NHL All-Star Skills Competition

Usually the Skills Competition is the most entertaining part of all star weekend, assuming that the game is just goal after goal with little to no defense to be found. This years competition was pretty entertaining. Also everything was sponsored.


Make the jump for our breakdown of the action...




Player intros took forever, but were cool with the exception of Patrick Sharp's.

Awkward City.

Staal won the puck toss and defers to Lidstrom.

Bridgestone Fastest Skater.

Fastest Skater Backwards:
Keith vs. Letang
Letang- 16.132
Keith- 16.slower time than Letang

Fastest Skater Forwards:
Grabner vs. Hall
Grabner-14.061
Hall-14.621

Fastest Skater Goalies:
Thomas vs. Ward
Thomas - 19.0
Ward - 18.895

Skater:
Kesler vs. St. Louis
Kesler- 14.786
St. Louis- 14.763

Skater:
Stamkos vs. Green
Stamkos-14.731
Green-15.2

Skater:
Duchene vs. M. Staal
Staal- Time came up as like 9 seconds. No way. Loser.
Duchene- 14.779

Finals:
Grabner vs. Hall
Grabner-14.238
Hall-14.714

Grabner won the overall comp, good for him making the Islanders look legit

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Blackberry Breakaway Challenge:

Not many notable shots this year in my opinion.
Perry had a nice lacrosse-esque shot.
Ovechkin was flashy as always.
Fleury is the most entertaining goalie ever.
Price is not. What a dick.

Technical Standings
1st-Ovechkin
2nd-Subban
3rd-Eriksson

Standings in my Heart
1st-Marc-Andre Fleury
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McDonald's Accuracy Shooting

Shooting was pretty entertaining this year I thought.
Sharp went 4 for 4 but Toews called false start.
Then Daniel Sedin decided he wanted the competition
so he wrecked every target in the tricounty area in like 3 shots.

Sedin Wins 8-9
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Gatorade Skills Challenge Relay.

(One-timers to accuracy passing to weaving to puck handling to more accuracy shooting)
If it sounds like a mess, that's because it was a little bit of a mess. It was still entertaining and awesome to watch, but there were moments of concern.
Everyone messed up puck handling.

Staal- One-Timers- Sedin, Staal, Chara
Accuracy Passing- Boyle
Weaving- Ennis
Puck Handling- Stastny
Accuracy Shooting- Perry
Total Time - 2:18

Lidstrom- One-Timers- Lidstrom, Richards, Eriksson
Accuracy Passing- H. Sedin
Weaving- St. Louis
Puck Handling- Duchene
Accuracy Shooting- Toews
Total Time- 2:09

Staal- One Timers- Letang, Green, Giroux
Accuracy Passing- Mcbain
Weaving- Backes
Puck Handling- M. Staal
Accuracy Shooting- Skinner
Total Time- 2:34

Lidstrom- One Timer- Weber, Byfuglien, Kessel
Accuracy Passing- Kane
Weaving- Yandle
Puck Handling- Shattenkirk
Accuracy Shooting- Briere
Total Time- 2:33


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XM Hardest Shot

Always an awesome competition and this year was no disappointment.

Backes- 96.9
Burns- 98.4
Seguin- 97.1
Fowler- 93.8
Kopitar- 94.5
Sharp- 94.6
Weber-104.8
Chara-104.1
Byfuglien-102.4
Nash-91.4
Ovechkin- 98.2
Stamkos- 101.9

FINALS:
Weber- 103.0
Chara- 105.9

New World Record by Chara. What an animal.
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Discover Elimination Shootout

First Round Goals:
-Byfuglien
-Subban
-Briere
-Perry
-Nash
-St. Louis
-Kane
-Coture
-Karlsson
-Shattenkirk
-Havlat
-E. Staal

Second Round Goals:
-Perry
-St. Louis

Third Round Goals:
-Perry


Winner- Corey Perry
Runner Up- Marin St. Louis

This comp was pretty cool. Ward was really disappointing in my opinion. Perry is such a sniper.

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Final Score:
Team Lidstrom- 22
Team Staal- 33