Avalanche’s Scott Wedgewood Reacts To Vezina Finalist Snub
Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Scott Wedgewood is not concerned with his omission as a Vezina Trophy finalist.
Despite going 31-6-6, recording four shutouts, and leading the NHL both in goals against average (2. 02) and save percentage (. 921), the Colorado netminder is more interested in playoff success than he is in personal awards.
It’s also not the first time Wedgewood has gone through something like this since the season began. “It’s kind of similar to Team Canada, right? I think I was in the conversation a little bit,” he said on Wednesday, speaking for the first time since the Avalanche returned from Los Angeles following a four-game, first-round sweep of the Kings.
“Obviously, it would’ve been really cool. ” Wedgewood and his goalie tandem teammate, Mackenzie Blackwood, are the recipients of the 2025-26 William M. Jennings Trophy, awarded to the goalie (or tandem goalies) who plays for the team with the fewest goals against.
The last time an Avalanche goalie received that honor was Patrick Roy in 2001-02. Roy finished as a runner-up for the Vezina Trophy that season behind Montreal’s Jose Theodore. “As a group, we did a great job of keeping pucks out of our net as a whole,” Wedgewood said.