Hutson earned 165 of the 191 first-place votes to beat out Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf and San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini, who were the other two finalists for the award.

Last month, the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, an agency in San Jose that has preserved 30,000 acres of land for hiking, biking, horse riding and wildlife, approved spending $243,000 to ...