Detroit Red Wings forward Robby Fabbri was named the team nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy Tuesday. Here’s what it means.When you come back from two significant knee injuries, change teams and score double-digit goals and dish out double-digit assists, you deserve to be nominated for an award representing perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication.
That’s exactly what happened Tuesday when Red wings forward Robby Fabbri was nominated for the Bill Masterton Trophy awarded annually by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to ice hockey, per NHL.