Awards season proceeds as the NHL continues to hand out its annual awards. One of the latest honors to be given out is the Frank J. Selke Trophy which is awarded to the best defensive forward in the league. This year’s winner was Montreal’s Nick Suzuki who earned 1,726 points. He picked up 151 first-place votes, 23 second-place votes, six third-place votes, seven fourth-place votes, and four fifth-place votes. SUZUKI FOR SELKE‼️ #NHLAwardsNick Suzuki is this year's winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy, an award presented to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game! pic.twitter.com/Y8lsj2xI8p— NHL (@NHL) June 5, 2026Tampa Bay’s Anthony Cirelli was the runner up for the award with 467 points and Colorado’s Brock Nelson came in third place and was a finalist with 406 points.A pair of Bruins earned points in the final tally of votes. Pavel Zacha tied for 40th place with three points and Mark Kastelic tied for 47th place with one point. Zacha received one fourth-place selection while Kastelic picked up a fifth-place selection. Rounding out the Top 10 in the voting is Vegas’ Mitch Marner in fourth place with 356 points, Carolina’s Jordan Staal in fifth place with 310 points, Ottawa’s Shane Pinto in sixth place with 288 points, Vegas’ Jack Eichel in seventh place with 215 points, Carolina’s Sebastian Aho in eighth place with 182 points, New Jersey’s Nico Hischier in ninth place with 149 points, and Tampa Bay’s Yanni Gourde in 10th place with 130 points.Since the award’s inception in 1978, only two Bruins have earned the honor. Steve Kasper won it in 1982 and was the second NHL player to ever earn the honor after Montreal’s Bob Gainey was the recipient for the first four seasons of the award and Patrice Bergeron picked up the honor six times in his career in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, and 2023. Florida’s Aleksander Barkov is the only other player to win the award in the last six seasons as he received the trophy in 2021, 2024, and 2025. NHL.comFollow us on Twitter/X, Facebook, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram for the latest Boston Bruins news.