Only the Game Left

Yesterday featured a variety of events before the the Skills Competition and Young Stars game.  The SuperSkills event had mixed reviews this year, with many blog posts around that look similar the Yahoo!‘s Ross McKeon.

The East won, or if you’re in Atlanta, Kovalchuk, East win skills competition.

All-Star Weekend comes to a close today after the All-Star game is played at 6PM eastern.  On the front of Yahoo!‘s NHL page is a video with McKeon talking about how the NHL could possibly “fix” the game.  The game can be seen on Versus and CBC.  Versus is currently running an ad campaign on this site related to the All-Star Game.

Some All-Star stories:

Thrashers GM Waddell hears boos at Philips
Born Winner
All-Star Vokoun has made believers out of Panthers teammates, opponents alike
First All-Star MVP known for slap shots and slapstick
For Dallas Stars’ Ribeiro, getting here half the battle
He punched his ticket
Tim’s time to shine
Hard work pays off
Coyotes’ Jovanovski at top of game
Paddock takes a shine to stars
Skills event not a thrill for all
Crosby’s absence a downer

All-Star scrappers

John took a look at the Western Conference All-Stars and highlighted some players and some of their memorable fights.  A look at the Eastern Conference comes today.

Beech property

Kris Beech was claimed off of waivers again yesterday.  That’s technically his fourth NHL team within the past month, although he never played a game for the Capitals.

Videos added

Tie Domi vs Mike Peluso Oct 12, 1993
Claude Boivin vs Tony Twist Jan 25, 1994
Sandy McCarthy vs Alek Stojanov Apr 20, 1995
Reid Simpson vs Tie Domi Mar 6, 1996
Chris Gratton vs Evgeny Artyukhin Feb 28, 2006
Patrick Roy vs Chris Osgood Apr 1, 1998
Warren Rychel vs Kirk Maltby Apr 1, 1998
Adam Deadmarsh vs Brendan Shanahan Apr 1, 1998

Some reads

Maple Leafs have their own red-letter dates
Betting on black
Sound Bites
Players object to Europe games
Checking accounts for Jackets’ success
Oshawa player suspended 8 games for spear on Stamkos
Loonie Economics in the N.H.L.
NHL’s stars need some attention
Hockey still a tough sell in the South
Lucic makes most of fowl start
‘Not ready for prime-time consideration’
Status, looks elevate Staal