Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk, named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy last week, was named a finalist for the Masterton Trophy on Thursday.
The trophy is presented annually to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey and is named after Bill Masterton, the North Stars player who died on the ice in 1968.
The other finalists are Ottawa's Andrew Hammond and Pittsburgh's Kris Letang.
Wild goalie Josh Harding won the Masterton Trophy in 2013 to become the first player in Wild history to win a voted-on NHL Award.
Dubnyk was nominated by the Twin Cities chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association because of his remarkable second-half run after being traded to the Wild from Arizona. He became the toast of the NHL after starting 38 consecutive games with the Wild and saving Minnesota's season.
After playing for three teams last year and ending up in the minors, Dubnyk went 27-9-2 with the Wild with a 1.78 goals-against average, .936 save percentage and five shutouts.
Overall, he finished the season second in the NHL with a 2.07 goals-against average and .929 save percentage.
