- NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition
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The NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition, originally known as the National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition, is an event on the night preceding the All-Star Game. Started at the 41st National Hockey League All-Star Game in Pittsburgh in 1990, the NHL uses the event to showcase the talents of its all-star participants. Events include accuracy shooting, fastest skater, Skills Challenge Relay, hardest shot, Breakaway Challenge, and an Elimination Shootout. The two All-Star teams select representatives for each event, with points awarded to the winning team.
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Current Events
Fastest Skater
The purpose of the event is to be fastest skater around a lap of the rink.
Winners
Season Player Time (seconds)† 1992 Sergei Fedorov 14.363 1993 Mike Gartner 13.510 1994 Sergei Fedorov 13.525 1996 Mike Gartner 13.386 1997 Peter Bondra 13.610 1998 Scott Niedermayer 13.560 1999 Peter Bondra 14.640 2000 Sami Kapanen 13.649 2001 Bill Guerin 13.690 2002 Sami Kapanen 14.039 2003 Marian Gaborik 13.713 2004 Scott Niedermayer 13.783 2007 Andy McDonald 14.03 2008 Shawn Horcoff 14.395 2009 Andrew Cogliano 14.31 2011 Michael Grabner 14.238 ^ †:Time in final round is listed
Breakaway Challenge
From the 2007–08 season onwards, the Breakaway Challenge format was changed to a "slam dunk" style challenge, where individual shooters showcase creative and skillful breakaways, with the winner being determined by fan voting via text messaging.
Winners
Season Player 2008 Alexander Ovechkin 2009 Alexander Ovechkin 2011 Alexander Ovechkin Accuracy Shooting
The purpose of the event is to hit the four targets attached to the four corners of a goal. On eight occasions has a player hit all four targets on the minimum number of attempts; Ray Bourque in 1992 and 1993, Mark Messier in 1996, Jeremy Roenick in 2004, Tomas Kaberle in 2008, and Dany Heatley, Evgeni Malkin in 2009, and Daniel Sedin in 2011.
Winners
Season Team Player Hits/Shots# 1990 Wales Conference Ray Bourque 4/7 1991 Campbell Conference Mark Messier 4/6 1992 Wales Conference Ray Bourque 4/4 1993 Wales Conference Ray Bourque 4/4 1994 Western Conference Brendan Shanahan 4/5 1996 Eastern Conference Mark Messier 4/4 1997 Eastern Conference Ray Bourque 4/7 1998 North America Ray Bourque
Peter Forsberg
Brendan Shanahan4/6 1999 North America Ray Bourque
Keith Tkachuk
Jeremy Roenick4/6 2000 World Ray Bourque
Viktor Kozlov4/5 2001 North America Ray Bourque 4/6 2002 North America Jarome Iginla
Markus Naslund4/6 2003 Eastern Conference Jeremy Roenick 4/6 2004 Eastern Conference Jeremy Roenick 4/4 2007 Eastern Conference Eric Staal
Marian Hossa4/5 2008 Eastern Conference Tomas Kaberle 4/5 2009 Eastern Conference Evgeni Malkin 3/4 2011 Team Staal Daniel Sedin 4/5 ^ #:Score in final round is listed
Skills Challenge Relay
This event consists of the following relays:
- One timers - three shooters must each score three goals from various locations in the offensive zone
- Passing - one passer must complete a pass into six small nets
- Puck Control Relay - one skater with the puck skates through a series of cones
- Stick Handling - one skater controls the puck through a series of pucks
- Accuracy Shooting - one shooter must hit four targets
Winners
Season Team 2011 Team Lidstrom Hardest Shot
The purpose of the event is to have the hardest shot. Zdeno Chara owns the record for the hardest shot with 105.9 mph (170.4 km/h) in 2011, besting his own previous record of 105.4 in 2009. Prior to Chara the record was held by Al Iafrate at 105.2 mph.
