Player of the Week - Edition 8: Games 51 - 57

[Mango]

Player -
Defensemen -
Goalie -
Rookie -
Unsung -
Poster -

Nominations due Monday at 6pm.

[Slava]

Nashville was 2-0-1 this week and earned these points based on the play of a few main cogs for us:

Goalie: Niklas Backstrom With a .925 save percentage this week Backstrom was great for us. He kept us in two games in particular,one that we one in overtime and the other that we dropped in a shootout.

Unsung: Dave Steckel Steckel has quietly anchored our third line, played the PK and won key draws for us this year. This week he had 4 points in three games (2 goals and 2 assists) and was a combined 31/51 in the faceoff circle (61%). He was also the first star once this week.

Poster: Superfraggle

[nickerjones]

Man... I only played in 2 games in this grouping. I wish I would have one had one from last week in this week or vice versa. I really think I could have gotten some goalie love since Ellis has been stellar for us the last 4 games ( before his departure).

None the less
Goalie:
Dan Ellis 2-0-0 2.00 GAA and a .938 SV% . I am pretty sure I did the Save Pct right.

Frans Nielsen: He has been lighting it up for 6 or so games for me. He was just 1G and 1A this week but he has been awesome for us . He is getting 2nd line minutes but putting up 1st line #'s . 13 goals and 12 assists in 28 games.

[Crazy Bacon Legs]

It's the Danis/Karlsson show this week in Chicago! Check it out:

Player - I am not sure if I can nominate a Goalie or Defenseman for POW, can I? If so, Yann Danis (see below). If not, nobody.

Defensemen - Erik Karlsson - 3 GP, 4 assists, +2 rating and pitched in with 2 blocked shots. A very strong showing considering only 4 players on the team were plus players this week. Also, he was the only Blackhawks defenseman who was a + this week.

Goalie - Yann Danis: he started all 3 games this week, and performed amazingly. He ended with a 1.62 GAA and a 0.951 save percentage as he went 2-1. In his one loss, he faced 46 shots. Did I mention he is rated 67 overall?

Rookie - Erik Karlsson, again. 4 points as a rookie in 3 games is amazing, but doubly so when that rookie is a defenseman.

Unsung - Yann Danis, again. My best players this week were all low-rated guys, and I had to choose which of three very solid guys - Danis, Adam Hall (2 points, +3) or Steve Downie (2 G and a +2 with lots of shots and hits) - to nominate here. Please see my entry above for Goalie. It is amazing that Danis is rated 67 overall as a goalie, which is the equivalent of a 57 OV player, and put up the numbers he did (to repeat: 1.62 GAA and 0.951 SV%). He is the main reason the Blackhawks won a couple of games this week.

[Mango]

Canucks nominations:

Defensemen
Brian Campbell - 3GP 2 goals, 3 assists, 5 points +2, 1st star, playing as top blueliner and logging lots of icetime (upwards of 25 minutes per game)

Poster
Da_Chief - enjoyed his interesting facts post

[MJK]

Unsung Hero
D - Craig Rivet - 60OV
0G 0A 0P +4
Was a +4 in yesterday's game vs the Bruins...
Averaging 16:94 minutes/game holding up my depleted D

Poster
Da_Chief - I always like reading interesting stats.

[SweetDoc]

Goalie: Vokoun 3GP, 2W, 1.34GAA, .957GAA

Unsung: Daley 3GP, 3G, 3P, +2, 1GWG, 64OV

Poster: Chief

[Mango]

Originally Posted by nickerjones

I am pretty sure I did the Save Pct right.

I've been using this website for years to figure out GAA and save %:

http://www.angelfire.com/id/goalienicknames/gaa.html

It tells you how old it is....having an angelfire domain, but it works I definitely didn't major in math, so it's good for folks like myself.

[Superfraggle]

Originally Posted by nickerjones

None the less
Goalie:
Dan Ellis 2-0-0 2.00 GAA and a .938 SV% . I am pretty sure I did the Save Pct right.

I got .939, so I think you did it right...just missed on the last decimal.

25/27 and 37/39 makes for 62/66 = 0.939

[Flickered Flame]

Player-David Krejci- 3 goals and 2 assists in 3 games this week. Had a 4 point effort and has been doubled shifted with the injury to Blake Comeau, averaging over 27 minutes per game the last couple of games.

[Hanni]

Player: Burrows 3GP 3G 3A 6Pts +3 1st Star x 2

Poster: Chief

[Da_Chief]

Player: Danny Heatley: 3 GP, 3 G, 2 A, +1, 6 H, first star, 2nd star
Rookie: Sergei Bobrovksy: 1 GP, 1 W, 33 sv of 34 shots, .971 SV %, 1.00 GAA, First star of the game
Poster: Superfraggle

[mbeauchamp76]

Islanders nominate

Player LW Ryan Smyth 3GP 4G 1A 5P +1, 1st Star

Defensemen Andy Greene 3 Assists +2

Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist 3GP 3W .940 SV% 1.65 GAA

Unsung Hero LW Taylor Pyatt (64OV) 3GP 2G 2A 4P +4, 1st Star & 3rd Star

[Goffie]

Pens:

Player
Tomas Plekanec 3gp 4g 0a 4pts + 2 = Scored a hattrick in a 4-2 win and played a big role in all situations.

Defenseman:
Jack Johnson 2GP(with Pens) 0pts + 4 20mins/game. Jack came over in the midst of a 5 game losing streak and solidified our defense. He averaged just over 20mins a game and was +2 in each game. Both of his games played were wins. He helped turn the tides on a horrible streak.

Goaltender:
Carey Price 2 wins 1 loss 2.33 gaa .926 save percentage. Price was brillant all week turning away 88 of the 95 shots he faced including a 35 save winning performance.

Rookie: Jordan Eberle 3gp 1g 0a 1pt +3 = Jordan was a steady presence in the lineup all week. He finished every game with a +1 rating while chipping in with a goal.

[flambers]

No nominations from the Rangers for this week. Was scoring by commitee type of a week

[Knut]

Capitals once again are scoring by committee.. Have 7 guys in the top scorers, but no one ever qualifies for these things (ie. get beat out). Will have a couple guys for the next POM though.

For this week....

Rich Peverley - 4 GP, 2 Goals, 3 Assists, +5 with 7 SOG. Also 2nd in the league in FO % and the top PKer for the team.

[Superfraggle]

Habs only played two games this week, which is reflected in lower numbers than others might have.

Player - Patrick Marleau: 3 goals (hat-trick), 1st star, +2. 54% on faceoffs, 2 TA

Defensemen - Duncan Keith: only one assist, but +4 in two games, with 2 TA and a third star indicates he is doing his job in an exemplary manner as a defenseman.

Goalie - Pekka Rinne: 2 GP, 2 W, 1.50 GAA, .950 SV %, first star. What more can you ask from a guy seeking redemption after escaping Dave's doghouse?

[Mango]

Thanks all. I'll try to post the winners tonight...if not tomorrow afternoon, because I work early in the morning.