Celebrating a historic 30-goal season for the Avalanche defenseman.
Today is the day the NHL has decided to announce the winner of the James Norris Memorial trophy and as expected Colorado Avalanche superstar defenseman Cale Makar took home this year’s award. Adding to his impressive collection of hardware, this is Makar’s second Norris win in his fifth consecutive year as a finalist.
Halfway to fore.
A golf outing with friends turned into a surprise party to celebrate Cale Makar’s second James Norris Memorial Trophy!
Watch the 2025 #NHLAwards before Game 4 of the #StanleyCup Final on June 12 at 6p ET on @NHL_On_TNT and @Sportsnet! pic.twitter.com/UVKkLsLObQ
— NHL (@NHL) June 11, 2025
Makar previously won Norris trophy for the NHL’s most outstanding defenseman in 2022 just prior to the Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup. This season Makar had to become an even greater focal point of the offense as he posted career highs in goals (30) and points (92) which were both second on the team just behind Nathan MacKinnon.
One Makar hit that 30 goal mark, as the first defenseman to do so since Mike Green in 2008-09, it was no doubt the Norris was his once again. As the voting shows below, it wasn’t even a close race. With how his already storied career has gone this certainly won’t be the last award for the Avalanche defenseman.
Final voting results for the 2024-25 Norris Trophy: pic.twitter.com/oJWXDnBpP3
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) June 11, 2025