Masterton Trophy nominations announced

The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is awarded annually by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to ice hockey.

A player from each team is nominated by the local chapter. The list will be narrowed to three finalists and a winner named at a future date:

Full list of Masterton nominees:

Anaheim - G John Gibson
Boston - G Joonas Korpisalo
Buffalo - F Jason Zucker
Calgary - F Justin Kirkland
Carolina - F Jordan Staal
Chicago - F Patrick Maroon
Colorado - F Gabriel Landeskog
Columbus - F Sean Monahan
Dallas - F Jason Robertson
Detroit - F Patrick Kane
Edmonton - G Calvin Pickard
Florida - F Jesper Boqvist
Los Angeles - D Drew Doughty
Minnesota - G Marc-Andre Fleury
Montreal - F Josh Anderson
Nashville - D Nick Blankenburg
New Jersey - F Jesper Bratt
New York Islanders - D Mike Reilly
New York Rangers - F Jonny Brodzinski
Ottawa - F David Perron
Philadelphia - G Ivan Fedotov
Pittsburgh - F Bokondji Imama
San Jose - D Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Seattle - F Jaden Schwartz
St. Louis - D Ryan Suter
Tampa Bay - D Ryan McDonagh
Toronto - F John Tavares
Utah - D Mikhail Sergachev
Vancouver - F Dakota Joshua
Vegas - F Tomas Hertl
Washington - F Alex Ovechkin
Winnipeg - D Neal Pionk