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NHL explains new rink-length shot event at All-Star Game

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The NHL released details on its All-Star Game Skills Competition next Saturday night in Los Angeles. We’re going to have all the usual fun, and one new event that’s going to replace the glorious prop comedy of the Breakaway Challenge (RIP).

Keep in mind this is a divisional format, with the overall winner picking which team they wanted to face first in Sunday’s 3-on-3 tournament.

So this season, we’ll have:

Gatorade NHL Skills Challenge Relay. The one with the one-timers, the puck control around traffic cones, the stick-handling, the goalie goals and those dumb passing into mini-nets. Points Available: 3 – The team with the fastest time in each heat scores one point; the team with the fastest overall time scores one bonus point.

DraftKings NHL Accuracy Shooting. Jonathan Toews, shooting at Styrofoam. Points Available: 6 –The winner of each match-up scores one point; the player who hits all four targets in the fastest time scores the bonus point for his team. If a player breaks Daniel Sedin’s record of 7.3 seconds, they score one bonus point for their team.

Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater. Please, sit in awe of Connor McDavid. Points Available: 6 – The winner of each match-up scores one point; the team with the fastest skater scores a bonus point; if the fastest skater is successful in breaking Dylan Larkin’s record of 13.172 seconds, an additional bonus point will be awarded to his team.

Oscar Mayer NHL Hardest Shot. Early congrats to Shea Weber. Points Available: 6 – The winner of each match-up scores one point; the team with the player who has the hardest shot scores one bonus point; if a player breaks Zdeno Chara’s record of 108.8 mph, they score one bonus point for their team.

Discover NHL Shootout. The proper shootout, with nine skaters and two goaltenders from each of the top-scoring teams from the Eastern Conference and Western Conference will participate. Captains of respective teams will choose one additional skater from the other team in their conference. Captains of respective teams will choose one additional skater from the other team in their conference. Goals scored count as one point. The captains’ selections from the losing teams will be designated Discover puck players, and goals scored by these players will count as two points. Points Available: 1 point for every goal scored; 2 points for every goal scored with a Discover puck.

Finally, here are the details on the new event, the Honda NHL Four Line Challenge.

From the NHL:

This event involves four shooters from each team. Each shooter will shoot from one of four shooting positions; near blue line, center line, far blue line and far goal line. The first shooter from each team takes two shots from the near blue line in an attempt to score goals in either the upper left or upper right corner of the net. Successful shots score one point for their team. The second shooter from each team takes two shots from center ice in an attempt to score goals in one of the four corners of the net. Successful shots in the lower corners score one point and successful shots in the upper corners score three points for their team. The third shooter from each team takes two shots from the far blue line in an attempt to score a goal in one of the four corners of the net or the five hole. Successful shots in the lower corners or five hole score one point and successful shots in the upper corners score five points for their team. The fourth shooter from each team takes two shots from the far goal line in an attempt to score a goal in the five hole. Successful shots score 10 points for their team. Captains can substitute the fourth shooter with a goalie. A successful shot by a goalie is awarded 20 points for their team. Points Available: 1 – The Team with most points at end of event scores one point.

Oh no! New things! How ever will they get the players to participate in this strange new event?!

Same thing they always do: Give’em a car.

CRV
CRV

In addition, the first All-Star to score two goals in the five hole from the far goal line will win the new 2017 Honda CRV.

Check out the skills competition on Saturday!

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