Hertl Injury, Hot Goalie Jones & More Hockey News

The week leading up to the NHL’s Christmas break was a wild one. Over-time hat tricks, goal and save of the year candidates and injuries were all on the docket. If you were sneaking in some last minute holiday shopping, chances are you missed out on some important fantasy intel.

Regardless of the scenario, here is your chance to catch-up. Below are the most informative and entertaining tweets, vines and gifs that will get you back in business. Expect a weekly social media round up like this every Sunday for the rest of the season. Enough with the chatter, let’s see what happened this week on “the twitter” (probably what your mom calls it).

Injury News

Dustin Brown was ejected for this knee to knee contact with Calder Trophy hopeful and energizer bunny Tomas Hertl. Please refrain from any “hert” puns while Hertl misses the next month with a “lower-body injury”.

Marian Gaborik returns…..

……and he’s gone.

Shane Doan misses time due to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, which against all odds is actually a real thing.

https://twitter.com/YahooPuckDaddy/status/414244312390463490

Injury woes continue for Calgary. Curtis Glencross is the latest victim.

https://twitter.com/PatIversen/status/414462585589600256

Biggest Winners

Martin Jones (66% owned in Yahoo! leagues) improves to 8-0 in his 8 starts. He surrendered only 3 goals on 81 shots this week, earning 3 wins including a shutout.

Matt Duchene only amassed 9 points…in the past 7 games. Sochi. That is all.

The Great 8 became the NHL’s first 30 goal scorer this season.

Chris Stewart records a hat trick as the Blues dismantle Edmonton

Antione Vermette tacks on a hat trick and GWG against his former team, the Ottawa Senators.

Goal of the Year Alert!

Claude Giroux is thanking fantasy owners for giving him a chance after his slow start. He has 11 points in the last 2 weeks with a +6 rating and 25 shots on net.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GdY-XV7C4

Save of the Year Alert!

Jonas Gustavsson  has been fantasy relevant for nearly a month now, climbing into Yahoo!’s top 200 rankings. He was originally given next to no value at the 490th ranked player, but currently sits at 182 over the course of the season.

As for this save, I’m not sure what to even say. Feast your eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GdY-XV7C4

Now that you are all caught up, enjoy the last few games before the break. See you next week for another edition of twitter’s fantasy hockey week in review.