Archive for Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Ex-King Modry nominated for Masterton Trophy
Flyers defenseman is up for an award given to an NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
Former Kings defenseman Jaroslav Modry has been nominated for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy by the Los Angeles chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Assn.
The Trophy is presented each year to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
Though Modry, 37, was traded to the Flyers shortly before the deadline in February, his impact on the Kings was considerable this season.
He served as a mentor to rookie defenseman Jack Johnson and was a rare plus-two on the plus-minus scale, no small achievement on a last-place team. He briefly left the Kings during the season to be by the side of his dying father in the Czech Republic.
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