2011 NHL Super Skills Competition Results

Here are the results for the 2011 NHL Super Skills Competition, which was held on Saturday, January 29, 2011.

WINNERS
Fastest Skater: Michael Grabner, F - Team Staal (New York Islanders)
Breakaway Challenge: Alex Ovechkin, F - Team Staal (Washington Capitals)
Accuracy Shooting: Daniel Sedin, F - Team Staal (Vancouver Canucks)
Skills Challenge Relay: Team Lidstrom
Hardest Shot: Zdeno Chara, D - Team Staal (Boston Bruins)
Elimination Shootout: Corey Perry, F - Team Staal (Anaheim Ducks)


FASTEST SKATER
Event Winner: Michael Grabner, F - Team Staal (New York Islanders) - 14.238 seconds

Backward Skating
Duncan Keith, D - Team Lidstrom - 16.167 seconds
Kris Letang, D - Team Staal - 16.132 seconds (winner)

Rookies
Taylor Hall, F - Team Lidstrom - 14.621 seconds
Michael Grabner, F - Team Staal - 14.061 seconds (winner)

Goalies
Tim Thomas, G - Team Lidstrom - fell (disqualified)
Cam Ward, G - Team Staal - 18.895 seconds (winner)

Forward Skating
Martin St. Louis, F - Team Lidstrom - 14.763 seconds (winner)
Ryan Kesler, F - Team Staal - 14.786 seconds

Steven Stamkos, F - Team Lidstrom - 14.731 seconds (winner)
Mike Green, D - Team Staal - 15.200 seconds

Matt Duchene, F - Team Lidstrom - 14.779 seconds (winner)
Marc Staal, D - Team Staal - fell (disqualified)

Tie-Breaker
Taylor Hall, F - Team Lidstrom - 14.715 seconds
Michael Grabner, F - Team Staal - 14.238 seconds (winner)

SCORE AFTER EVENT: Team Staal 5, Team Lidstrom 3


BREAKAWAY CHALLENGE (Determined by fan votes on most creative shot)
Event Winner: Alex Ovechkin, F - Team Staal (Washington Capitals) - 38.5%

Goalies: Marc-Andre Fleury - Team Lidstrom, Carey Price - Team Staal

Rookies
P.K. Subban, D - Team Staal - 21.3%
Evgeny Dadonov, F - Team Lidstrom - 2.1%

All-Stars
Corey Perry, F - Team Staal - 12.2%
Anze Kopitar, F - Team Lidstrom - 12.5%
Alex Ovechkin, F - Team Staal - 38.5%
Loui Eriksson, F - Team Lidstrom - 13.4%

SCORE AFTER EVENT: Team Staal 12, Team Lidstrom 4


ACCURACY SHOOTING (Fastest shooter to hit 4 targets)
Event Winner: Daniel Sedin, F - Team Staal (Vancouver Canucks) - 8.9 seconds

Passers: Nicklas Lidstrom, Danny Briere - Team Lidstrom
Passers: Dan Boyle, Paul Stastny - Team Staal

Shooters

Heat 1
Brad Richards, F - Team Lidstrom
Ryan Kesler, F - Team Staal - 9.6 seconds (winner)

Heat 2 (Rookies)
Derek Stepan, F - Team Lidstrom
Logan Couture, F - Team Staal - 12.4 seconds (winner)

Heat 3
Jonathan Toews, F - Team Lidstrom - 8.8 seconds (winner)
Patrick Sharp, F - Team Staal

Heat 4
Phil Kessel, F - Team Lidstrom
Rick Nash, F - Team Staal - 17.9 seconds (winner)

Heat 5
Patrick Kane, F - Team Lidstrom - 8.7 seconds (winner)
Eric Staal, F - Team Staal

Heat 6
Martin Havlat, F - Team Lidstrom
Daniel Sedin, F - Team Staal - 7.3 seconds (winner)

Heat 7 (Final)
Patrick Kane, F - Team Lidstrom
Daniel Sedin, F - Team Staal - 8.9 seconds (winner)

SCORE AFTER EVENT: Team Staal 18, Team Lidstrom 6


SKILLS CHALLENGE RELAY
Event Winner: Team Lidstrom - 2:09

Relay 1 (Left-handed shooters)

Team Lidstrom - 2:09
Nicklas Lidstrom, D - blue line shooter
Brad Richards, F - mid shooter
Loui Eriksson, F - side net shooter
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D - one-timer passer
Henrik Sedin, F - little net passing
Martin St. Louis, F - stickhandling around cones
Matt Duchene, F - stickhandling around pucks
Jonathan Toews, F - target shooting

Team Staal - 2:18
Zdeno Chara, D - blue line shooter
Eric Staal, F - mid shooter
Daniel Sedin, F - side net shooter
Erik Karlsson, D - one-timer passer
Dan Boyle, D - little net passing
Tyler Ennis, F - stickhandling around cones
Paul Stastny, F - stickhandling around pucks
Corey Perry, F - target shooting

Relay 2 (Right-handed shooters)

