The Colorado Avalanche are the hottest team of the league at the moment. They are on a seven game winning streak. Besides the Avs, the Calgary Flames are ruling up the league at the moment. Tonight the Flames played against the Chicao Blackhawks on the road, and they were proving once again their great form.
In second period the Flames already decided the game with two goals. First defender Jillson and winger Rucinsky scored the goals for Flames. It was Jilsson's third goal in fourth game for the Flames, and more and more he is proving that he is a great defender. Also GM Yuhas of the Flames is very happy with his performances lately.
" Yes, he is exactly the player we were looking for", said Yuhas. " And after four games he has already scored four points. Great stats for such a young and talented player who just came to us."
In second period the Flame continued to score. Once again they finished period with two goals; first Craig Conroy scored his 16th goal of the season, ten minutes later defensive forward Clark Wilm added another goal on the scoring sheet.
" Tonight we just played perfect two periods", said Joe Sakic after the game. " The team is playing good hockey lately and I am very happy at the moment. It was a huge chance for me, but now I am playing for Flames with all of my heart."
In last period Darren vanImpe came to his first goal of the season. The defender scored in powerplay, after seven minutes of play. But five minutes later another powerplay situation brought the decision. Wilm scored his second goal of the game, and Flames' fifth goal. Rasmussen and Gavey scored two goals for Hawks late third period, but it was just too late. The Flames were really dominating this game and won by a score of 5-3. At the moment they are on a three game winning streak and now they are just one point behind a playoff spot.
" The situation looks good at the moment", said GM Yuhas. " And I am sure that my team will be able to play in the plaoyffs."
Gamewinner for Calgary was Martin Rucinsky, who scored three points.

Selanne is part of club 20 now Tonight the San Jose Sharks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning by a score of 4-3. And for Selanne it was a special game. He scored Sharks' first goal of the game, and this goal was his goal number 20 this season. " It's not that important, more important is that we won versus the Bolts. My personal success is nice, but not the most important thing." Besides Selanne, O'Neill, Savard and York scored the goals for Sharks.

Martin Rucinsky (Calgary Flames) 1 Goal - 2 Assists	Niklas Lidstrom (Detroit Red Wings) 1 Goal - 2 Assists	Brett Hull (Detroit Red Wings) 1 Goal - 2 Assists

Last 10 : 7-3-0 W7	Last 10: 2-8-0 L6

Week #11 Jaromir Jagr (Washington) GP 4 G 3 A 6 TP 9 Sh 12 +/- 9

Month #2 Peter Forsberg (Colorado) GP 19 G 13 A 12 TP 25 +/- 19 PIM 4

The season so far is a season full of ups and downs. Not a lot teams played great hockey constantly, and especially the playoff-spots will be open till the last day of regular season it seems.
A team worth to mention are the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. They are playing good hockey lately, and especially against teams of their own Conference they are playing great hockey.
Tonight the Anaheim Mighty Ducks faced the Calgary Flames at home, and more than 13'000 fans came to see their team.
In first period the Flames had a great start into the game, when Dean McAmmond scored the game opening goal. It was his 20th goal of the season, and he's on a career high.
" We have a great team and personally I am feeling great. I knew before the season started, that I will have a good season. But I didn't expect such a great season."
But the Anaheim Mighty Ducks fought back and within one minute they made the lead. First center Nedved tied the score with his goal number 16, one minute later it was Jonsson who brought the lead for Ducks. Although the Ducks lead the game, the Flames were dominating first period with 12 shots. And therefore the Flames were able to tie the game-score again in first period. Radek Dvorak scored his 25th goal of the season, assisted by McAmmond and Sakic. With 25 goals Radek Dvorak is near the best goalscorers of the league. Best goal scorer of the league is Islanders' Iginla at the moment with 31 goals.
In second period the Flames continuted their dominating game-play with six shots while just allowing two by Ducks. Wilm's goal at the end of the period was not a big surprise. Ducks' fans were scared of seeing the team losing, but in last period a totally different team of Anaheim came on the ice. They started to play great hockey, with full offensive power. After one minute of play Jani Rita tied the score again in powerplay, five minutes later Petr Nedved were able to make the game winning goal. In last period the Ducks made 15 shots.
With this win the Ducks are on a three game winning streak and they are on the way to have a playoff spot. Of course it all depends on the other teams, but the Ducks are better than ever before this season.

Adrian Aucoin traded to Minnesota Chicago Blackhakws were very active during the x-mas break. In another deal they traded defender Adrian Aucoin to the Minnesota Wild, in exchange defensive defender Brad Brown will join the Blackhawks. Brad Brown is one of the tough guys of the league, with 133 penalty minutes in 52 games. With Adrian Aucoin the Blackhawks are losing their best defender. This season he is on a streak, he has scored 30 points in 49 games. He is among league's best defenders. " I am looking forward to playing for Wild, although I wanted to play in playoffs", said Aucoin after the press-conference.

Chicago and Calgary strike a deal Chicago and Calgary agreed on a minor deal earlier today. The Chicago Blackhawks are sending young russian winger Radulov and two prospects Barkunov and Kent Huskins to Calgary Flames. In exchange Scott Nichol, goalie Levente Szuper and a pick will go the other way. Scott Nichol was quite disappointed when he heard about his trade. He has played 47 games and there he has scored 12 points. " I really loved to play for Calgary, too bad that the headquarter decided to trade me."

Rod Brind'amour (Philly Flyers) 4 Assists	Steve Konowalchuk (Washington) 3 Goals	Sergej Fedorov (Toronto Maple Leafs) 2 Goals - 1 Assists

Last 10 : 6-4-0 W5	Last 10: 3-7-0 L3

Week #10 Jose Theodore (Vancouver) GP 4 W 4 SHO 1 SvPCT 0.960 Sh 101 Sv 97

Month #2 Peter Forsberg (Colorado) GP 19 G 13 A 12 TP 25 +/- 19 PIM 4