Jonathan Toews chosen as Winnipeg Jets’ Masterton Award Nominee - BERITAJA

The Winnipeg Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association has named Jonathan Toews the Winnipeg Jets Nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy.

The 37-year-old Winnipeg-born centre joined his hometown squad for the 2025-26 NHL play aft missing the 2 erstwhile years recovering from the effects of agelong COVID.

Despite being distant from the crippled for that sizeable play of time, Toews has managed to play successful each 77 of Winnipeg’s games to day and ranks seventh successful squad scoring pinch 10-17-27.

Where the erstwhile Chicago Blackhawk Captain and three-time Stanley Cup champion has not missed a hit is astatine the faceoff dot. Toews has won 61.4 per cent of his draws (578-363), which is 3rd champion successful the NHL among players who person taken 500 aliases much faceoffs this season.

There was a tremendous magnitude of excitement this past summertime erstwhile the early Hockey Hall of Famer signed a one-year woody pinch the Jets to return to the NHL aft spending his first 15 seasons pinch Chicago and starring the Hawks to Stanley Cup titles successful 2010, 2013 and 2015.

Toews was treated to a hero’s invited from fans successful the Windy City connected Jan. 19 erstwhile he made his first return to the United Center earlier parting ways pinch the Blackhawks astatine the extremity of the 2022-23 season. The erstwhile Chicago skipper received a opinionated ovation that lasted much than 4 minutes aft a tribute video was shown during the first media timeout.

Toews will now subordinate nominees from the NHL’s 31 different teams and the victor will beryllium wished pursuing a canvass of each chapters of the PHWA. The 2025-26 Masterton Award victor will beryllium announced erstwhile the NHL holds its yearly awards.

Last year’s recipient was erstwhile Jet Sean Monohan of the Columbus Blue Jackets, while the about caller Winnipeg nominees see Eric Comrie (2020-21), Josh Morrissey (2021-22), Sam Gagner (2022-23), Laurent Brossoit (2023-24) and Neal Pionk (2024-25).

The Masterton Trophy was first presented by the NHL Writers Association successful 1968 to commemorate the precocious William Masterton, a subordinate for the Minnesota North Stars, who was primitively from Winnipeg and exhibited to a precocious grade the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Masterton died connected Jan. 15, 1968, aft sustaining an wounded sustained during a lucky game.