Silfverberg, 32 (10/13/90), has collected 10-16=26 points in 79 games with Anaheim this season, appearing in all but one contest in 2022-23 (missed Oct. 17 @ NYR). The 6-1, 207-pound forward missed the final 23 games of the 2021-22 season after being diagnosed with a blood clot in his right leg. He also entered the 2021-22 after successfully recovering from hip surgery in April 2021 for a femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and to repair a torn labrum in his right hip, missing the final nine contests of the 2020-21 season and rehabilitating during the offseason to make Anaheim's opening night lineup the following season.
Acquired from Ottawa with Stefan Noesen and a first-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft for Bobby Ryan on July 5, 2013, Silfverberg has scored 151-184=335 points in 689 career games in 10 seasons to date with Anaheim, ranking in the top-10 in shorthanded goals (third, 10), appearances (fifth), goals and game-winning goals (seventh), points (eighth) and assists (ninth). He set single-season career highs in points in 2016-17 (23-26=49), goals in 2018-19 (24) and assists in 2014-15 (26), while playing all 82 games in 2015-16. In 373 career NHL gams with Anaheim and Ottawa (2012-13), Silfverberg has recorded 161-193=354 points.
A native of Gavle, Sweden, Silfverberg has represented Team Sweden on the international stage on seven occasions, winning medals at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games (silver), 2011 World Championship (silver) and 2010 World Junior Championship (bronze). He also represented Sweden at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
Anaheim's past nominees for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy include Ryan Getzlaf (2021-22), David Backes (2020-21), Patrick Eaves (2018-19), Andrew Cogliano (five times, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18),
Jonas Hiller (2011-12), Ray Emery (2010-11), George Parros (2008-09), Todd Marchant (2007-08), Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2006-07), Teemu Selanne (twice, 2005-06 and 2009-10), Steve Rucchin (2002-03), Dan Bylsma (2000-01). Selanne was named the 2005-06 recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, the only Ducks player to receive the honor.
The winner of the Masterton Trophy is selected by a poll among the 32 chapters of the PHWA at the end of the regular season. A player from each team is nominated by the local chapter. The list will be narrowed to three finalists and a winner named at the NHL Awards on June 26 in Nashville. NHL writers first presented the trophy in 1968 to commemorate the late Bill Masterton, who played for the Minnesota North Stars and exhibited to a high degree the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Masterton died on Jan. 15, 1968, as a result of head injuries suffered during a game.
