as for the skills challenge tomorrow...
http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2017/01/27/...s-competition/
Quote:
Skills Challenge Relay
Event: Seven skaters and a goalie from each team compete in five challenges that include one-timers, passing puck control, stick-handling and a goalie goals. Each skill must be completed by the player responsible for it before the next player can attempt theirs. The team with fasted time in each heat wins one point, while the team with the fastest overall time gets a bonus point.
this sort of thing is always super meh, but i guess they need it to involve everyone and fill time
Quote:
Four Line Challenge
Event: This is a new event at the 2017 skills competition. Here is the official description from the NHL: 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. [etc, etc, etc]
The participants
Atlantic Division: Central Division: Ryan Suter, Tyler Seguin, P.K. Subban, Nathan MacKinnon
Pacific Division: Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns, Ryan Kesler, Bo Horvat
Atlantic Division: Nikita Kucherov, Erik Karlsson, Vincent Trocheck, Shea Weber
Metropolitan Division: Ryan McDonagh, Wayne Simmonds, Taylor Hall, Seth Jones
this seems good in theory, but probably play out super tediously
Quote:
Accuracy Shooting
Event: Two players from each team will attempt to hit four 15-inch diameter targets located in each corner of the net. The shooter to hit all four targets in the shortest time period wins. The winner from each match up earns a point for their team, while the player that wins with the fastest overall time gets a bonus point. If anybody beats Daniel Sedin‘s record of hitting all four targets in 7.3 records they also earn their team an additional bonus point.
The participants
Kyle Okposo vs. John Tavares
Auston Matthews vs. Sidney Crosby
Patrik Laine vs. Connor McDavid
Patrick Kane vs. Jeff Carter
1 of the 3 gold standard events, most accurate shooter always a solid brag
Quote:
Faster Skater
Event: The track for the head-to-head races is the rink split in half lengthways. The skater with the fastest time in the head-to-head races will skate a full lap of the outside of the rink in an attempt to break Dylan Larkin‘s record of 13.172 seconds. The winner of each match scores one point, the team with the fastest skater scores a bonus, and if anybody breaks Dylan Larkin’s record their team will be awarded a bonus point.
The participants
Brad Marchand vs. Cam Atkinson
Nikita Kucherov vs. Taylor Hall
Vladimir Tarasenko vs. Bo Horvat
Nathan MacKinnon vs. Connor McDavid
#2
Quote:
Hardest Shot
The Event: Pretty self explanatory. Who can shoot the puck the hardest?
The participants
Victor Hedman vs. Seth Jones
Shea Weber vs. Alex Ovechkin
Patrik Laine vs. Brent Burns
P.K. Subban vs. Drew Doughty
#3
then the breakaway goal thing that everyone does for like 2 minutes or whatever, not to be confused with their version of the dunk contest breakaway thing that they scrapped this year
(thought it was improving actually, but it is hard to come up with original material)
that team was alright
