I miss the days of seeing NHL Hall-of-Famers Ray Bourque, Mark Messier or Brendan Shanahan rocking the accuracy contest at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition. This year it was John Tavares, Evgeni Malkin, and Joe Pavelski starring but nobody could hit the elusive four-for-four. Check it out below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma3W0loBhck
Participants/Results (from NHL.com):
East shooters:
John Tavares, New York Islanders / 12.294
Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins / 23.362
Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers / 17.254
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins / 16.179
East passers: Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals; Jaromir Jagr, Florida Panthers
West shooters:
Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks /
Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks / 14.088
Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks / 13.771
Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars / 16.664
West passers: Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings; Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues
Tavares wins event
Malkin was THAT close to the win, had he not attempted to get the crowd into it, he couldn’ve won…
