Month 1
Tom Barrasso (NJ)Tom Barrasso, New Jersey's number 2 in nets, has won this month's Player of the Month award. This award will be given monthly to the player (at any position) who is judged best (from a mathimatical formula using statistics), who must have played or started in atleast 5 games. Barrasso went 5-0-1 in the 9 games he played this month. He recored a shut out, and had a save % of 0.913.
Runners up were goatender JS Giguere of the Pittsburgh Penguins (in 13 games: 10-3-0, 2 shutouts and a save % of 0.922) and Vancouver's left winger Brendan Shanahan (in 16 games: 9 goals, 13 assits for 22 points; +12; 25 PIM; 58 shots).
This is Tom Barrasso first Player of the Month Award for the 2003-2004 regular season.