Sports Blog #4

The NHL All-Star weekend took place on January 25^th, 2020.  This All-Star weekend took place at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri.  This NHL weekend had many different events that were included and those were, NHL skills Competition, then an elite women’s 3 vs 3.  Afterwards, came the game between the American All-Stars vs the Canadian All-Stars.  Followed by three other games which was the Atlantic division vs the Metropolitan division, the Central Division vs the Pacific division, and then the Atlantic vs Pacific for the Final.  Atlantic won the first game, Pacific won the second and final game.  The Saint Louis Blue’s have hosted the NHL All-Star weekend for the third consecutive year, but first time with a 3v3 women’s hockey tournament, according to “nhl.com”.  Also, according to “nhl.com” the first NHL All-Star game was held in 1947.  This NHL All-Star weekend this year was the first ever time having an NHL skills challenge that included the “fastest skater”, the “save streak”, and “accuracy streak”.  Within the NHL All-Star weekend, the pacific beat the Atlantic 5-4 and David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins was name the most valuable player.  As may know the NHL All-Star weekend takes the biggest star players from each division making up four All-Star teams.  Each game consists of twenty minutes.  To become a All-Star for this weekend you must be voted on by the fans.  The winner of the All-Star weekend game takes the whole prize of one million dollars.  Lastly, the NHL All-Star weekend goes from January 25^th through January 28^th and as the NHL deputy commissioner says, “The NHL All-Star weekend provides a unique opportunity for our fans, players, clubs, and business partners to come together in one city to celebrate the game at its highest level”.