Full Breakdown of the 2025 Selke Trophy Voting.

Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov wins third Selke Trophy

Florida Panthers captain and centre Aleksander Barkov of Tampere, Finland won the 2025 Frank J. Selke Trophy on Monday. The award is presented annually to the top defensive forward of the National Hockey League regular season. Barkov has now won the award three times. He previously won the award in 2021 and 2024. Was Barkov’s Selke Trophy this year deserving? From a statistical perspective, it is actually a little surprising that Barkov won the …

Anthony Cirelli finished third in Selke voting

Not only is Florida the new state of hockey, it’s apparently the state of defensive hockey. Anthony Cirelli narrowly missed out on second place in Selke voting as he finished behind Aleksander Barkov (1,363 points) and Sam Reinhart (837 points). Cirelli garnered 828 points on the NHL’s 10-7-5-3-1 allocation system. His 29 first-place votes was tied for second with Reinhart, but they were a distant… Source

Full breakdown of the 2025 Selke Trophy voting.

The National Hockey League has officially announced this year's Selke Trophy winner with Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov being declared this year's winner. There is however always a ton of debate surrounding these awards and it is clear that not everyone is going to agree with every decision, so with that in mind today I am bringing you a full breakdown of how this year's votes for the award played out.Now if you happen to be of the o…