Byfuglien nominated for Masterton
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Dustin Byfuglien’s progress towards elite-player status has put him on the ballot this season as the Winnipeg Jets nominee for the NHL’s Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.
The Jets defenceman has been nominated for the annual award by the Winnipeg chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The Masterton goes to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
Byfuglien, who turned 31 on Sunday, has been an NHL regular since 2007-08. The Roseau, Minn., native was Chicago’s eighth-round pick in 2003.
This season, he has so far recorded 17 goals and 45 points and is a plus player through 75 games.
In the first half of 2014-15, Byfuglien returned to play defence, the position he prefers, and he’ll be one of the Jets’ top four blueliners for the foreseeable future after signing a five-year, $38-million contract extension in February.
Byfuglien has played 412 games for the Jets/Thrashers franchise (672 in his career), has been named to play in the NHL all-star game four times and was recently chosen as a member of Team USA for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey.
It will be Byfuglien’s first career opportunity to play for his country on the international stage.
The Masterton winner, voted on by the general membership of the PHWA, will be announced at the NHL’s annual awards extravaganza in June.
tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
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