Ever since 1947, hockey fans look forward to the star studded, action-packed, hockey-filled weekend, the NHL All-Star Weekend. It is filled with crazy skills competition, everyone’s favorite players, and of course, the All-Star Game. The 2020 NHL All-Star Weekend took place in St. Louis at the Enterprise Center, which is home to the St. Louis Blues.

The weekend started with a Skills Competition on January 24, 2020, the night before the all-star game. The five events in this competition are “Fastest Skater”, “Save Streak”, “Accuracy Shooting”, “Hardest Shot”, and “Shooting Stars”. In the “Fastest Skater” competition, New York Islander forward, Mathew Barzel, took the win with a 13.175 second finish. The “Save Streak” title was taken by Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues even though Thomas Hertl tried to distract him with a Justin Bieber head cutout during his shot on Binnington. Carolina Hurricanes defenseman won the “Accuracy Shooting” competition after knocking down all five targets in 9.505 seconds. The “Hardest Shot” crown was taken by Shea Weber of the Montreal Canadiens with this 106.5 mph shot at the target. Lastly, in the new competition titled “Shooting Stars“, the players are places on a lifted platform behind the goal and must shoot at targets out on the ice. This competition was won by Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks.

When it came to the All-Star game, the players were split into four teams; Metropolitan, Central, Atlantic, and Pacific. Atlantic took on Metropolitan in the first semifinal game. Atlantic ended up getting the win, 9-5, led by captain David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins. Pacific then defeated Central in a 10-5 win in the second semifinal game. They were led by captain Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers. In the final game of the All-Star bracket, Atlantic took on Pacific in a very competitive matchup. It ended with a 5-4 Pacific win!

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