Mika Zibanejad’s extra effort has produced personal-best and team-leading totals of 30 goals, 42 assists and 72 points for the Rangers this season. Now it has been memorialized with the center having been named the winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award as voted by the fans.
The award is a particularly cherished one, named for the late NYPD detective who was shot in the line of duty on July 12, 1986 and passed away on Jan. 10, 2017.
The winner of the award, presented to the player to go “above and beyond the call of duty” was announced by NYPD Sgt.