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Need a lesson in taking face-offs? Matt Stajan has taken well over 11,500 of them.

What about shooting? Stajan has hit the net 1,150 times.

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Sustaining a National Hockey League career over 1,000 games? The 34-year-old, who’ll accept a silver stick on Thursday for joining an elite club of players who have hit quadruple digits, can tell you a thing or two about that.

Life advice? Bring it on.

The Calgary Flames pivot can also offer a few lessons in grace, professionalism, pride, passion, and a relentless work ethic which is more than enough to earn him a nomination for the 2018 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.

On Tuesday, Stajan was selected as the Flames’ nominee by the Calgary Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association (PHWA). The award is given annually to the player who exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.

“I think it means a lot when you get recognized for something like that,” Stajan said. “All we focus on as a player is the day-to-day. Over my career, I’ve just tried to do that. There’s going to be lots of ups and downs in life in hockey and you have to try and approach things the best you can, that’s been my mindset. It’s worked for me, and to be recognized by people for that is a great honour.”