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Jacob Trouba won the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award on Tuesday. The award is presented annually to the player who exemplifies great leadership qualities to his team, on and off the ice, and who plays a leading role in his community growing the game of hockey.
The New York Rangers captain has been a staple in the metropolitan area, including participating in the Rangers Youth Hockey Camp, during which he works with boys and girls between the ages of 6-12 with on-and-off ice training sessions.
Trouba and his wife, Dr. Kelly Tyson-Trouba, founded The Trouba Creative Expressions Arts Program, which offers art services to adults with epilepsy and seizures through the Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan New York. Through the program, Trouba creates artwork, which he auctions off, by wearing his hockey equipment covered in paint and striking a canvas.
Trouba has helped raise more than $160,000 for his own foundation and The Garden of Dreams Foundation.
On the ice, Trouba helped the Rangers win the Presidents’ Trophy as the team with the best record in the NHL after finishing with the most wins (55) and points (114) in a season in their history. He had 22 points (three goals, 19 assists) in 69 games and was fourth on the Rangers in average ice time per game (21:15), including leading them in short-handed ice time per game (2:51). The 30-year-old defenseman also led New York with 183 blocks and was second with 191 hits.
NewYork currently leads the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in the Eastern Conference Second Round. Game 6 of the best-of-7 series will be in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SNO, SNE, SN360, TVAS, CBC).
