"In Vegas with the kid. Just heading to the hotel to tuck him in." - Jordan Eberle on his (taller) teammate, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. (photo: Jordan Eberle/twitter)

Lady Byng runner-up Jordan Eberle and Calder runner-up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins came away from the NHL awards just that – runner-ups. The voters, the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association, gave their majority vote to Brian Campbell over Eberle – 582 to 512. The Nuge received 1,001 votes while winner Gabriel Landeskog got 1,383. Both boys made sure to express how honoured they were just to be nominated for each awards; being so young and being recognized so highly isn’t something you just brush off, you know.

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