OTHL -- The Tornto Maple Leafs has rebounded after a less then great latter part of the season, and recoreded a 4 win week this past week. The Leafs lead by Sergei Fedorov and Ed Belfour started the week with a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, then the Sabres had to surrender in a 4-2 battle. And the Leafs ended the week with two 4-0 wins, first over the Blues at home and then in Chicago against the Hawks.
Ed Belfour took home the weekly honours after 2 shutouts in 4 starts, giving him an awsome .966 save pct and a 0.75 goals against average. Belfour's best game came against the Hawks, where he made 27 saves for his second shutout of the week, giving the Leafs a perfect 4-0-0 week.
Belfour recived the award just ahead of Calgary's Manny Fernandez who where 3-1-0 for the week with a .957 save pct and Pittsburgh's Olaf Kölzig who where 2-0-2 for the week with a .916 save pct.
GOALTENDERS OF THE WEEK:
Week 25 - Ed Belfour (Toronto)
Week 24 - Miikka Kiprusoff (Boston)
Week 23 - Curtis Joseph (Tampa Bay)
Week 22 - Tommy Salo (Washington)
Week 21 - Nikolai Khabibulin (Detroit)
Week 20 - David Aebischer (Colorado)
Week 19 - Martin Brodeur (New Jersey)
Week 18 - Nikolai Khabibulin (Detroit)
Week 17 - Andrew Raycroft (Philadelphia)
Week 16 - David Aebsicher (Colorado)
Week 15 - Miikka Kiprusoff (Boston)
Week 14 - Martin Biron (Anaheim)
Week 13 - Roberto Luongo (Florida)
Week 12 - Roberto Luongo (Florida)
Week 11 - Martin Brodeur (New Jersey)
Week 10 - Dan Cloutier (Vancouver)
Week 09 - Roberto Luongo (Florida)
Week 08 - Roberto Luongo (Florida)
Week 07 - Miikka Kiprusoff (Boston)
Week 06 - Kevin Weeks (Carolina)
Week 05 - David Aebischer (Colorado)
Week 04 - Jean Sebastien Giguere (Buffalo)
Week 03 - Ty Conklin (Columbus)
Week 02 - Dominik Hasek (Atlanta)
Week 01 - Miikka Kiprusoff (Calgary)
And while Ed Belfour where the big hero for the Leafs, second behind him where Sergei Fedorov who is finally making some noise in Toronto after the trade. Fedorov finished the week by scoring twice against Chicago, giving him a 5 goal and 2 assist week. Fedorov where also a massive +7 for the past week. Beside the 2 goals against Chicago, he also had 1 goal against St Louis, 1 goal and 1 assist against Buffalo and 1 goal and 1 assist against Ottawa in the first game this past week.
Fedorov captured his first weekly award, just ahead of former leaf Mats Sundin (Phoenix) who had 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points in 3 played games, and Aleksey Morozov (Phoenix) who had the same numbers as his teammate.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Week 25 - Sergei Fedorov (Toronto)
Week 24 - Zigmund Palffy (Montreal)
Week 23 - Niklas Lidström (Buffalo)
Week 22 - Cory Stillman (Detroit)
Week 21 - Ray Whitney (Detroit)
Week 20 - Glen Murray (Boston)
Week 19 - Saku Koivu (Pittsburgh)
Week 18 - Bryan McCabe (Toronto)
Week 17 - Marco Sturm (Montreal)
Week 16 - Adam Foote (Toronto)
Week 15 - Rico Fata (New Jersey)
Week 14 - Brian Willsie (Washington)
Week 13 - Jaromir Jagr (Dallas)
Week 12 - Mats Sundin (Phoenix)
Week 11 - Vincent LeCavalier (Tampa Bay)
Week 10 - Adam Deadmarsh (NY Islanders)
Week 09 - Mathieu Biron (Carolina)
Week 08 - Doug Weight (Florida)
Week 07 - Ray Whitney & Pavel Datsuyk (Detroit)
Week 06 - Richard Jackman (Pittsburgh)
Week 05 - Chris Chelios (Chicago)
Week 04 - Brent Sopel (New Jersey)
Week 03 - Patrik Elias (New Jersey)
Week 02 - Josef Vasicek (Carolina)
Week 01 - Kip Miller (Tampa Bay)