Richards, Vokoun and Huet named Stars of Week

NEW YORK (AO) -- -- Philadelphia Flyers center Mike Richards, Florida Panthers goaltender Tomas Vokoun and Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Cristobal Huet have been named the NHL's Three Stars for the week ending Feb. 22.

FIRST STAR -- Mike Richards, C, Flyers
Richards led all NHL scorers with eight points (three goals, five assists) in two games. He began the week with single-game career highs of five points (two goals, three assists) and a +5 rating in a 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 19 and tallied his league-leading seventh shorthanded goal of the season while adding a pair of assists in a 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins Feb. 21. The 24-year-old Flyers captain leads his club in assists (37) and hits (106) and shares the club lead in points (23-37--60) and plus-minus (+23).

SECOND STAR -- Tomas Vokoun, G, Panthers
Vokoun recorded a pair of shutouts and stopped 115 of 118 shots in three games, lifting the Panthers (30-21-8, 68 points) to seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings. He stopped 36 shots in a 4-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 17, made 38 saves in a 4-0 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Feb. 19 and concluded the week with 41 stops for his sixth shutout of the season in a 2-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Feb. 21. Vokoun improved his season record to 20-17-3 with a 2.41 goals-against average and .927 save percentage in 44 appearances.

THIRD STAR -- Cristobal Huet, G, Chicago Blackhawks
Huet had a 3-1-0 record and stopped 103 of 109 shots while helping the Blackhawks (34-16-8, 76 points) strengthen their hold on the #4 seed in the Western Conference. He stopped 20 shots in defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Feb. 17, made 31 saves in his third shutout of the season -- a 4-0 victory at Florida on Feb. 19 -- turned aside 30 of 31 shots in a 3-1 victory at Dallas on Feb. 21 and made 22 stops in a 2-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Feb. 22. Huet has a 17-11-3 record with a 2.23 goals-against average and .918 save percentage in 32 games this season.

Prior Stars

Feb. 16
First Star -- LW Zach Parise, New Jersey
Second Star -- C Matthew Lombardi, Calgary
Third Star -- LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta

Feb. 9
First Star -- G Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles
Second Star -- RW Marian Hossa, Detroit
Third Star -- D Mike Green, Washington

Feb. 2
First Star -- RW Jamie Langenbrunner, New Jersey
Second Star -- C Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
Third Star -- D Mike Green, Washington

Jan. 26
First Star -- LW Dustin Brown, Los Angeles
Second Star -- G Cam Ward, Carolina
Third Star -- RW Ales Hemsky, Edmonton

Jan. 19
First Star -- C Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit
Second Star -- LW Mike Cammalleri, Calgary
Third Star -- C Rich Peverley, Atlanta

Jan. 12
First Star -- LW Wojtek Wolski, Colorado
Second Star -- RW Bobby Ryan, Anaheim
Third Star -- C Gregory Campbell, Florida

Jan. 5
First Star -- LW Rick Nash, Columbus
Second Star -- D Brian Rafalski, Detroit
Third Star -- G Cam Ward, Carolina

Dec. 29
First Star -- LW Alex Ovechkin, Washington
Second Star -- C Bryan Little, Atlanta
Third Star -- G Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles

Dec. 22
First Star -- LW Loui Eriksson, Dallas
Second Star -- C Jeff Carter, Philadelphia
Third Star -- LW Patrik Elias, New Jersey

Dec. 15
First Star -- RW Phil Kessel, Boston
Second Star -- RW Petr Sykora, Pittsburgh
Third Star -- LW Thomas Vanek, Buffalo

Dec. 8
First Star -- G Pekka Rinne, Nashville
Second Star -- C Jonathan Toews, Chicago
Third Star -- C Jason Spezza, Ottawa

Dec. 1
First Star -- C Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
Second Star -- G Jonas Hiller, Anaheim
Third Star -- G Chris Mason, St. Louis

Nov. 24
First Star -- C Marc Savard, Boston
Second Star -- C Henrik Sedin, Vancouver
Third Star -- G Nikolai Khabibulin, Chicago

Nov. 17
First Star -- C Nicklas Backstrom, Washington
Second Star -- LW Alex Ovechkin, Washington
Third Star -- G Dan Ellis, Nashville

Nov. 10
First Star -- G Roberto Luongo, Vancouver
Second Star -- G Steve Mason, Columbus
Third Star -- G Brent Johnson, Washington

Nov. 3
First Star -- C Ryan Getzlaf, RW Corey Perry and RW Teemu Selanne, Anaheim
Second Star -- G Tim Thomas, Boston
Third Star -- LW Simon Gagne, Philadelphia

Oct. 27
First Star -- RW Jarome Iginla, Calgary
Second Star -- G Peter Budaj, Colorado
Third Star -- RW Marian Hossa, Detroit

Oct. 20
First Star -- LW Thomas Vanek, Buffalo
Second Star -- G Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota
Third Star -- LW Fabian Brunnstrom, Dallas

Oct. 13
First Star -- F Daniel Sedin, Vancouver
Second Star -- LW David Booth, Florida
Third Star -- G Martin Brodeur, New Jersey

Stars of the Month

January
First Star -- RW Jamie Langenbrunner, New Jersey
Second Star -- D Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim
Third Star -- G Ryan Miller, Buffalo

December
First Star -- G Manny Fernandez and Tim Thomas, Boston
Second Star -- C Jeff Carter, Philadelphia
Third Star -- LW Alex Ovechkin, Washington

November
First Star -- LW Alex Ovechkin, Washington
Second Star -- C Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh
Third Star -- G Joey MacDonald, N.Y. Islanders

October
First Star -- LW Alexander Semin, Washington
Second Star -- G Henrik Lundqvist, N.Y. Rangers
Third Star -- D Shea Weber, Nashville

Rookie of the Month

January -- RW Bobby Ryan, Anaheim
December -- G Steve Mason, Columbus
November -- G Steve Mason, Columbus
October -- C Derick Brassard, Columbus