CHICAGO -- Paul MacLean didnt want to take too much credit when accepting the Jack Adams Award as the NHLs coach of the year. He called himself a "representative" of a lot of other peoples hard work around the Ottawa Senators. But amid injuries to Norris Trophy-winning defenceman Erik Karlsson, centre Jason Spezza and goaltender Craig Anderson, it was MacLean who held it all together as the Senators managed to make the playoffs. "For me it was important that I continue to set the expectations of the team at a high level but also be realistic about those expectations," MacLean said. "We had Erik Karlsson injured, we had Jason Spezza injured. We didnt have those two players playing in Binghamton. For us to expect someone to come up and be able to be those two players is not realistic and its not fair to the players. "We try to stay as real as we could game-by-game and give the players realistic expectations and a realistic way to play the game to have success." Despite losing Spezza for all but five games and Karlsson for all but 17, the Senators had success in the form of a 56-point season. MacLean credited captain Daniel Alfredsson, the winner of the Mark Messier Leadership Award, along with Chris Phillips, Sergei Gonchar and Chris Neil, for providing a veteran presence given plenty of adversity. When the injury bug started to become an epidemic for the Senators, MacLean first wondered, "Whos next?" Then, the 55-year-old did some impressive coaching. "Thats what good teams do is find a way to win," he said. "So we were challenged early in the season to find ways to win and I think our leadership group accepted that, and the quality of our young players that we were able to bring up accepted that." Ottawa won with Kyle Turris as its leading scorer and players like defenceman Patrick Wiercioch and forward Mika Zibanejad playing major roles. MacLean also credited Anderson for his impressive season, along with young goalies Robin Lehner and Ben Bishop. The Chicago Blackhawks didnt have to deal with as much adversity this season in large part to the play of captain Jonathan Toews, who captured the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the leagues top defensive forward. "It means the world," Toews said. "Its a tremendous feeling, I think, first of all, when youre mentioned in the same sentence after a full NHL season as guys like Pavel Datsyuk and Patrice Bergeron. To be able to go head-to-head with guys like that in the playoffs and to know them from the past, you understand how much they mean to their teams and how much they contribute offensively and defensively." Toews narrowly beat Bergeron of the Boston Bruins to win his first Selke Trophy, after a season in which he won 59.9 per cent of his faceoffs and had a plus-28 rating. The 25-year-old centre pointed to his time at Shattuck-St. Marys under coach Tom Ward as the point when he became a strong two-way player. "I really understood the importance of playing good hockey on both ends of the rink," Toews said. "Since then I really worked on every little part of my game that I could." Beat by Toews for Selke, Bergeron still got an award Friday, given the King Clancy for his humanitarian work. Tampa Bay Lightning right-winger Marty St. Louis won his third Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct. St. Louis already won the Art Ross Trophy by finishing the 48-game season with an NHL-best 60 points. Ray Shero of the Pittsburgh Penguins was named general manager of the year, and Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding, who battled back after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the off-season, got the Bill Masterton Memorial trophy for perseverance. On a much different scale, MacLean showed plenty of perseverance in getting the job as Senators coach. The long-time assistant wondered if he had passed the expiration date for becoming an NHL head coach. But experience kept MacLean from being "overwhelmed" by anything this season, and a berth in the playoffs provided validation that was only furthered by being coach of the year. "I just think that sticking to it and still believing in what I did as an assistant coach has helped me now that I get the opportunity to be the head coach," MacLean said. "This kind of gives us credibility that all those times when I was thinking that I could do this that now this kind of gives me the credibility that I was right, I could coach in the league." http://www.jetsrookiestore.com/Jets-Lac-Edwards-Jersey/ . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. http://www.jetsrookiestore.com/Jets-James-Carpenter-Jersey/ . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. Stanley, a fourth-year business administration student from Charlottetown, scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Dalhousie on Friday and tallied again in a 1-0 win over Saint Marys on Sunday. http://www.jetsrookiestore.com/Jets-Morris-Claiborne-Jersey/ .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. http://www.jetsrookiestore.com/Jets-Corey-Lemonier-Jersey/ . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. http://www.jetsrookiestore.com/Jets-Darryl-Roberts-Jersey/ . Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on the indoor hard-court at Belgrade Arena. The victory improved the Czech pairs impressive cup doubles record to 14-1. Things to watch in the ACC in Week 3:GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 2 Florida State at No. 10 Louisville, in the first of three marquee matchups in the most top-heavy division in college football -- the Atlantic Division also has No. 5 Clemson, which plays both schools. Its the 12th top-10 matchup in ACC history and the first since Miami-Florida State in 2013. The Seminoles -- who have outscored their opponents 84-12 during their last six quarters -- will have to stop QB Lamar Jackson, who leads the conference in six individual stat categories and in two blowouts has thrown for six touchdowns and rushed for six more. Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher cautions that you cant get enamored with Lamar and let those (other) guys beat you.BEST MATCHUP: Pittsburgh rushing offense vs. Oklahoma State rushing defense. RB James Conner has rushed for an average of 84 yards with two touchdowns during his inspirational return from cancer. Hell try to add to that total against the Cowboys, who rank 11th nationally against the run and are still fuming from a questionable last-second loss to Central Michigan that cost them a spot in the AP Top 25.INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Seven quarterbacks have made their starting debuts for their schools already this season, a total that includes transfers aat Virginia (Kurt Benkert), Boston College (Patrick Towles) and N.ddddddddddddC. State (Ryan Finley). Through two games, all seven rank in the top 10 in the conference in passing, with Florida State freshman Deondre Francois leading the way with an average of 340.5 yards.LONG SHOT: No. 25 Miami could be walking into trouble when they visit Boone, North Carolina, to face an Appalachian State program in its third year in the Bowl Subdivision. Its by far the biggest game at the FBS level for the Mountaineers, who took No. 15 Tennessee to overtime two weeks ago. And of course nobody has forgotten Appalachian States upset of Michigan in 2007 during its run of three straight FCS titles.IMPACT PLAYER: DL Duke Ejiofor has been a disruptive force up front during Wake Forests surprising 2-0 start. Hes forced two fumbles, including one that swung the momentum in a 24-14 win over Duke, and ranks second in the ACC with 3+ sacks. 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