtiHOdUSv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uXtiHOdUSv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1645564670026321920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Steven McDonald Award is a true honour. It is also known as the extra effort award. A heart and soul guy earns the right for this award. This award goes out to the player who goes above and beyond the call of duty for his teammates. Lindgren now becomes the third defenseman to win the prestigious honour. For Ryan Lindgren, this award is a true honour. Lindgren went on to say, \u201cIt\u2019s a huge honour- what this award represents\u201d. Lindgren also went on to talk about the city, the first responders and just what the support means to him from the fans. For a guy that leaves it all on the ice and is a true heart and soul player, this is more than deserving.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>The Players\u2019 Player Award<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;It&#39;s an award that players vote on, so to have them vote for me means a lot. There&#39;s guys on the team that easily could have won it &#8211; but it&#39;s obviously special.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Lindy on Players&#39; Player: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WgpoPRGBv7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/WgpoPRGBv7<\/a><br \/>MVP Mika: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u1KPqIePSY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/u1KPqIePSY<\/a><br \/>Kaner: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZvBNVLY0oj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZvBNVLY0oj<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Ku2GU5ZLu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3Ku2GU5ZLu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1646225903259729920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While the last award is voted on by the fans, this one comes from his peers. A fan favourite as well as a locker room favourite, Ryan Lindgren has everyone&#8217;s attention. While he has his feelings about the Steven McDonald award, he took appreciation to this one as well. Lindgren went on to say, &#8220;It&#8217;s an award that players vote on, so to have them vote for me means a lot. There&#8217;s guys on the team that easily could have won it &#8211; but it&#8217;s obviously special\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The list of players on this roster is endless. Chris Kreider, Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin, and Vincent Trocheck are just a few. Anyone could have won this award and the contributions come from everywhere. For Lindgren, this is another huge honour adding to his accolades for the Broadway Blueshirts.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Career Season For Lindgren<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Aside from his other on-ice impacts, Ryan Lindgren is enjoying a career season. Lindgren has set a new career high in assists (17) and points (18). He is a leave-it-all-on-the-ice type of player and once he puts the Rangers jersey on, it&#8217;s business. Lindgren is always willing to <a href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/stats.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sacrifice the body<\/a> as his 92 blocked shots are good for fifth on the team. While enjoying ice time with Adam Fox, he enjoys time on the penalty kill. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Praise From Coach Gallant<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor &#8211; what that award represents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindy on winning the Steven McDonald Award: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8DIOzOkU8e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/8DIOzOkU8e<\/a><br \/>Fil: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jt5vc8hAs8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Jt5vc8hAs8<\/a><br \/>Foxy: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s9g4O6bsQr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/s9g4O6bsQr<\/a><br \/>Coach Gallant: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7Y4PdCygP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/q7Y4PdCygP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/19YHbKYgG9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/19YHbKYgG9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1645628380988014592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On the some night as winning the Steven McDonald award, Ryan Lindgren showed why he won the award. During their tilt with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/sabres\/\" target=\"_self\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a>, Lindgren took a slap shot to the face. He would come off the ice and then return moments later. Gallant had high praise for his defensemen saying, \u201cThats what the kid does. Every night he puts his heat and soul out there\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lindgren is a warrior. A fierce competitor and a valuable asset to the Rangers team and what they are building. He is very deserving of both awards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Main Photo: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to Mika Zibanejad winning an award, another prestigious honour was given out. Ryan Lindgren is the winner of two awards. This award is the Players\u2019 Players Award and the Steven McDonald award. One award is to the player that demonstrates what it means to be a team player and then the extra effort [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":136794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,14,4548],"tags":[6107,6260,1146,3012],"class_list":["post-136793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-rangers","category-nhl","tag-new-york-rangers-analysis","tag-new-york-rangers-defence","tag-nhl-awards","tag-ryan-lindgren"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}