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Hockey Night's 3 Stars

CBCSports.ca senior reporter Tim Wharnsby names the top performers in the NHL from Thursday night.
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CBCSports.ca senior reporter Tim Wharnsby names the top performers in the NHL from Thursday night.

Chicago's Troy Brouwer, centre, is mobbed by teammates after scoring in overtime on Thursday. ((Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press))

FIRST STAR: Troy Brouwer, RW, Chicago

The 24-year-old forward from Vancouver continues to be Mr. Clutch for the Blackhawks. He scored his fifth game winner of the season to tie for the club lead with Patrick Kane in Chicago's 4-3 overtime victory. The important goal was a relief to the Blackhawks, who surrendered a 3-0 lead they built before the game was nine minutes old.

SECOND STAR, Josh Harding, G, Minnesota

Subbing in for the injured Niklas Backstrom, the 25-year-old Harding of Regina stopped 29 shots to earn his first shutout of the season and fourth of his career to blank the Colorado Avalanche 1-0 in Denver. The Wild have won three in a row.

THIRD STAR: Jason Spezza, C, Ottawa

The good times continue to roll for the Senators. Led by Jason Spezza, they reeled off their eighth win in a row, a 4-1 decision in Pittsburgh against the Penguins. Spezza scored for the third consecutive game since his return from a knee injury. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tim Wharnsby

Tim has covered the hockey landscape and other sports in Canada for three decades for CBC Sports, the Globe and Mail and Toronto Sun. He has been to three Winter Olympics, 11 Stanley Cups, a world championship as well as 17 world junior championships, 13 Memorial Cups and 13 University Cups. The native of Waterloo, Ont., always has his eye out for an underdog story.

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