Dumba has tallied 21 points (6-15=21) in 49 games this season and ranks fourth on the team in blocked shots (74) and hits (71). The 6-foot, 185-pound native of Calgary, Alberta, recorded the game-winning goal in a 4-3 overtime win vs. Los Angeles on Feb. 27 to become the franchise leader in overtime goals (6). In nine seasons with the Wild, he owns 195 points (68-127=195), 69 power play points, 271 penalty minutes and a plus-27 rating in 460 games.
Dumba was the recipient of the 2020 King Clancy Memorial Trophy as he contributed his time, money and efforts to a number of community initiatives during the 2019-20 season and helped form the Hockey Diversity Alliance.
The winner of the Masterton Trophy is selected by a poll among the 31 chapters of the PHWA at the end of the regular season. 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.
Alex Stalock (2019-20), Ryan Suter (2018-19), Matt Cullen (2017-18), Eric Staal (2016-17), Nate Prosser (2015-16), Devan Dubnyk (2014-15), Josh Harding (2013-14, 2012-13), Clayton Stoner (2011-12), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2010-11), Guillaume Latendresse (2009-10), Kurtis Foster (2008-09), Aaron Voros (2007-08), Marian Gaborik (2006-07), Wes Walz (2005-06, 2000-01), Alexandre Daigle (2003-04), Dwayne Roloson (2002-03) and Richard Park (2001-02) were previously nominated for the award. Harding was named the 2013 recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on June 14, 2013, to become the first player in Wild history to win a voted-on NHL Award. Dubnyk was also named the recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on June 24, 2015.
