Getty Images As mentioned earlier, the finalists for this year’s Bill Masterton Trophy — given annually to the player best exemplifying perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey — are Ottawa’s Daniel Alfredsson, Toronto’s Joffrey Lupul and Montreal’s Max Pacioretty.
Before the vote, a few things to consider:
– This award is voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.
– The Maple Leafs are quite familiar with this trophy. Phil Kessel, Toronto’s leading scorer this season, won the Masterton in 2007 after missing 12 games because of testicular cancer mid-season. A year later, then-Leafs forward Jason Blake won the award after playing a full 82-game season following his diagnosis with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
– The last Canadien to win the award was Saku Koivu in 2001-02. Koivu overcame non-Hodgkin lymphoma to resume his captaincy duties for Montreal.
– No Senator has ever won the Masterton.
Onto the poll…
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- kitshky - Apr 24, 2012 at 11:39 AM
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Max … has to be.
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- govtminion - Apr 24, 2012 at 11:48 AM
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Alfredsson is pretty much the definition of ‘determination’. I can’t imagine anyone else being as worthy of the award, all due respect to the other two.
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- geo91 - Apr 24, 2012 at 1:46 PM
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Fleishmann should be in the mix! The blood clots ruined 2 years of hockey for him!
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- cleverbob - Apr 24, 2012 at 3:22 PM
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OMG, it should go to every player on the Flyers team!!!
/sarcasm
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- eigglesnosuperbowls - Apr 24, 2012 at 4:31 PM
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And the recipient of the most arrogant NHL organization award goes to,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,The Pittsburgh Penguins !
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- drewzducks - Apr 24, 2012 at 4:52 PM
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If Maxi-pad wins isn’t big Z the first person he has to thank?
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- areyesrn - Apr 24, 2012 at 8:29 PM
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has Ian LaPerriere finally retired, yet?
