Chicago Blackhawks defenseman and former MSU hockey player Duncan Keith has won the Conn Smythe trophy as the MVP of the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Keith scored a goal in Monday's series clinching 2-0 victory as the Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4 games to 2 in the best of seven series in the Stanley Cup Finals. Keith played in 23 games during this year's playoffs, scoring three goals and notching 18 assists throughout.
Keith played at MSU for parts of two seasons in 2001 and 2002, before hesitantly leaving the program during winter break in 2002 to pursue a professional career with the Kelowna (British Columbia) Rockets of the Western Hockey League.
Since then, the 31-year-old Keith has gone on to a nine-year NHL career with the Blackhawks that has seen him take part in three Stanley Cup Championships, including these last playoffs in which he was named MVP.
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