The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is given out annually to the NHL player who exemplifies perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. The award has been voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association since 1968, and today they announced their nominees for 2019.
Past winners of the award include Brian Boyle (2018), Craig Anderson (2017), Jaromir Jagr (2016), Devan Dubnyk (2015), Dominic Moore (2014) and Josh Harding (2013).
Below are the nominees from each team:
Anaheim Ducks – Patrick Eaves
Arizona Coyotes – Michael Grabner
Boston Bruins – Zdeno Chara
Buffalo Sabres – Jason Pominville
Calgary Flames – Mark Giordano
Carolina Hurricanes – Curtis McElhinney
Chicago Blackhawks – Corey Crawford
Colorado Avalanche – Carl Soderberg
Columbus Blue Jackets – Nick Foligno
Dallas Stars – Taylor Fedun
Detroit Red Wings – Niklas Kronwall
Edmonton Oilers – Andrej Sekera
Florida Panthers – Derek MacKenzie
Los Angeles Kings – Jack Campbell
Minnesota Wild – Ryan Suter
Montreal Canadiens – Andrew Shaw
Nashville Predators – Rocco Grimaldi
New Jersey Devils – Cory Schneider
New York Islanders – Robin Lehner
New York Rangers – Brendan Smith
Ottawa Senators – Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Philadelphia Flyers – Brian Elliott
Pittsburgh Penguins – Matt Cullen
San Jose Sharks – Joe Thornton
St. Louis Blues – Jay Bouwmeester
Tampa Bay Lightning – Ryan Callahan
Toronto Maple Leafs – Tyler Ennis
Vancouver Canucks – Jacob Markstrom
Vegas Golden Knights – Ryan Carpenter
Washington Capitals – Brooks Orpik
Winnipeg Jets – Dmitry Kulikov
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Looking back at some of the past winners will break your heart. Craig Anderson’s wife battling cancer, Brian Boyle battling cancer, Dominic Moore coming back after losing his wife.
I’ll guess it’s either Crawford or Lehner who gets it.
If there was ever a year that Joe Thornton should win this award, it would be this year.
Has had to grind his way back from multiple knee surgeries, and is having a pretty solid year for a guy who is 39 years old
I’ll be surprised if McElhinney doesn’t get strong consideration
I would go with Crawford, but have to give strong consideration due to strong showing in the twilight of his career.
With all due respect to the others, this isn’t close…
Evander Kane.
It took Brian Boyle’s story for Jordan Staal to not be the clear winner last year.
Its Crawford or Lehner for me
Agree. Thornton is my pick.