<p>Moritz Seider of the Detroit Red Wings has been awarded the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie for the 2021-22 season. </p>







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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MORITZ SEIDER IS THE NHL’S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGRW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LGRW</a> <a href="https://t.co/9d9oeYTeBv">pic.twitter.com/9d9oeYTeBv</a></p>— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) <a href="https://twitter.com/DetroitRedWings/status/1539388931006992392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2022</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>Seider was drafted by the Red Wings with the sixth-overall pick in the 2019 draft. He spent the 2019-20 season playing in the AHL, went overseas to the Swedish Hockey League in 2020-21, and made his NHL debut this year. In 82 games, Seider scored seven goals and 50 points while logging a team-leading 23:03 of ice time per game. </p>



<p>Seider won with 170 first-place votes, while Trevor Zegras came in second with 15 first-place votes and Michael Bunting came in third with seven first-place votes. Lucan Raymond, one of Seider’s teammates in Detroit, also received a first-place vote, as did goaltender Jeremy Swayman.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="139"></div>



<p>Seider is the first Red Wing to win the Calder Trophy since Roger Crozier did so in 1964-65. Glenn Hall (1955-56), Terry Sawchuk (1950-51), and Jim McFadden (1947-48) are Detroit’s other Calder winners, while Carl Voss was the first to win the award in 1932-33. </p>



<p>He’s also the first German-born player to win the Calder Trophy. </p>

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider wins Calder Trophy