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MINNESOTA WILD DEFENSEMAN MATT DUMBA NOMINATED FOR BILL MASTERTON MEMORIAL TROPHY

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The Twin Cities chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association (PHWA) today announced the nomination of defenseman Matt Dumba for the ’s (NHL) Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. The trophy is presented annually to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.

He hosted the inaugural Matt Dumba Hockey Without Limits Camp on Feb. 27 at the Guidant John Rose MN OVAL as part of 2021. The camp was created to bring more diversity and inclusion to the game and help provide more children the opportunity to play the great sport of hockey. Over 100 youth hockey players from The Herb Brooks Foundation, The Hendrickson Foundation and New Directions Youth Ministry participated in the camp led by Minnesota Hockey coaches.

Dumba has tallied 21 points (6-15=21) in 49 games this season and ranks fourth on the team in blocked shots (74) and hits (71). The 6-foot, 185-pound native of , Alberta, recorded the game-winning in a 4-3 win vs. Los Angeles on Feb. 27 to become the franchise leader in overtime goals (6). In nine seasons with the Wild, he owns 195 points (68-127=195), 69 power play points, 271 minutes and a plus-27 rating in 460 games.

Dumba was the recipient of the 2020 King Clancy Memorial Trophy as he contributed his time, money and efforts to a of community initiatives during the 2019-20 season and helped form the Hockey Diversity Alliance.

The winner of the Masterton Trophy is selected by a poll among the 31 chapters of the PHWA at the end of the regular season. NHL writers first presented the trophy in 1968 to commemorate the late Bill Masterton, who played for the and exhibited to a high degree the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Masterton died on Jan. 15, 1968, as a result of head injuries suffered during a game.

Alex Stalock (2019-20), (2018-19), Matt Cullen (2017-18), Eric Staal (2016-17), Nate Prosser (2015-16), Devan Dubnyk (2014-15), (2013-14, 2012-13), Clayton Stoner (2011-12), Pierre- Marc Bouchard (2010-11), (2009-10), Kurtis Foster (2008-09), Aaron Voros (2007- 08), Marian Gaborik (2006-07), Wes Walz (2005-06, 2000-01), Alexandre Daigle (2003-04), (2002-03) and Richard Park (2001-02) were previously nominated for the award. Harding was named the 2013 recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on June 14, 2013, to become the first player in Wild history to win a voted-on NHL Award. Dubnyk was also named the recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on June 24, 2015.

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