It's no small feat to break scoring records in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 100-year-old history books.
But Auston Matthews did just that in 2016-17, and now the 19-year-old has been awarded for doing so.
The first pick in the NHL draft a year ago, Matthews claimed the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie during Wednesday's NHL awards ceremony in Las Vegas, and his first-year numbers back up the recognition.
With 40 goals for Toronto, he not only outpaced fellow nominees Patrik Laine and Zach Werenski but tied for second among all NHL players, setting Maple Leafs records for most goals and points in a rookie season. His 69 points and 279 shots on goal also led all rookies, and he became just the second teenage rookie to hit the 40-goal mark in the last three decades.
The NHL also says that Matthews was the first player in the modern era of the league (i.e. since the early 1940s) to score four goals in his first NHL game. And he also became the first rookie to light the lamp 40 times in a season since the Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin exploded onto the scene in 2005-06.