Masterton nominee
Michal Handzus has been selected, by members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, as the Kings' nominee for the Masterton Award. For those not familiar, here's the official description:
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The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is an annual award under the trusteeship of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and is given to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey. The winner is selected in a poll of all chapters of the PHWA at the end of the regular season.
A grant from the PHWA is awarded annually to the Bill Masterton Scholarship Fund, based in Bloomington, Minn., in the name of the Masterton Trophy winner.
The trophy was presented by the NHL Writers' Association in 1968 to commemorate the late William Masterton, a player for the Minnesota North Stars, who exhibited, to a high degree, the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Masterton died on Jan. 15, 1968, after an injury sustained during a hockey game.
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obvious choice and something i knew would come to fruition by around the mid-season point...
zus won't win it...richard zednik of the panthers has to win it...it's amazing that zednik is still playing hockey after his head nearly getting cut off...the heroics of the team trainer and his medical staff saved not only his career, but his life...
but it's really nice to see zus get some recognition in turning the corner on his injury and providing the kings with his all-around effective play this season...congrats to all the nominees...this is the one category in professional sports voting and awards that there are really no losers...