Wild forward Marco Rossi visits the True Hockey booth with a young fan at the Let's Play Hockey Expo on March 9, 2024. LPH PHOTO BY BRYAN ZOLLMANThe Twin Cities Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) announced today that it has nominated Minnesota Wild center Marco Rossi for the National Hockey League's (NHL) Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. This trophy is awarded annually to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
Rossi, 22, played in all 75 games for Minnesota this season, scoring 37 points (20-17=37), 155 shots, two power-play goals (PPG), and two game-winning goals (GWG). . The 5-foot-9 native of Feldkirch, Austria, ranks T-1 in Golden Week, second in shots, second in goals, and fifth in points among NHL rookies this season. There is. Rossi's 20 points this season rank second all-time by a Wild rookie skater, and his 37 points rank fifth in franchise history. He recorded three multi-goal games this season, the second-highest single-season total in Wild rookie history, and is one of only 12 rookies in team history to record a three-point game. be. Montreal (1-2=3). The left-shot center played in 96 career NHL games in three seasons (2022-24) with Minnesota.
Originally selected by the Wild in the first round (9th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft, Rossi did not play any hockey during the 2020-21 season due to complications from COVID-19. He returned to the sport in the 2021-22 season, appearing in 63 games with the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League, leading the team with 35 assists and a plus-11 rating, and scoring 53 points (18-35=53) with a T. -Ranked 1st place. ), the highest rookie point total in team history. He made his NHL debut on January 6, 2022 in Boston. He played two seasons (2018-2020) with the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and won the Red Tilson Trophy before being drafted by Minnesota. He led the Canadian Hockey League in points (39-81 = 120) and assists in the 2019-20 season and was named OHL Player of the Year.
The Masterton Trophy winner will be chosen by a vote from PHWA's 32 chapters at the end of the regular season. NHL writers first presented the trophy in 1968 in memory of the late Bill Masterton, who played for the Minnesota North Stars and demonstrated the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey to a high degree. . Masterton died on January 15, 1968, from a head injury sustained during a game.
Mason Shaw (2022-23), Jared Spurgeon (2021-22), Matt Dumba (2020-21), Alex Stalock (2019-20), Ryan Suter (2018-19), Matt Cullen ( 2017-18), Eric Staal (2016-17), Nate Prosser (2015-16), Devan Dubnyk (2014-15), Josh Harding (2013-14, 2012-13), Clayton Stoner (2011-12), Pierre Marc Bouchard (2010-11) ), Guillaume Latendres (2009-10), Curtis Foster (2008-09), Aaron Voros (2007-08), Marian Gaborik (2006-07), Wes Walz (2005-06, 2000-01), Alexandre Daigle (2003-04), Dwayne Roloson (2002-03) and Richard Park (2001-02) were previously nominated for this award. Harding was named the recipient of the 2013 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on June 14, 2013, becoming the first player in Wild history to win a voted NHL award. Dubnyk was also selected as the recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on June 24, 2015, and Dumba was also selected as a finalist for the 2021 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.