Winners
Season Player Speed (mph) 1990 Al Iafrate 96.0 1991 Al MacInnis 94.0 1992 Al MacInnis 93.0 1993 Al Iafrate 105.2 1994 Al Iafrate 102.7 1996 Dave Manson 98.0 1997 Al MacInnis 98.9 1998 Al MacInnis 100.4 1999 Al MacInnis 98.5 2000 Al MacInnis 100.1 2001 Fredrik Modin 102.1 2002 Sergei Fedorov 101.5 2003 Al MacInnis 98.9 2004 Sheldon Souray
Adrian Aucoin102.2 2007 Zdeno Chara 100.4 2008 Zdeno Chara 103.1 2009 Zdeno Chara 105.4 2011 Zdeno Chara 105.9 Elimination Shootout
The purpose of the event is for individual scorers to try to score on a breakaway against an opposing goalie. Shooters who score stay alive in the contest while those failing to score are eliminated. The contest goes until all shooters are eliminated but one, with that shooter being the winner.
Winners
Season Player 2008 Dion Phaneuf 2009 Shane Doan 2011 Corey Perry Past Events
Puck Control Relay
The purpose of the event is to be fastest skater over the course while also maintaining control of the puck through a series of pylons. There are two races; the first where each team has three skaters in a race against each other and the second for the best individuals of each conference. One goal awarded to the winning team of each competition.
Winners
Season Team Player 1990 Campbell Conference none 1991 Campbell Conference none 1992 Campbell Conference none 1993 Wales Conference none 1994 Eastern Conference Russ Courtnall 1996 Western Conference Pierre Turgeon 1997 Western Conference Geoff Sanderson 1998 World Teemu Selanne 1999 North America Paul Kariya 2000 World Paul Kariya 2001 North America Paul Kariya 2002 World Paul Kariya 2003 Western Conference Martin St. Louis 2004 Western Conference Rick Nash 2007 Western Conference Rick Nash 2008 Western Conference Shawn Horcoff Breakaway Relay
The purpose of the event is to use teamwork to score on a breakaway against an opposing goalie. Points are awarded to the team with the most goals and the individual goalie who lets in the least number of goals.
Winners
Season Team Player 1991 Campbell Conference Mike Vernon 1992 Wales Conference Mike Richter
Don Beaupre1993 Campbell Conference Jon Casey
Mike Vernon
Ed Belfour1994 Western Conference Curtis Joseph 1996 Eastern Conference Dominik Hasek 1997 World Dominik Hasek
Guy Hebert1998 World
North AmericaDominik Hasek 1999 World Dominik Hasek
Arturs Irbe2000 World Tommy Salo 2001 World Sean Burke
Evgeni Nabokov2002 North America Dominik Hasek
Patrick Roy2003 Western Conference Patrick Roy 2004 Eastern Conference Roberto Luongo 2007 Western Conference Roberto Luongo Goaltenders Competition
Points are awarded to the goalie allowing the fewest goals against in In the Zone and Shootout/Breakaway Relay Events.
Winners
Season Player Goals Against, Shots 1990 Kirk McLean 4, 27 1991 Patrick Roy 2, 25 1992 Mike Richter 2, 25 1993 Jon Casey 5, 40 1994 John Vanbiesbrouck
Patrick Roy4, 16 1996 Dominik Hasek 4, 16 1997 John Vanbiesbrouck 2, 16 1998 Dominik Hasek 3, 16 1999 Arturs Irbe 2, 16 2000 Mike Richter 2, 16 2001 Sean Burke 4, 13 2002 Dominik Hasek
Patrick Roy1, 9 2003 Patrick Roy 1, 9 2004 Roberto Luongo 1, 12 2007 Roberto Luongo 0, 12 SuperSkills Conference winner
Season Team 1990 Campbell Conference 1991 Wales Conference 1992 Wales Conference 1993 Campbell Conference 1994 Western Conference 1996 Western Conference 1997 Eastern Conference 1998 World 1999 World 2000 World 2001 North America 2002 World 2003 Western Conference 2004 Eastern Conference 2007 Eastern Conference 2008 Eastern Conference 2009 Eastern Conference 2011 Team Staal External links
- The National Hockey League (NHL) All Star Game Superskills Competition
- Results -- 2008 SuperSkills Competition
- Bruins' Chara breaks hardest shot mark
- 1990-2009 Results
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