The NHL on Tuesday announced the finalists for the Bill Masterton Trophy, as center Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, goaltender Josh Harding of the Minnesota Wild and defenseman Adam McQuaid of the Boston Bruins are up for the award that is given “to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.”
The local chapters of the Professional Hockey Writers Association nominate 30 players for the award; the top three vote-getters were the finalists for the award.
This is the NHL’s "Lifetime Original Movie" award, given to the player who overcame the most horrific ailment (concussions, cancer, catastrophic injuries) or the most personal strife (Jose Theodore winning after the death of his son).
All three of this year’s nominees have varying degrees of heart-wrenching stories to tell.
That said, they could have just announced this year’s field is “Josh Harding and two other guys who didn’t have multiple sclerosis" and been done with it, because Josh Harding is going to win the Masterton.
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