WINNIPEG,\u00a0May 4, 2026\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club, in conjunction with the National Hockey League,\u00a0announced\u00a0that\u00a0forward Jonathan Toews\u00a0is among the three finalists\u00a0for the\u00a02025-26\u00a0Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.\u00a0The Masterton Trophy is awarded annually\u00a0\u201cto the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toews, 38, was\u00a0selected\u00a0as a nominee\u00a0by the Winnipeg chapter of the\u00a0Professional Hockey Writers\u2019\u00a0Association (PHWA) for his ability to endure a multi-year, health-related absence from the NHL and persevere to make his comeback\u00a0for\u00a0his hometown\u00a0Jets for the 2025-26 season.\u00a0The winner is selected in a poll of all chapters of the PHWA.<\/p>\n
Toews\u00a0played all\u00a082\u00a0games for Winnipeg this season and recorded\u00a029\u00a0points (11G, 18A) and\u00a038\u00a0penalty minutes.\u00a0Toews, a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Chicago Blackhawks,\u00a0was\u00a0among the NHL\u2019s leaders in faceoff percentage (62.1%)\u00a0in 2025-26\u00a0and posted his 16th\u00a0consecutive double-digit goal season.\u00a0He has played 1,149\u00a0career NHL games and\u00a0tallied\u00a0921\u00a0points (383G, 529A) and 645\u00a0PIMs. Toews\u00a0has already\u00a0won\u00a0several marquee NHL awards:\u00a0the 2010 Conn Smythe Trophy\u00a0as playoff MVP, the 2012-13 Frank J. Selke Trophy\u00a0as the league\u2019s best defensive forward, and the 2014-15 Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award.<\/p>\n
Toews\u00a0stepped away from hockey at the end of the 2022-23 season after\u00a0dealing with\u00a0numerous health\u00a0issues, including\u00a0Long\u00a0COVID\u00a0and Chronic Inflammatory\u00a0Response Syndrome, that had plagued him since 2020.\u00a0In addition to his\u00a0play on the ice,\u00a0Toews has been a valuable mentor to his Jets teammates\u00a0and contributed to a variety of causes in the community.<\/p>\n
The Masterton Trophy was first presented\u00a0by the NHL Writers’ Association in 1968 to commemorate the late William Masterton, a player for the Minnesota North Stars, who was originally from Winnipeg and exhibited to a high degree the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.\u00a0Masterton died on Jan.\u00a015\/68\u00a0from\u00a0an injury\u00a0he sustained\u00a0during a hockey game.\u00a0A grant from the PHWA is awarded annually to the Bill Masterton Scholarship Fund, based in Bloomington, MN, in\u00a0the name of the Masterton Trophy winner.<\/p>\n
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