Nhl all star game superskills

The game was preceded by a circus arts display and a concert was held between the second and third periods. Unlike previous years, the Skills Competition did not have players playing on the behalf of their respective conferences thus, there was no conference-based scoring and the team-based Obstacle Course was removed. The Fastest Skater event reverted back to the traditional one-lap format.

The breakaway challenge used Jason Maggio , a local minor hockey goaltender defending the goal to answer criticisms that the all-star goaltenders simply poke-checked the players as they were making the shot as well as the player being able to take as many shots as possible in one minute instead of only one shot.

Finally, instead of being a judged competition, the breakaway challenge allowed the public to vote for the winner via text messaging. Evgeni Malkin won the shooting accuracy over Dany Heatley in a sudden death shoot-off after both score 4-for-4 in the preliminaries. Malkin shot missing the last target while Heatley hit his first two but missed on the third. Andrew Cogliano walked off as the winner of the Fastest Skater competition.

Zdeno Chara won the event, with a record The Elimination Shootout involved all 40 skaters but only four of the six goaltenders - leaving Roberto Luongo as the only player to not participate in any of the skills events , with the goaltenders being able to choose which skaters they will face off against. The field was narrowed from 40 to just 12 after one round, and Shane Doan eventually outlasted Marc Savard after 7 rounds including two rounds in which none of the three remaining players — Doan, Savard, nor Milan Hejduk — scored.

For the first time, the YoungStars game, part of the the Skills Competition featured a three-on-three rookies versus sophomores format, consisting of three six-minute periods with the clock stopping only within the last minute of each game. Unlike last year, YoungStars goaltenders have been named, though sophomore goaltender Carey Price volunteered to do double duty after Erik Ersberg withdrew from the game due to injury.

Basically, the players skate one full lap as fast as they can, and the fastest time wins. Hall recently posted a time of He's a serious threat to win the Fastest Skater this year after blowing by defensemen all season. In the Breakaway Challenge, shooters are trying to score by making the most creative move. The most memorable Breakaway Challenge attempt was by Alexander Ovechkin when he put on a hat and sunglasses before going in for his shot. Each shooter gets four attempts from anywhere in the offensive zone, and the winner is decided by fans text messaging in their votes.

Considering Ovie is the only player to have won this event, the smart money is on him to win it again. Ovechkin seems to have more ideas for crazy, ridiculous attempts in the Breakaway Challenge and should be the main threat to win it again this year.

If you remember the crazy goal Stamkos scored in this video, or if you've watched him at all in the last two years, you know he's really good. Stamkos leads the league in goals, and should have some fun stuff in store for us in this Breakaway Challenge.

Another event that's pretty much stayed the same for a long time, this event was absolutely dominated by Ray Bourque, who won it five years in a row, and eight times in eleven. A shooter stands in the slot and takes alternating passes from each corner. He fires shots at the four 15" targets that are in each corner of the net, and the less shots to hit them all, the better. In , he hit all four targets in just five shots. Dominik Hasek Arturs Irbe.

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