Alexander Semin Named NHL 1st Star for October

The NHL just named the three Stars for the month of October:

1. Alexander Semin, Washington Capitals
2. Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
3. Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
   

Semin and Alex Ovechkin are the only Caps to be named the 1st Star of the Month. The monthly three star awards were started last season. Ovechkin, Olaf Kolzig, Jim Carey (twice), and Mike Gartner previously earned NHL player of the Month honors for the Capitals.

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