The National Hockey League (NHL) announced Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has been named a finalist for the NHL’s Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. The trophy is presented annually to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
Fleury can become the third player in franchise history to win the award. Josh 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. Devan Dubnyk was also named the recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on June 24, 2015 and Matt Dumba was a finalist for the 2021 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.
Fleury, 40 (11/28/84), has played in 1,051 career games (1,017 starts) across 21 NHL seasons (2003-04, 2005-25), posting a 575-339-97 record with a 2.60 goals-against average (GAA), a .912 save percentage (SV%) and 76 shutouts. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound native of Sorel, Quebec, ranks first all-time among NHL goaltenders in shootout wins (66); second in wins, games played, games started (1,017) and minutes played (60,669:03); and third in saves (27,188). He is the NHL’s active leader in all aforementioned categories. The five-time NHL All-Star selection (2011, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020) owns at least one regular-season victory over all 32 NHL franchises and was awarded the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s best goaltender following the 2020-21 season, when he posted a 26-10-0 record with six shutouts, a 1.98 GAA and a .928 SV%. Fleury has appeared in 23 games (21 starts) this season and owns a 12-9-1 record with a 2.78 GAA, a .903 SV% and one shutout, and is 62-42-10 with a 2.87 GAA, a .903 SV% and five shutouts in 120 games (113 starts) across parts of four seasons (2022-25) with the Wild.
Fleury also owns a 92-75 record in 170 career Stanley Cup Playoff appearances (166 starts) with a 2.56 GAA, a .911 SV% and 16 shutouts. He ranks first all-time among NHL goaltenders with 18 playoff appearances, is third in playoff games played, minutes played (10,206:25) and saves made (4,446), while ranking fourth in playoff wins and shutouts. Fleury is a three-time Stanley Cup Champion, winning titles with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009, 2016, and 2017.
Originally selected by Pittsburgh in the first round (first overall) in the 2003 NHL Draft, Fleury played for the Penguins (2003-04, 2005-17), Vegas Golden Knights (2017-21) and Chicago Blackhawks (2021-22) prior to being acquired by Minnesota from Chicago on March 21, 2022, in exchange for a second-round selection (Ryan Greene) in the 2022 NHL Draft.
Gabriel Landeskog and Sean Monahan were also named finalists for the 2025 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.
The winner of the Masterton Trophy is selected by a poll among the 32 chapters of the PHWA. 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.
(info courtesy of Wild)
