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The blog will know focus on the statistics of sports as well as the Hawks Report Player Rater which can be seen by clicking on the links at the top of the page. Each day, Hawks Report will give you the best players rating wise as well as offering you the best statistical nights from different sports. Right now the NBA and NHL will be the focus as they are in season and once Baseball picks up again they will be featured on the site.

Top 5 NHL Skaters
1. Thomas Vanke- Buffalo Put the puck in the back of the net twice with one of those being a powerplay conversion against the Flyers. Also dished three assists with two of them being on the powerplay. Picked up 17 rating points in the Sabres 5-2 win. His 9 shots were 2 more than anyone else in the league.
2. Joe Pavelski- San Jose In the Sharks 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames he had a player rating of 16. Played an all around game with 2 assists, going 9-2 in the faceoff circle, 3 takeaways, and blocking 3 shots.
3. Logan Culture- San Jose Played almost as well as his teammate with 15 Hawks Report Points in the win. He also chipped in 2 assists as well as knocking two opponents down.
4. Alexander Edler- Edmonton  The Defensemen was on the ice for over 24 minutes in the 3-2 win against the Canucks picking up a player rating of 15. Scored one goal, hit 4 Canucks, stole the puck once and blocked 4 shots.
5. Antoine Vermette-Phoenix Picked up 13 points in the team's 6-4 loss to the Blackhawks. Vermette won 66% of his faceoffs in addition to his goal.

Top 5 NHL Goalies
1. Josh Harding- Minnesota 24 saves in the shutout against Dallas was good for 7 points.
2. Roberto Luongo- Vancouver The Canucks' terrible defense allowed 32 shots on goal and Luongo saved 30 of them. Unfortunately the one goal he let up was in overtime in the  teams 3-2 loss. Picked up 6 points.
3. Devan Dubnyk- Edmonton Survived in overtime to pick up 5 points. Saved 27 of 29 shots for a .931 save percentage.
4. Ryan Miller- Buffalo This is where I call bull shit-- he actually let up 4 goals but his little friends the refs blew two of them off cause they were out to screw the Flyers. He saved 27 shots and picked up an undeserved 5 points.
5. Antti Niemi- San Jose 5 points in team's 4-1 win over the Flames. Faced 32 shots and snagged 31 of them.

 Other Statistical Feats 
Ilya Bryzgalov faced 40 shots and Thomas Vokoun faced 34, Vokoun luckily won while Bryzgalov and the Flyers got screwed over in a 5-2 loss.
Scott Hartnell of the Flyers was in the box for 11 minutes.
Rick Nash was the only player in the league with a shorthanded goal.

Top 5 NBA Players

1. Kevin Durant- Oklahoma City  72 Hawks Report points, scored 37 actual points with 8 assists. A not so shabby 3-10 from behind the arc as well as an incredible 20-21 from the free throw line. Still Can't believe he was there 21 times. Also had 7 rebounds.Played over 48 minutes in the overtime 121-118 loss against Denver.
2. Russell Westbrook- Oklahoma City Durant's little helper picked up 62 Rating Points by scroing 36 points. Also played over 48 minutes against Denver. In those minutes he had 9 assists and reached the line 17 times converting on 15 attempts.
3. Rajon Rando Boston 52- 15 assists and 8 points in the team's 103-88 loss to Denver. His 9 turnovers may have had something to do with the team's poor defense. He was a less than average 25% from the field but picked up 9 rebounds.
4. Glen Davis- Orlando 45- 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the Magic's 111-105 loss to Dallas. Was 10-16 from the Field to finish with 24 points.
5. Brandon Knight- Detroit 44- Played an all around game finishing with 15 points, 5 assists, 6 rebounds in the team's victory of the Celtics.
5. Shawn Marion- Dallas 44- In the victory over the Magic the forward had 20 points and 10 rebounds to achieve the double-double. Remarkably did not reach the line once.

Notable NBA Statistics
Earl Clark  of the Lakers led the NBA with 14 rebounds last night.
Dwight Howard had a not so impressive 2 technical fouls, allowing Earl Clark to get those rebounds.