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GOALTENDER
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Henrik Lundqvist B- B B 29 New York Rangers
Roberto Luongo B- B- B 32 Vancouver Canucks
Miikka Kiprusoff B- B- B 34 Calgary Flames
Carey Price A- B B 24 Montreal Canadiens
Cam Ward B B B- 27 Carolina Hurricanes
Ryan Miller B B- B- 31 Buffalo Sabres
Marc-André Fleury B- B B- 26 Pittsburgh Penguins
Martin Brodeur B- B- B- 39 New Jersey Devils
Jimmy Howard B- B- B- 27 Detroit Red Wings
Jean-Sébastien Giguère 70 77 78 34 Colorado Avalanche
DEFENSEMAN
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Zdeno Chara B- A- B 34 Boston Bruins
Nicklas Lidström B- B B 41 Detroit Red Wings
Dion Phaneuf B- B B- 26 Toronto Maple Leafs
Chris Pronger B- B- B- 36 Philadelphia Flyers
Dan Boyle B B- B- 35 San Jose Sharks
Andrei Markov B B- B- 32 Montreal Canadiens
Anton Volchenkov C B B- 29 Pittsburgh Penguins
Jay Bouwmeester B- B- B- 28 Calgary Flames
Mike Green A- B- B- 25 Washington Capitals
Drew Doughty B- B- B- 21 Los Angeles Kings
LEFT WING
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Alexander Ovechkin A B- B 26 Washington Capitals
Dany Heatley B B- B 30 Minnesota Wild
Daniel Sedin A- B- B- 31 Vancouver Canucks
Ilya Kovalchuk A- C B- 28 New Jersey Devils
Brenden Morrow B- B- B- 32 Dallas Stars
Ryan Smyth B- B- B- 35 Edmonton Oilers
Patrick Marleau B- C B- 32 San Jose Sharks
Patrik Elias B- B- B- 35 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Patrick Sharp B- B- B- 29 Chicago Blackhawks
Zach Parisé B- C B- 27 Pittsburgh Penguins
CENTER
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Pavel Datsyuk A- B- B 33 Detroit Red Wings
Sidney Crosby A C B 24 Pittsburgh Penguins
Henrik Zetterberg B B- B 30 Detroit Red Wings
Steven Stamkos A B- B 21 Tampa Bay Lightning
Joe Thornton B B- B 32 San Jose Sharks
Henrik Sedin A- B- B 31 Vancouver Canucks
Eric Staal B B- B 26 Carolina Hurricanes
Evgeni Malkin A C B 25 New Jersey Devils
Brad Richards B- C B- 31 New York Rangers
Chris Drury B- B- B- 35 Montreal Canadiens
RIGHT WING
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Jarome Iginla A- B- B 34 Calgary Flames
Rick Nash B B- B 27 Columbus Blue Jackets
Daniel Alfredsson B B- B- 38 Ottawa Senators
Shane Doan B- B- B- 34 Columbus Blue Jackets
Marian Hossa A- B- B- 32 Chicago Blackhawks
Martin St. Louis A- C B- 36 Tampa Bay Lightning
Marian Gaborik A- C B- 29 Montreal Canadiens
Patrick Kane B C B- 22 Los Angeles Kings
Dustin Brown B- B- B- 26 Chicago Blackhawks
Milan Hejduk 76 66 77 35 Colorado Avalanche

5-10-2011 Andrew Brunette reaches a milestone !
Andrew Brunette() scored the 600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Phoenix Coyotes on a feed by Dustin Brown. I'm not out here to set records, but it's always nice to get the points, he commented during a post game radio interview.

A native of Canada, Andrew Brunette was originally drafted to the NHL by the Washington Capitals in the 7th round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 868 NHL games during his career, notching 214 goals and adding 386 assists along with 282 penalty minutes. The 38 year old left wing looks to stay a member of the team for a long time.


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5-10-2011 Jaromir Jagr reaches a milestone !
Jaromir Jagr() scored the 1600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Vancouver Canucks on a feed by Daniel Brière. I've seen my idols break records and now I am doing the same, he said to the press.

A native of Czech, Jaromir Jagr was originally drafted to the NHL by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round of the 1990 entry draft. He has appeared in 1273 NHL games during his career, notching 647 goals and adding 953 assists along with 909 penalty minutes. The 39 year old right wing looks to stay a member of the team for a long time.

14-10-2011 Vaclav Prospal reaches a milestone !
Vaclav Prospal() scored the 600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Buffalo Sabres on a feed by Ryan Suter. My parents came to see this game so I just had to deliver, he commented to the media.

A native of Czech, Vaclav Prospal was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 3rd round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 877 NHL games during his career, notching 199 goals and adding 401 assists along with 473 penalty minutes. The 36 year old left wing has played 3 games with the San Jose Sharks this season, totalling 1+0=1 with 0 PIM.


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14-10-2011 Kimmo Timonen reaches a milestone !
Kimmo Timonen() notched the 300th assist of his career in tonight's game against the Phoenix Coyotes on a goal by Claude Giroux. Give all the credit to the goalscorer, he joked..

A native of Finland, Kimmo Timonen was originally drafted to the NHL by the Los Angeles Kings in the of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 734 NHL games during his career, notching 90 goals and adding 300 assists along with 456 penalty minutes. The 36 year old defenseman has played 4 games with the Philadelphia Flyers this season, totalling 0+2=2 with 4 PIM.

18-10-2011 Ilya Kovalchuk reaches a milestone !
Ilya Kovalchuk() scored the 300th goal of his career in tonight's game against the Carolina Hurricanes on a feed by Marek Zidlicky. It's not so big but I'm still very happy about it, he said at the post-game press conference.

A native of Russia, Ilya Kovalchuk was originally drafted to the NHL by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1st round of the 2001 entry draft. He has appeared in 549 NHL games during his career, notching 300 goals and adding 262 assists along with 384 penalty minutes. The 28 year old left wing has played 4 games with the New Jersey Devils this season, totalling 3+2=5 with 0 PIM.

21-10-2011 Nicklas Lidström reaches a milestone !
Nicklas Lidström() scored the 1000th point of his career in tonight's game against the Boston Bruins on a goal by Todd Bertuzzi. Yes it is great, but I still want to be treated like my teammates, no special treatment, he said in the post game media scrum..

A native of Sweden, Nicklas Lidström was originally drafted to the NHL by the Detroit Red Wings in the 3rd round of the 1989 entry draft. He has appeared in 1337 NHL games during his career, notching 228 goals and adding 772 assists along with 446 penalty minutes. The 41 year old defenseman has played 7 games with the Detroit Red Wings this season, totalling 0+3=3 with 4 PIM.


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21-10-2011 Media praises the Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning are flying high with a 8 game undefeated streak. Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman commented about their recent success: It's just so exciting to come to the rink these days. I mean, we're even enjoying practice!