{"id":26195,"date":"2018-03-28T23:11:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T03:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=26195"},"modified":"2018-03-28T23:11:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T03:11:33","slug":"dallas-stars-forward-mattias-janmark-nominated-for-masterson-trophy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/03\/28\/dallas-stars-forward-mattias-janmark-nominated-for-masterson-trophy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars Forward Mattias Janmark Nominated for Masterson Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, the Dallas Stars via twitter<\/a> have nominated Mattias Janmark<\/a><\/strong> for the 2017-18 Masterton Trophy. The trophy is awarded to the player who shows commitment to the sport of hockey.<\/p>\n

Mattias\u00a0Janmark\u00a0earns Dallas Stars Masterton nomination for remarkable comeback<\/h1>\n

Last year during the training camp in a\u00a0pre-morning\u00a0skate prior to the\u00a0preseason\u00a0game against the Colorado Avalanche,\u00a0Janmark\u00a0felt a pain in his right knee and couldn’t bend it. He went to the doctor and found out that he was diagnosed with Osteochondritis dissecans, in which cracks appear in the\u00a0cartilage\u00a0and underlying bone has worse. He missed most of last season after he had knee surgery to correct the problem after finishing his rookie year with the Stars when he scored 15 goals in 13 games.<\/p>\n

Mattias\u00a0Janmark’s\u00a0comeback<\/h2>\n

This season has been a different story for\u00a0Janmark\u00a0after he came back from the career-ending rare knee injury. He has returned to the Stars lineup with confidence and to show everyone he is ready to play his hardest yet. His\u00a0linemate, Jason\u00a0Spezza<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>told the Dallas Stars Website<\/a>, how he was impressed with his comeback from the injury.<\/p>\n

“He’s just a great player. He’s a really smart hockey player,”\u00a0Spezza\u00a0said. “He’s a great skater and he’s so good on his edges, and I don’t think people realize how strong his legs are. I think because he’s a slight guy or looks like a slight guy on the ice, he catches some ‘D’ not realizing how fast he is wide. He pumps his legs. He’s got big legs. He’s a big, strong kid down low. He’s just kind of slender up top. I think he surprises a lot of guys with his outside speed.”<\/p>\n

His speed and hockey smarts have helped him be one of the best players on a Stars team that is not making the playoffs again. On a team where secondary scoring has been hard to come by for the Stars,\u00a0Janmark\u00a0has netted 19 goals in the 72 games he has played. That is fourth behind Tyler Seguin<\/a><\/strong>, Jamie Benn<\/a><\/strong>, and Alexander\u00a0Radulov<\/strong><\/a>. He’s also dominated special\u00a0teams\u00a0player who leads the team with a pair of shorthanded goals.<\/p>\n

Mattias\u00a0Janmark\u00a0has shown the Stars and the NHL to why he deserves the Bill Masterson Trophy. He has become one of the Stars most reliable players and it is showing so far this season.<\/p>\n

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