{"id":112069,"date":"2021-06-15T21:01:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=112069"},"modified":"2021-06-15T21:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:07:58","slug":"oskar-lindblom-wins-bill-masterton-memorial-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/06\/15\/oskar-lindblom-wins-bill-masterton-memorial-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Oskar Lindblom Wins Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindbos01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oskar Lindblom<\/a> of the Philadelphia Flyers has won the 2021 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. The award is given annually to the player in the NHL who best exemplifies perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey. Lindblom was a finalist for the Masterton Trophy last season as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oskarlindblom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@oskarlindblom<\/a>! \ud83e\udde1\ud83d\udda4<\/p>\n<p>An inspirational journey culminates with winning the Masterton Memorial Trophy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NHLAwards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/duFkbVvIJN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/duFkbVvIJN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlyers\/status\/1404949676386930691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Oskar Lindblom Wins Masterton<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In December 2019, Lindblom was diagnosed with Ewing\u2019s sarcoma, a rare type of cancer that grows in and around the bones. The diagnosis cut short what was on track to be the best season of his career. (He\u2019d recorded 18 points through 30 games at that point.) In July 2020, after months of chemotherapy, Lindblom completed his treatment. Then, in September, he rejoined the Flyers in the playoff bubble to help force a Game Seven in the Second Round against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/islanders\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Islanders<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This season, Lindblom returned to regular play with the Flyers. He logged 14 points, eight of which were goals, through 50 games. And during the season, Lindblom announced that his most recent scans had come back clear, to the delight of fans and organizations around the league. His personal triumph over cancer and determined return to NHL play make him a more-than-deserving winner of the award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other finalists for the Masterton Trophy were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dumbama01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Dumba<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marlepa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Marleau<\/a>. Dumba, a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/wild\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> defenceman, gained his spot through his efforts to fight racism and promote hockey among Minnesota youth. Marleau, a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/sharks\/\" target=\"_self\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> forward, made history this season by breaking Gordie Howe\u2019s record for games played.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What This Means for the Future<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lindblom being cancer-free is something to celebrate in and of itself. But the fact that he\u2019s returned to playing hockey, and at the highest level possible, is even more incredible. Make no mistake &#8211; Lindblom\u2019s continued health is the biggest priority. Still, it\u2019s great to see his determination finally rewarded through his Masterton Trophy win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"kzrqerkyTKh2fD5oF-Zjew\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1307844687\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'kzrqerkyTKh2fD5oF-Zjew',sig:'33eAyltl7_BscXiFQCmETTIRA1hCA4fpQh7L7_gnMug=',w:'594px',h:'370px',items:'1307844687',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oskar Lindblom of the Philadelphia Flyers has won the 2021 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. The award is given annually to the player in the NHL who best exemplifies perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey. Lindblom was a finalist for the Masterton Trophy last season as well. Congrats, @oskarlindblom! \ud83e\udde1\ud83d\udda4 An inspirational journey culminates with winning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3813,"featured_media":112085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4547,4548,16],"tags":[2722,1146,1713,331],"class_list":["post-112069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-flyers","tag-matt-dumba","tag-nhl-awards","tag-oskar-lindblom","tag-patrick-marleau"],"modified_by":"Luke Flannigan","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}