The Ottawa Senators have nominated Jean-Gabriel Pageau for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. From the NHL, the award goes to the player who “best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey.”
“They told me that I’d be out for pretty much the whole year. That was hard, mentally.”@JGPageau talks about being nominated by the Ottawa chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association for the 2018-19 Masterton Trophy. pic.twitter.com/Im5h15BO6n
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) March 28, 2019
The beginning of the season didn’t go quite as planned for Pageau, who tore his achilles on the first day of training camp.