EDMONTON, AB – The Stanley Cup Final is in Edmonton, and Oilers star Leon Draisaitl made history Monday night.Only it had more to do with his home country than his home arena.Draisaitl became the first German player to win the Hart Trophy as MVP after leading the league in scoring with 110 points in 71 games.
He also won the Ted Lindsay Award for most outstanding player as voted by peers.Draisaitl joins former NBA star Dirk Nowitzki as the only German players to earn MVP honors in one of the four major North American professional sports leagues.“Dirk was obviously someone that I look up to, someone that I admire: the way he presents himself and the way he really has achieved everything that there is to achieve for a professional athlete in.