List of 2009–10 NHL Three Star Awards explained

The 2009–10 NHL Three Star Awards are the way the National Hockey League denotes its players of the week and players of the month of the 2009–10 season.

Weekly

Weekly

Week	First Star	Second Star	Third Star
October 4, 2009^[1]	Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)	Craig Anderson (Colorado Avalanche)	Keith Tkachuk (St. Louis Blues)
October 11, 2009^[2]	Dany Heatley (San Jose Sharks)	Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles Kings)	Henrik Sedin (Vancouver Canucks)
October 18, 2009^[3]	Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix Coyotes)	Craig Anderson (Colorado Avalanche)	Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)
October 25, 2009^[4]	Anze Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)	Mike Cammalleri (Montreal Canadiens)	Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks)
November 1, 2009^[5]	Tomas Kaberle (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators)	Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose Sharks)
November 8, 2009^[6]	Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames)	Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose Sharks)	Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers)
November 15, 2009^[7]	Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit Red Wings)	Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta Thrashers)	Ryan Miller (Buffalo Sabres)
November 22, 2009^[8]	Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks)	Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)	Mike Fisher (Ottawa Senators)
November 29, 2009^[9]	Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)	Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils)	Niklas Hagman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
December 6, 2009^[10]	Nicklas Backstrom (Washington Capitals)	Stephen Weiss (Florida Panthers)	Matt Duchene (Colorado Avalanche)
December 13, 2009^[11]	Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles Kings)	Daniel Sedin (Vancouver Canucks)	Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix Coyotes)
December 20, 2009^[12]	Cristobal Huet (Chicago Blackhawks)	Marc-Andre Fleury (Pittsburgh Penguins)	Patric Hornqvist (Nashville Predators)
December 27, 2009^[13]	Jaroslav Halak (Montreal Canadiens)	Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks)	Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks)
January 3, 2010^[14]	Jamie Langenbrunner (New Jersey Devils)	Mike Smith (Tampa Bay Lightning)	Loui Eriksson (Dallas Stars)
January 10, 2010^[15]	Alexandre Burrows (Vancouver Canucks)	Jonas Hiller (Anaheim Ducks)	Mathieu Garon (Columbus Blue Jackets)
January 17, 2010^[16]	Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)	Chris Mason (St. Louis Blues)	Guillaume Latendresse (Minnesota Wild)
January 24, 2010^[17]	Brian Elliott (Ottawa Senators)	Craig Anderson (Colorado Avalanche)	Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
January 31, 2010^[18]	Shane Doan (Phoenix Coyotes)	Brian Elliott (Ottawa Senators)	Nicklas Backstrom (Washington Capitals)
February 7, 2010^[19]	Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Nicklas Backstrom (Washington Capitals)
February 14, 2010^[20]	Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning)	Michael Leighton (Philadelphia Flyers)	Marty Turco (Dallas Stars)
March 7, 2010^[21]	Chris Stewart (Colorado Avalanche)	Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning)	Bryan McCabe (Florida Panthers)
March 14, 2010^[22]	Mikael Samuelsson (Vancouver Canucks)	Lee Stempniak (Phoenix Coyotes)	Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators)
March 21, 2010^[23]	Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators)	John Tavares (New York Islanders)	Teemu Selanne (Anaheim Ducks)
March 28, 2010^[24]	Brian Elliott (Ottawa Senators)	Jimmy Howard (Detroit Red Wings)	Ilya Kovalchuk (New Jersey Devils)
April 4, 2010^[25]	Jaroslav Halak (Montreal Canadiens)	Saku Koivu (Anaheim Ducks)	Tuukka Rask (Boston Bruins)
April 11, 2010^[26]	Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)	Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes)	Nicklas Backstrom (Washington Capitals)

Monthly

Monthly

Month	First Star	Second Star	Third Star
October 2009^[27]	Craig Anderson (Colorado Avalanche)	Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)	Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix Coyotes)
November 2009^[28]	Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames)	Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks)	Marian Gaborik (New York Rangers)
December 2009^[29]	Henrik Sedin (Vancouver Canucks)	Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix Coyotes)	Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks)
January 2010^[30]	Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)	Henrik Sedin (Vancouver Canucks)	Tomas Vokoun (Florida Panthers)
March 2010^[31]	Lee Stempniak (Phoenix Coyotes)	Jimmy Howard (Detroit Red Wings)	Henrik Sedin (Vancouver Canucks)

Rookie of the Month

Rookie of the Month

Month	Player
October 2009^[32]	Michael Del Zotto (New York Rangers)
November 2009^[33]	James van Riemsdyk (Philadelphia Flyers)
December 2009^[34]	Matt Duchene (Colorado Avalanche)
January 2010^[35]	Tyler Myers (Buffalo Sabres)
March 2010^[36]	Jimmy Howard (Detroit Red Wings)

