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Tim Thomas named NHL’s First Star of the Week 01.24.11 at 12:34 pm ET
By WEEI

The NHL announced Monday that Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas has been named the First Star of the Week for the week ending on Jan. 22. Thomas went 3-0-0 over three starts last week, recording a shutout against the Hurricanes Monday and following it with a season-high 43-save effort on Monday. He made 32 saves in the team’s 3-2 win over the Avalanche on Saturday.

Thomas, who will play in this weekend’s All-Star Game, leads the NHL in goals against average (1.83), save percentage (.945), and his tied with Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist for the league lead with seven shutouts. He is second in wins with 23.

This is the fourth time this season a Bruins player has received a “Star” distinction. Thomas was the First Star of the Week for the week ending on Oct. 31 and was October’s Second Star of the Month. Patrice Bergeron was named Second Star of the Week for the week ending on Jan. 15.

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  • santos

    going back to the colorado game,, when you come out and play, out west as well as they did starting with campbell, its easy to mix in few bad bounces like buffalo,tonite will be a bigger test, L.A. is a tough team to play against this year, campbell set the tone early, and C.A. new Boston had more in that department. you know the same efforts expected tonite,,like to see lucic mix in few heavy hits between goals,you don,t gotta teach hitting.

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