Congrats to the Pacific Division for winning the tournament! Massive congratulations to John Scott on winning MVP! Scott had 2 goals in the tournament and deserves all the glory from tonight. The format definitely looked good tonight and the players looked fast and were able to show off their skills. I hope you all enjoyed the fun!
Team Atlantic won the first game! They will face the winner of Pacific vs. Central in the final game.
Sunday, 1/31:
Team Metropolitan vs. Team Atlantic (5 pm ET) Team Pacific vs. Team Central (6 pm ET) Winner of East and West will face off at 7 pm ET. *Roster changes: John Tavares was named the Metropolitan captain due to Ovechkin's injury. Evgeny Kuznetsov (Washington Capitals) replaced Ovechkin's spot on the team. James Neal (Nashville Predators) replaced injured Jonathan Toews's spot on Team Central. Good News: John Scott won the battle and will still play as the captain of Team Pacific despite being traded to Montréal. I hope everyone enjoys this game because it is meant to be light and fun. This game will also signal the end of the first half and the push for the playoffs will now be enforced harder than ever. Good luck to all your teams because this time is crucial. The All-Star Game will air on Sunday, Jan. 31 (5 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports). More details will come in the next post!
The 44 players will also be involved in the Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports) This is the full Eastern Conference All-Stars Skills Competition roster: NHL Fastest Skater: Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings; Brandon Saad, Columbus Blue Jackets; Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators; Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Breakaway Challenge: Brandon Saad, Columbus Blue Jackets; Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals; P.K. Subban, Montreal Canadiens; Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils NHL Accuracy Shooting Shooters: John Tavares, New York Islanders; Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins; Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers; Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins Passers: Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals; Jaromir Jagr, Florida Panthers NHL Hardest Shot: Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers; Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins; Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning; PK Subban, Montreal Canadiens NHL Skills Challenge Relay One-timer right shooters: Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers; Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators; Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning One-timer passer: Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins Mini-net passer: Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals Puck control relay: Justin Faulk, Carolina Hurricanes Stick Handling: Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Goals: Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals One-timer left shooters: Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers; Leo Komarov, Toronto Maple Leafs; Ryan O'Reilly, Buffalo Sabres One-timer passer: Jaromir Jagr, Florida Panthers Mini-net passer: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals Puck control relay: Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins Stick handling: Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings Goalie Goals: Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Shootout Round 1: Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins; Jaromir Jagr, Florida Panthers; P.K. Subban, Montreal Canadiens; Ryan O'Reilly, Buffalo Sabres; Leo Komarov, Toronto Maple Leafs; Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers; Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers Round 2: Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins; Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals; Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning; Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals; Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers; Justin Faulk, Carolina Hurricanes; Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals Round 3: Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers; Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings; John Tavares, New York Islanders; Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins; Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators; Brandon Saad, Columbus Blue Jackets; Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils Now, here is the full Western Conference All-Stars Skills Competition roster: NHL Fastest Skater: Roman Josi, Nashville Predators; Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche; Taylor Hall, Edmonton Oilers; Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets NHL Breakaway Challenge: James Neal, Nashville Predators; Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche; Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks; Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings NHL Accuracy Shooting Shooters: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks; Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks; Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks; Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars Passers: Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings; Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues NHL Skills Challenge Relay One-timer right shooters: Shea Weber, Nashville Predators; Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings; Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks One-timer passer: Taylor Hall, Edmonton Oilers Mini-net passer: Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks Puck control relay: Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames Stick Handling: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks Goalie Goals: Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators One-timer left shooters: Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames; James Neal, Nashville Predators; Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues One-timer passer: Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche Mini-net passer: Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars Puck Control relay: Roman Josi, Nashville Predators Stick handling: Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars Goalie Goals: Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild NHL Hardest Shot: Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets; Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars; John Scott; Shea Weber, Nashville Predators NHL Shootout Round 1: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks; Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche, Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks; Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames; Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues; Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks; Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild Round 2: Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks; Taylor Hall, Edmonton Oilers; Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars; James Neal, Nashville Predators; Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames; Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets; John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks Round 3: John Scott; Shea Weber, Nashville Predators; Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars; Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks; Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings; Roman Josi, Nashville Predators; Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators The AHL is having its All-Star Game this weekend also! This is a good opportunity to see future NHL stars at their best. These players will definitely do their best to impress their NHL affiliates so this is definitely a good watch.
Skills Competition: January 31st (8 pm ET) All-Star Challenge: February 1st (7 pm ET) Information on where you can watch: http://theahl.com/mobile/?bblh=mSafari&t=mobile_news_article&s=&p=200960 I found this interesting article on NHL.com and I hope that you all get the chance to read it. I really enjoy that some players are open about having a female coach one day because some may not want that. Female coaches are starting to appear more recently in football and basketball and they are trail blazing a path for other female coaches in other sports. Maybe some day we won't make a huge deal about female coaches and they will become normal alongside male coaches. I hope to see positive progression for women in sports in the present and future.
Flames' Giordano: Women could coach in NHL: http://www.nhl.com/ice/m_news.htm?id=799242 Team Knight:
Kacey Bellamy Kelli Stack Kaleigh Fratkin Janine Weber Jaimie Leonoff Alyssa Gagliardi Jordan Smelker Brianne McLaughlin Shelby Bram Amanda Pelkey Jordan Brickner Team Pfalzer: Brianna Decker Meghan Duggan Kelley Steadman Nana Fujimoto Megan Bozek Gigi Marvin Blake Bolden Brittany Ott Shiann Darkangelo Emily Field Zoe Hickel Here are the standings before the All Star Game tomorrow:
Connecticut Whale (11-2) Boston Pride (9-3) Buffalo Beauts (3-8) New York Riveters (3-8) The All-Star Game is at 2 pm ET and updates can be found on their Twitter. The actual game may be streamed on their website. Scores:
*Sweden 2 Russia 1 *Bronze Medal Winner! **United States 3 Canada 2 **Gold Medal Winner!!!!! Major congratulations to the American team for their victory in the tournament! Everyone fought so hard in this tournament and it definitely was not easy. The Americans won in Overtime from a goal by Natalie Snodgrass. Condolences to the Canadian team because they did great this year but everyone won't appreciate their effort now. Don’t let that get you down because you are more than what others think. "Now we're in the game we want to be in, and we're looking forward to a better start against the U.S. than the last time." -Emma Maltais |
ThoughtOne century of this game and League is a wonderful milestone to celebrate. Let's hope to do this in the next century! Archives
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