See also

• 2009–10 NHL season
• Three stars (ice hockey)
• Georgia’s Own Credit Union 3 Stars of the Year Award, awarded annually to a player on the Atlanta Thrashers, based on "Three Stars" achievements
• Molson Cup, awarded annually to a player on each of the six Canadian hockey teams, given out based on "Three Stars" achievements
• Toyota Cup, awarded annually to a player on the Philadelphia Flyers, based on "Three Stars" achievements
• NHL All-Star team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ovechkin, Anderson and Tkachuk named NHL 'Three Stars' . 5 October 2009 . NHL.com . New York City .
2. Web site: Heatley, Quick and Henrik Sedin named NHL 'Three Stars' of the week . 12 October 2009 . NHL.com . New York City .
3. Web site: Bryzgalov, Anderson, Ovechkin named NHL 'Three Stars' of the week . 19 October 2009 . NHL.com . New York City .
4. Web site: Kopitar, Cammalleri and Marleau named three stars of the week by NHL . 26 October 2009 . NHL.com . New York City .
5. Web site: Kaberle, Rinne and Nabokov named NHL 'Three Stars' of the week . 2 November 2009 . NHL.com . New York City .
6. Web site: Flames' Iginla, Sharks' Nabokov, Flyers' Pronger earn three stars of the week . 9 November 2009 . NHL.com . New York City .
7. Web site: Zetterberg, Kovalchuk, Miller top NHL's 3 Stars . John . Kreiser . 16 November 2009 . NHL.com . 17 November 2009 .
8. Web site: Joe Thornton, Carey Price and Mike Fisher named NHL three stars of the week . 23 November 2009 . NHL.com . New York City . 24 November 2009 .
9. Web site: Sidney Crosby named first star of the week, Brodeur and Hagman second and third . 30 November 2009 . NHL.com . New York City . 1 December 2009 .
10. Web site: Backstrom, Weiss, Duchene named '3 Stars of Week' . John . Kreiser . 7 December 2009 . NHL.com . 8 December 2009 .
11. Web site: Quick, Dan Sedin, Bryzgalov named NHL's Three Stars . John . Kreiser . 14 December 2009 . NHL.com . 22 December 2009 .
12. Web site: Goalies Huet and Fleury, forward Hornqvist named NHL three stars of the week . 21 December 2009 . NHL.com . New York City . 22 December 2009 .
13. Web site: Halak, Kane, Luongo top NHL Three Stars . John . Kreiser . 28 December 2009 . NHL.com . 29 December 2009 .
14. Web site: Langenbrunner, Smith, Eriksson top week's '3 Stars' . 4 January 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 5 January 2010 .
15. Web site: Burrows, Hiller, Garon named week's '3 Stars' . John . Kreiser . 11 January 2010 . NHL.com . 12 January 2010 .
16. Web site: Ovechkin, Mason and Latendresse named NHL's three stars of the week . 18 January 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 19 January 2010 .
17. Web site: Brian Elliott, Craig Anderson and Sidney Crosby are NHL's 3 stars of week . 25 January 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 26 January 2010 .
18. Web site: Phoenix Coyotes' Shane Doan named NHL first star of the week with nine points . 1 February 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 2 February 2010 .
19. Web site: Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin once again named NHL first star of week . 8 February 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 9 February 2010 .
20. Web site: Stamkos, Leighton and Turco top week's '3 Stars' . 15 February 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 16 February 2010 .
21. Web site: Stewart, Stamkos, McCabe named Stars of the Week . 8 March 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 9 March 2010 .
22. Web site: Samuelsson, Stempniak and Rinne named '3 Stars' . 15 March 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 16 March 2010 .
23. Web site: Nashville's Pekka Rinne named NHL's first start of week with 4 wins, 2 shutouts . 22 March 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 23 March 2010 .
24. Web site: Brian Elliott, Jimmy Howard, Ilya Kovalchuk named NHL's three stars . 29 March 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 30 March 2010 .
25. Web site: Halak, Saku Koivu, Rask named 'Three Stars' . 5 April 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 6 April 2010 .
26. Web site: Crosby, Staal, Backstrom are NHL's Stars of the Week . 12 April 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 17 April 2010 .
27. Web site: Anderson, Ovechkin, Bryzgalov named NHL 'Three Stars' for October . 2 November 2009 . NHL.com . New York City . 2 November 2009 .
28. Web site: Iginla, Thornton, Gaborik November's 3 Stars . Adam . Kimelman . 1 December 2009 . NHL.com . 2 December 2009 .
29. Web site: Sedin, Bryzgalov, Kane named December's '3 Stars' . 4 January 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 4 January 2010 .
30. Web site: Ovi, Henrik Sedin, Vokoun named January's best . 1 February 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 2 February 2010 .
31. Web site: Stempniak, Howard, Sedin named March 'Three Stars' . 1 April 2010 . NHL.com . New York City . 3 April 2010 .
32. Web site: Rangers defenceman Del Zotto receives NHL rookie of the month honours . 3 November 2009 . NHL.com . New York City . 2 December 2009 .
33. Web site: Flyers' van Riemsdyk named Rookie of the Month . Adam . Kimelman . 2 December 2009 . NHL.com . 2 December 2009 .
34. Web site: Avalanche's Duchene named NHL Rookie of the Month . 5 January 2010 . NHL.com. New York City . 5 January 2010 .
35. Web site: Myers says focus is on team, not Calder . 2 February 2010 . NHL.com. New York City . 2 February 2010 .
36. Web site: Red Wings' Howard named NHL Rookie of the Month . 1 April 2010 . NHL.com. New York City . 3 April 2010 .