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001-028 hpc 9/25/06 3:20 PM Page 4AWARDSSharks management, players and coaching staff were well represented at the 2006 NHL AwardsShow in Vancouver.A MEMORABLE NIGHTThe San Jose Sharks set an organizational record bysending three players to the 2006 NHL Awards Show onJune 21 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The trio ofCaptain Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo and PatrickMarleau, who all surpassed the former franchise recordfor points in 2005-06, walked the red carpet and enjoyed the League’spinnacle off-ice event.Thornton was the biggest winner of the night, taking home the ArtRoss Trophy (most points — 125) and the Hart Memorial Trophy (playeradjudged to be most valuable to his team). The Canadian Olympian wasalso a runner-up for the Lester B. Pearson Award (League’s most valuableplayer as voted on by the players).Cheechoo earned his first piece of NHL hardware by becoming thefirst Shark to win the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy (most goals —4 sjsharks.com | sjsharks.com/wireless