Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin: Take Home Hardware for Penguins Early

Sidney Crosby took home the NHL First Star of the Week Honors for his performance last week. He led all scorers during the week with nine points (6G, 3A) in three games. With his second career hat trick the other night, Sid took over the goal-scoring lead for the Pens with 13 for the season. Sid's teammate, Evgeni Malkin, also picked up some hardware on this first day of Dec. Gino was named the NHL's Second Star of the Month for Nov. Gino racked up 23 points (7G, 16A) in 12 games, leading the Pens to a 9-1-2 record in the month. Alex Ovechkin took home the First Star of the Month honors. He then signed a two year contract extension with GEICO to appear in 12 more cavemen commercials. Gino took solid control of the NHL Scoring Race, posting 39 points this season, which is five better than Sid. Check out the premier of my new internet radio show, "The Boys of Winter: Pittsburgh Penguins Weekly," which airs Tuesday afternoon around 1:30 PM. If you can't listen live, check the YouCastr widget ... (link)