Martin Havlat News

The NHL is revamping its weekly player awards, awarding three stars to the top three performers of the week instead of handing out offensive and defensive honours. Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco was named the first star of the week on Monday, ahead of Chicago Blackhawks winger Martin Havlat and Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin. Due to the midweek start of the regular season, this week's selections covered action ...

Martin Havlat, Chicago's biggest off-season acquisition, had two goals and two assists to lead the Blackhawks to an 8-6 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in the teams' season opener. The Blackhawks ended a six-game winless skid in Nashville, winning for the first time here since Nov. 7, 2003. Havlat's empty-net goal with 54.8 seconds left came after David Legwand and Steve Sullivan had scored in a four-minute ...