Phil Kessel Named First Star of the Week

[Phil The Thrill]

Toronto Maple Leafs right-winger Phil Kessel was named the NHL's first star Monday after leading the league with eight points in four games.

Goaltender Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks was named second star and forward Matt Calvert of the Columbus Blue Jackets earned the third star.

The highlight of Kessel's week was when he tied a career-best four points (two goals, two assists) in Toronto's 5-4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Feb. 24. He also scored the game-winning goal in the Maple Leafs' 2-1 triumph over the New York Islanders on Feb. 22.

Although Kessel was in a goal-scoring slump in early February, he's rebounded with 11 points (seven goals, four assists) in his past seven games.

He leads Toronto in goals (26), power-play goals (10) and shots (267), and ranks second in points (47) and game-winning goals (four).
Crawford won all three games he started with a 1.95 goals-against average, a .936 save percentage and a 31-save shutout of the Nashville Predators on Feb. 24 to keep the Blackhawks competitive in the Western Conference's playoff race.

Calvert led the league with five goals scored as Columbus won two of its three games last week. He became the second rookie in Blue Jackets history to score a hat trick, including the deciding goal, in a 5-3 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Feb. 25.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/kessel-named-nhls-first-star/article1923603/

Newsworthy IMO

 

[Rios15]

Got out of the big drought.

 

[playmaker7]

lmao at this having its own thread

Oh well!

 

[snipezo]

no

 

[The Guid]

lmao at this having its own thread

what he said

good for Phil...I guess haha

 

[Phil The Thrill]

 

[.infamous]

NOT NEWSWORTHY SCRUB SCRUB SCRUB

 

[Phil The Thrill]

I see him scoring 34 this year, with 60 points. Should shut up a lot of the haters.

 

[The Guid]

The haters aren't on just his scoring...

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Even if he does become a consistent 40 goal scorer, he will still be labeled as being traded for two first rounders and a second rounder. And then there is his defensive play lol (which has gotten better over his hot streak).

 

[STLZACH]

no way this is news worthy... what about the last 19-20 weeks of the season? Should they all get Stars of the Week threads as well?

 

[H-MYK]

Props to Kessel on this. You deserved it. Forget what the haters say.

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

no way this is news worthy... what about the last 19-20 weeks of the season? Should they all get Stars of the Week threads as well?

No one was stopping you from posting the other stars of the week...

Who gives a fuck if some of you guys don't think it's newsworthy? If you don't think it is then don't come in the thread. Not to hard to just ignore it.

 

[Gtown81]

No one was stopping you from posting the other stars of the week...

Who gives a fuck if some of you guys don't think it's newsworthy? If you don't think it is then don't come in the thread. Not to hard to just ignore it.

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

I don't get it...