(Courtesy Rockford IceHogs)

1st Star: LW Jeremy Morin, Rockford (AHL)
The Line: 3GP, 2G, 2A

Rockford broke their six-game slide last week, winning two of their three contests. Morin contributed to both victories, recording multi-point games on Feb. 5 at Texas (1G, 1A) and Feb. 8 at Peoria (1G, 1A). Morin’s 16 goals ties him with captain Martin St. Pierre for the team lead that category, and his 27 points are tied for third on the squad, after St. Pierre and Brandon Pirri.

Carruth’s 26-save shutout on Feb. 2 vs. Spokane was his league-leading sixth of the season, breaking yet another Portland goaltending mark. The 2010 seventh-round draft pick currently boasts a 23-3-2 record, a 1.83 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage (tied for best in the WHL), and has yet to lose more than one game in regulation in each month of play this season.

1st Star: C Phillip Danault, Moncton (QMJHL)
The Line: 4GP, 7A, +6

Four games in five days? No sweat for the Wildcats, as they blazed through their tough schedule to extend their win streak to eight games and counting. Danault continued on his recent tear, racking up seven helpers in those four games, three of them coming on Jan. 25 at Acadie-Bathurst. The 2011 draft pick has now amassed 15 points in his first eight games with Moncton, which now ranks second in the Maritime Division and fifth overall in the QMJHL.

Danault’s first full week of action with Moncton proved fruitful indeed, as the Wildcats outscored their opponents 20-4 en route to winning all three games on the slate. Danault himself tallied a goal in each contest and added four helpers, including a four-point night (1G, 3A) on Jan. 16 vs. Saint John. The two-way center also helped his team in the puck possession game, winning 58.5 percent of his draws last week (31-for-53).

The IceHogs won two of three last week, and Saad played a big part in both victories, netting a single-game high of four points (1G, 3A) against Grand Rapids, a total that ties the franchise rookie single-game record set by Jack Skille in the 2007-08 season. The next night, in Milwaukee, Saad tallied a goal and an assist, scoring the overtime game-winner, and his hot streak earned him CCM/AHL Player of the Week honors.

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Alex Broadhurst (left) and Michael Paliotta were invited to Team USA's Evaluation Camp later this summer.

Two Blackhawks prospects from the 2011 draft class have been invited to Team USA's Evaluation Camp, which will take place from Aug. 4-11 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Defenseman Michael Paliotta (70th overall) from Westport, Conn., and center Alex Broadhurst (199th overall) from Orland Park, Ill., both received invitations to attend development camp for the first time.

Before the Blackhawks take the podium to announce the 18th overall selection of the 2012 NHL Draft, the Blackhawks Blog takes you through the history of the team's greatest draft picks, and how they spent their time in the Blackhawks sweater.

C Jeremy Roenick - Selected 8th overall in the 1988 Entry Draft

One of the greatest American-born goalscorers in franchise and league history, Roenick was an undisputed gem for the Blackhawks, who selected him in the first round of the 1988 Entry Draft.

Michael Frolik will take home a bronze medal from the 2012 IIHF World Championship after the Czech Republic defeated Finland 3-2 Sunday.

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