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| An annual award under the trusteeship of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association to "the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey."
Winner selected by a poll among the 26 chapters of the PHWA at the end of the regular season. A $2,500 grant from the PHWA is awarded annually to the Bill Masterton Scholarship Fund, based in Bloomington, MN, in the name of the Masterton Trophy winner. |
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Pittsburgh's inspirational captain Mario Lemieux (1992-93 season)
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History
The trophy was presented by the NHL Writers' Association in 1968 to commemorate the late William Masterton, a player of the Minnesota North Stars, who exhibited to a high degree the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey, and who died January 15, 1968.
ADAM GRAVES
NEW YORK RANGERS
Throughout the past year, Adam Graves has been through a series of trials and tribulations yet has remained the heart-and-soul of the New York Rangers franchise both on-and-off the ice. Graves endured the deaths of both his infant son and his father with whom he was very close, but continued to be an active member of the community, taking on numerous charitable roles and appearances, while taking his position as a role model to youngsters very seriously.
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