Award Winning Hudler

Jiri Hudler

When you think of hard working Red Wings, many players come to mind: Lidstrom, Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Franzen…  Jiri Hudler may have been one of the last to come to mind considering how badly the season started out for him.

Lately, Hudler has been racking up the points sometimes scoring several goals a game (especially since his locker room buddy Pavel Datsyuk has returned from his injury). During the month of February, Hudler managed a six game point streak and scored a shootout goal that won the game against Buffalo.

 For his hard work this past month he will be receiving the Carhartt’s Hardest Working Player of the Month award. He will be honored tonight before the Wings host the LA Kings.

It was 15 games into the season before Hudler scored his first goal and overall in his first 30 games he only made six points and recorded a minus 8 rating. Hudler started turning his luck around by the end of December, and in his next 30 games he put up 26 points and recorded a plus 7 rating.

This is definitely the Jiri Hudler we are used to.