Wild goaltender Alex Stalock nominated for Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

ST. PAUL --The Twin Cities chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) today announced the nomination of Minnesota Wild goaltender Alex Stalock for the National Hockey League'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.

Stalock, 32, posted a 20-11-4 record with a 2.67 goals-against average (GAA), a .910 save percentage (SV%) and four shutouts in 38 games played (36 starts) and became the fifth goaltender in franchise history to record 20 wins in a season. He set career highs in games played, games started, wins, shutouts (ranked T-5th in the NHL), minutes played (2,177), shots against (1,082) and saves (985). Per NHL Stats, the six-foot, 200-pound native of Saint Paul, Minn., is the seventh different Minnesota-born goalie to reach 20-plus wins in a single season. Stalock tied his career best making seven consecutive starts from Feb. 25-March 7, made a season-high 40 saves at San Jose on March 5 and recorded a career-high, four-game win streak Feb. 21-28. The left-glove netminder registered a 26-save shutout in his first start of the season on Oct. 14 at Ottawa, the second time in his career he recorded a shutout in his first start of a single season and became the fourth Minnesota-born goalie in NHL history to do so. He also reached his 100th career start on Dec. 1 vs. Dallas.

Stalock is 61-49-18 with a 2.61 GAA, a .909 SV%, nine shutouts, four assists and three shots in 151 career NHL games (123 starts) in nine seasons with San Jose and Minnesota (2010-20). He ranks second in the NHL since 2010 in shots on goal and is the only Wild goalie in team history with a shot on net. He ranks fourth amongst goaltenders in franchise history in assists (3). This is Stalock's second nomination for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy as the Sharks nominated him following the 2013-14 season. A campaign that saw his first career NHL start (10/27/13 at OTT), a career-high 44 saves on a career-high 46 shots (12/21/13 vs. DAL), his first career shutout (1/16/14 at FLA), a Sharks franchise record for longest shutout streak (178:55, 1/5-1/27/14), his Stanley Cup playoff debut (4/24/14 at LA) and first playoff start (4/28/14 at LA).

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 Minnesota North Stars 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.

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 Latendresse (2009-10), Kurtis 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 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.