Friday’s 2022 NHL All-Star Skills mixed some oldies but goodies with a dash of the new, and did well to keep the mood fun.Breakaway Challenge returns… and this time it’s scripted
The league worked with the players to dream up fun ways to dress up a deke, and invited a panel of celebrity judges on the ice to rate the moves in real-time, the way the NBA does with its dunk contest.Kirill Kaprizov dressing up like Alex Ovechkin doing a “hot stick” celebration. Alex DeBrincat recreatingwith Raiders quarterback Derek Carr. A miniature Jack Hughes popping out of a magic box and tossing his stick into the crowd. A glow-in-the-dark marching band.
Players were boated out to an island and challenged to fire illuminated pucks into a series of targets located on smaller islands as fast as they could.Three-time Olympic medallist Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, a guest contestant, had no issue holding her own with the men and received a thunderous ovation inside T-Mobile when her speedy performance aired on the Jumbotron.“Every time I come to Vegas now, I’ll walk by the fountains or drive by them and I’ll have that memory,” Werenski said.
“Kyrou did a great job,” acknowledged McDavid, a three-time champ who finished a surprising fourth place. “There’s so many fast skaters in this league, and you saw it firsthand tonight.”
lukefoxjukebox EMBARRASSING.. I Used to like watching the skills competition but they turned it into a complete fuckin circus this year..
lukefoxjukebox Absolute joke how they could award breakaway challenge to the absolute worst attempt that didn’t even score. Zegras goal was one of the best ever. That results makes a joke out of weekend.
lukefoxjukebox Incredible