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11/20/08

11/9/08

Hat Tricks
David Booth

Shutouts
None
3-Point Club 
David Booth - 3 Goals
Olli Jokinen - 2 Goals, 1 Assist
Martin Havlat - 1 Goals, 2 Assists
Patrick Kane - 1 Goals, 2 Assists

Double Lamp Lighters
David Booth (Hat Trick)
Olli Jokinen
Marty Reasoner

Saturday, October 18th

Hat Tricks
None

Shutouts
Tomas Vokoun - 31 Saves
Niklas Backstrom - 32 Saves
Mike Smith - 21 Saves (Lost in Shootout)

3-Point Club
Mikael Samuelsson - 1 Goal, 2 Assists
Saku Koivu - 1 Goal, 2 Assists
Marc Savard – 3 Assists
Phil Kessel - 2 Goal, 1 Assist
Evgeni Malkin - 4 Assists
Sidney Crosby - 1 Goal, 3 Assists
Shea Weber - 1 Goal, 3 Assists
Patrick Kane - 2 Goals, 1 Assist
Dan Boyle - 1 Goal, 2 Assists

Double Lamp Lighters
Milan Hejduk
Aaron Voros
Alex Tanguay  
Phil Kessel
Alexander Semin
Martin Erat 
Patrick Kane
Daniel Briere

It’s time to hand out the NHL Awards.

Hart Trophy (MVP) – Alexander Ovechkin
Ovechkin led Washington to a 3 seed with his record-setting season.  He scored the most goals by a Left Wing ever.  His 65 goals and 112 points were both tops in the league.

Art Ross Trophy (Points Leader) – Alexander Ovechkin
This is the first of the awards that aren’t up for debate.  Ovechkin’s 112 goals topped the league.  Next on the list was Evgeni Malkin with 106.

Maurice Richard Trophy (Goals Leader) – Alexander Ovechkin
Another Ovechkin award that isn’t up for debate.  Ovechkin’s 65 goals topped everybody.  Also in the 50 goal group were Ilya Kovalchuk and Jarome Iginla.

Jack Adams Award (Coach of the Year) – Guy Carbonneau
After missing the playoffs last year with 90 points, Montreal improved by 14 points, which earned them the top seed in the East.  Detroit won the Presidents’ Trophy with the league’s best record, but they are always good. 

Calder Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the Year) – Patrick Kane
The 2007 #1 pick did not disappoint in his first season.  He led all rookies with 72 points.  He was third in goals and second in assists among rookies.  Nicklas Backstrom was a close second.

Norris Trophy (Top Defenseman) – Nicklas Lindstrom
Lindstrom led all defensemen with 70 points, 60 assists, and a +40 +/- rating.  He had the second best +/- rating in the league behind teammate Pavel Datsyuk (+41).

Vezina Trophy (Top Goalie) – Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni won an impressive 46 games for San Jose this year.  He finished tied for third with a 2.14 Goals Against Average (GAA).  He saved 91% of the shots on net.  He also tied for third with 6 shutouts.

William H. Jennings Trophy (Lowest GAA) – Chris Osgood
The last award is not up for debate either.  Chris Osgood led all goalies with at least 25 games played with a 2.09 GAA.  Jean-Sebastien Giguere was second at 2.12.

 
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Need some help with your fantasy hockey team?  You’ve come to the right place.  Try these hot players on for size. 

Center
Sam Gagner   - After scoring 35 points in his first sixty-four games (0.55 per game), Gagner has been a madman scoring 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists) in his past seven games (1.43).  He’s had a point in five of his past six games.

Winger

Patrick Kane - I’m sure he’s owned in most leagues, but if you’re in a salary cap league like they have on the SportingNews.com, you’ll want to know that the rookie is heating up.  In his first sixty-six games he had 55 points (0.83).  He has 8 points (1 goal, 7 assists) in his last eight games (1.00).   He’s in the midst of a three-game scoring streak.

Defenseman

Brent Burns  - Here’s the Wild player that you’ve been clamoring for.  In his first sixty-seven games he had 34 points (0.51).  He has 7 points (3 goals, 4 assists) in his last seven games (1.00). 

Goalie
Dwayne Roloson  - Rolie the Goalie has had an off year.  He’s only been between the pipes in 35 games.  Since March 13th though, he’s played in four contests.  In that time he’s 3-0 with a 2.45 GAA and a .936 save percentage.  Prior to this little hot streak he was 8-14 with a .896 save percentage.  On the year his GAA is 3.07.

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