Player of the Week - Edition 13: Games 89-95

[Mango]

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Defensemen -
Goalie -
Rookie -
Unsung -
Poster -

Monday by 6 pm please.

[Mango]

Canucks

Player - Nathan Horton, 4GP 3 goals 8 assists 11 points with 1st, 2nd, 3rd stars

[Superfraggle]

Player - Patrick Marleau: 4GP, 4 Points, 58% on faceoffs. From the second line

Defenseman - Christian Ehrhoff: 4 GP, 5 Points, 12 hits, 5 shots blocked, 5 takeaways, 6 shots.

Goalie - Pekka Rinne: 3 GP, 2.68 GAA, 0.921 SV%. Rinne didn't get much help this week, but still came up strong.

Unsung - Ville Leino: 4 GP, 2 Goals, 8 shots, 3 hits, 4 for 6 on faceoffs. From the third line. 64 OV

[dsavillian]

Since goalies are easy to figure out:

Goalie - Vokoun - 1W, 1 OTL, .971 SV, 0.96 GAA, 1st star, 2nd star, 2GP. Had a great bounce back week after being in the coach's doghouse. Faced 69 shots and only gave up 2 goals. Probably could have had 2 wins if the Kings could score in a shootout.

Forward - Bergeron - 2g, 2a, 4p, +4, in 4 games.

Defenseman - Vlasic - 1g, 2a, 3p, 4 games

Unsung - Khabibulin - 2W, .919 SV, 2.4 GAA, 1st star, 75 OV. Had to step in and play some great hockey, winning 2 key games. Faced 62 shots in 2 games.

Poster - Mango for running the POTW/POTM

[Flickered Flame]

Player: David Krejci 5 goals and 4 assists this past week, he plays just over 21 minutes a night.

[mbeauchamp76]

Islanders nominate

Player LW Ryan Smyth 4GP 3G 4A 7PTS +2, 1st Star

Defensemen Tyler Myers 4GP 1G 2A 3PTS +1 7H 4SB, 3rd Star

Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist 3GP 2W .936 SVPCT 2.00 GAA

Rookie D Jamie McBain 4GP 1G 1A 2PTS +4

Unsung Hero RW Ryan Jones (61OV) 4GP 1G 3A 4PTS +3 9S 9H, 2nd Star

[Slava]

Nashville had a busy week and went 4-1 through stretch. We relied on the play of a few key players to make that happen:

1. Alexei Ponikarovsky for unsung: with 3 goals and 5 assists really got rolling this week. Our usual nominee (Radek Dvorak) was injured and he stepped in the fill the void. Aside from his 8 points he was also named 2nd star twice and 3rd star once.

2. Ryan Whitney for defenceman: The blueline saw a few injuries this week and Whitney was solid. He played a lot of minutes, was +1 and contributed a goal and 4 assists as well.

3. Niklas Backsrom for goaltender: Backstrom played four games and was 3-1 this week. He had a GAA of 1.5 over these games and a save percentage of .945 through this stretch.

4. Ben Bishop for rookie: While he only played once, Ben was basically thrown to the wolves. The defenceman was depleted and we were not expected to win. He posted a save percentage of. 900 and got the win against a tough Washington team to cap off the week.

[Goffie]

Pens nominees:

Player:

Patrick Kane 5gp 2goals 5 assists 7pts +1 2nd star - Really carried the offense when it needed a boost this week.

Defenseman:

Alex Edler 5gp 2g 1a 3pts +4 3rd star - played over 26mins a game and shut down the other teams top lines while contributing some scoring.

Goalie:

Carey Price 3W 1L 2.75gaa .905 save % 1 shutout, 1 1st star
Carried the team to wins with a shootout win, an overtime victory and a shutout in 4 starts.


Unsung:
Josh Gorges 5gp 0g 3a 3pts + 3

- led the PK and really shut the door when called upon to play a bigger role.

Rookie:

Jordan Eberle

5gp 2g 3a 5pts +6 1st star

Responded to a promotion into the top 6 to fill the Hossa injury gap with a big offense week while playing well defensively. He scored a short handed overtime game winner to lead the way to a big win over the Canes.

[therizzle]

Player: Loui Eriksson - 5gp, 2G, 6A, 8P

[Crazy Bacon Legs]

Sorry this is way late, but if you haven't decided yet, here are my nominations:

Rookie: Erik Karlsson - 3 GP, 1G, 3A, E +/-, added 6 SOG and 3 Hits. Continues to put up forward numbers as a Defenseman

Unsung: Steve Downie - 62 OV, 3GP, 2G, 1A, +3 and a 1st star. Not bad given the team lost all three games in this stretch.

That's all. Hopefully these count!

[Mango]

It worked out I guess because I'm super swamped and can't look at them until well after tonight's hockey game.