Noldo
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All members of Ducks' current second line (Selänne-Koivu-Blake) have won Bill Masterton Memorial Throphy for perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey:
- Koivu in 2002 after returning to hockey after cancer
- Selanne in 2006 after returning to top form after major knee surgery at age of 35
-Blake in 2008 for playing full 82-game season despite being diagnosed with cancer.
Is such a gimmick historically unique or have there been lines out there with all three players having won a major NHL award (same or different)?
I guess is hard to beat Montreal's Geoffrion-Beliveau-Richard for three Hart winning players.
Close cases would be Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Hull from Detroit. At the time they played together in Detroit, only Hull had won an individual award (Hart 1991), although both Datsyuk (2006-2009 Lady Byngs and 2008-2010 Selkes) and Zetterberg (2008 Conn Smythe) went on to win awards later in their career.
Unfortunately Modano lost the Calder to overaged Makarov, otherwise Hull-Modano-Lehtinen would have all had an award.
- Koivu in 2002 after returning to hockey after cancer
- Selanne in 2006 after returning to top form after major knee surgery at age of 35
-Blake in 2008 for playing full 82-game season despite being diagnosed with cancer.
Is such a gimmick historically unique or have there been lines out there with all three players having won a major NHL award (same or different)?
I guess is hard to beat Montreal's Geoffrion-Beliveau-Richard for three Hart winning players.
Close cases would be Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Hull from Detroit. At the time they played together in Detroit, only Hull had won an individual award (Hart 1991), although both Datsyuk (2006-2009 Lady Byngs and 2008-2010 Selkes) and Zetterberg (2008 Conn Smythe) went on to win awards later in their career.
Unfortunately Modano lost the Calder to overaged Makarov, otherwise Hull-Modano-Lehtinen would have all had an award.