Tyler Motte is one of 31 nominees for the 2021
Did you know that this trophy recognizes, perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey very cool! When he learned that he was Vancouver’s chapter of the Professional Hockey Writer’s association’s nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy he says it was “humbling”.
He has been seen working hard on the ice and in the last 18 months, he has been a strong voice for mental health and sharing his own experience of dealing with depression and anxiety. He say’s “I’m still learning a lot about my issues, but I think I’ve just found that it’s OK to not be OK. It’s OK to feel the way you’re feeling and you’re not alone and I think that has only become more clear to me”.
Motte had to do some hard work to get to where he is today. It helped him find the voice to speak up about mental health. He has recently created his own “Motter’s Mental Health Fund” the proceeds benefiting mental heal initiatives and foundations.
Thank you to everyone for your comments and support! For those who want to help in other ways @Canucksforkids and I have teamed up to create “Motter’s Mental Health Fund” all proceeds will benefit a range mental health initiatives and foundations. https://t.co/zzdxVCcwpX https://t.co/xyvtxeMQvk
— Tyler Motte (@tmotte_14) February 24, 2021
Motte has also shown a lot of support for women’s hockey, he says “We can’t just support the men’s side, we support the women as well. There’s a lot of talented women out there, through the college game up into pros, and little things like this is something easy that we can do to show our support for them,”
The Masterton Trophy is given out by the PHWA every season. Every chapter nominates a player and the association’s membership picks a winner.
Interesting fact: This trophy is named for Bill Masterton, a Minnesota North Stars center who died in January 1968 of injuries suffered in an NHL game the only NHL play to have gone through that kind of fate.