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Player of the week: James Van Riemsdyk (L)
NHL has awarded James Van Riemsdyk (L) of Philadelphia Flyers as Player Of The Week He registered 3 goals and 6 assists for 9 points in 4 games last week. He also had 1 game winning goal.
A native of USA, James Van Riemsdyk was originally drafted to the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1st round of the 2007 entry draft. He has appeared in 61 NHL games during his career, notching 17 goals and adding 24 assists along with 44 penalty minutes. The 19 year old left wing has played 31 games with the Philadelphia Flyers this season, totalling 13+18=31 with 40 PIM.
Daniel Alfredsson injured.
Daniel Alfredsson (OTT) suffered head injury during the game in an incident with Bryan Allen (CGY). He is expected to be sidelined for almost a month. I hope to be back skating with the team in time for the next road trip, but they're monitoring it very closely. We'll have to see how it heals, he commented to the media.
Media criticises the Nashville Predators
We dug ourselves in a hole... commented Nashville Predators GM David Poile after today's game against the Carolina Hurricanes. This brings their current streak to 6 games winless.
TOP 3 TEAMS :
1- LA - 47 pts GP : 30
2- CGY 46 pts GP : 34
3- EDM 44 pts GP :33
TOP 3 SCOREURS :
Jussi Jokinen DAL 48 pts
Zach Parise NJ 47 pts
Alexander Ovechkin PIT 44 pts