Team Lidstrom - 2:33
Shea Weber, D - blue line shooter
Dustin Byfuglien, D - mid shooter
Phil Kessel, F - side net shooter
Martin Havlat, F - one-timer passer
Patrick Kane, F - little net passing
Keith Yandle, D - stickhandling around cones
Kevin Shattenkirk, D - stickhandling around pucks
Danny Briere, F - target shooting

Team Staal - 2:34
Kris Letang, D - blue line shooting
Mike Green, D - mid shooter
Claude Giroux, F - side net shooter
Patrik Elias, F - one-timer passer
Jamie McBain, D - little net passing
David Backes, F - stickhandling around cones
Marc Staal, D - stickhandling around pucks
Jeff Skinner, F - target shooting

SCORE AFTER EVENT: Team Staal 21, Team Lidstrom 11


HARDEST SHOT
Event Winner: Zdeno Chara - Team Staal (Boston Bruins) - 105.9 MPH (new record)

Heat 1
Brent Burns, D - Team Lidstrom - 98.4 MPH (winner)
David Backes, F - Team Staal - 96.9 MPH

Heat 2
Cam Fowler, D - Team Lidstrom - 93.8 MPH
Tyler Seguin, F - Team Staal - 97.1 MPH (winner)

Heat 3
Anze Kopitar, F - Team Lidstrom - 94.5 MPH
Patrick Sharp, F - Team Staal - 94.6 MPH (winner)

Heat 4
Shea Weber, D - Team Lidstrom - 104.8 MPH (winner)
Zdeno Chara, D - Team Staal - 104.1 MPH

Heat 5
Dustin Byfuglien, D - Team Lidstrom - 102.4 MPH (winner)
Rick Nash, F - Team Staal - 91.4 MPH

Heat 6
Steven Stamkos, F - Team Lidstrom - 101.9 MPH (winner)
Alex Ovechkin, F - Team Staal - 98.2 MPH

Heat 7 (Final)
Shea Weber, D - Team Lidstrom - 103.0 MPH
Zdeno Chara, D - Team Staal - 105.9 MPH (winner) (new record)

SCORE AFTER EVENT: Team Staal 25, Team Lidstrom 15


ELIMINATION SHOOTOUT
Event Winner: Corey Perry, F - Team Staal (Anaheim Ducks) - 3 goals

Round 1

Team Lidstrom Shooters vs. Carey Price
Taylor Hall, F - Save (eliminated)
Henrik Sedin, F - Save (eliminated)
Keith Yandle, D - Save (eliminated)
Dustin Byfuglien, D - Goal
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D - Save (eliminated)
Phil Kessel, F - Save (eliminated)
Evgeni Dadonov, F - Save (eliminated)
Danny Briere, F - Goal

Team Lidstrom Shooters vs. Henrik Lundqvist
Loui Eriksson, D - Save (eliminated)
Derek Stepan, F - Save (eliminated)
Brad Richards, F - Save (eliminated)
Brent Burns, D - Save (eliminated)
Duncan Keith, D - Save (eliminated)
Steven Stamkos, F - Save (eliminated)
Anze Kopitar, F - Save (eliminated)
Martin St. Louis, F - Goal

Team Lidstrom Shooters vs. Cam Ward
Patrick Kane, F - Goal
Nicklas Lidstrom, D - Save (eliminated)
Matt Duchene, F - Save (eliminated)
Kevin Shattenkirk, D - Goal
Cam Fowler, D - Save (eliminated)
Shea Weber, D - Save (eliminated)
Martin Havlat, F - Goal
Jonathan Toews, F - Save (eliminated)

Team Staal Shooters vs. Marc-Andre Fleury
Ryan Kesler, F - Save (eliminated)
Tyler Ennis, F - Save (eliminated)
Dan Boyle, D - Save (eliminated)
Jeff Skinner, F - Save (eliminated)
Daniel Sedin, F - Save (eliminated)
Kris Letang, D - Save (eliminated)
P.K. Subban, D - Goal
Jamie McBain, D - Save (eliminated)

Team Staal Shooters vs. Henrik Lundqvist
Corey Perry, F - Goal
Michael Grabner, F - Save (eliminated)
Marc Staal, D - Save (eliminated)
Tyler Seguin, F - Save (eliminated)
Rick Nash, F - Goal
Mike Green, D - Save (eliminated)
Paul Stastny, F - Save (eliminated)
Patrik Elias, F - Save (eliminated)

Team Staal Shooters vs. Tim Thomas
Alex Ovechkin, F - Save (eliminated)
David Backes, F - Save (eliminated)
Logan Couture, F - Goal
Erik Karlsson, D - Goal
Claude Giroux, F - Save (eliminated)
Zdeno Chara, D - Save (eliminated)
Patrick Sharp, F - Save (eliminated)
Eric Staal, F - Goal

Round 2

Team Lidstrom Shooters vs. Carey Price
Dustin Byfuglien, D - Save (eliminated)
Danny Briere, F - Save (eliminated)
Martin St. Louis, F - Goal

Team Lidstrom Shooters vs. Henrik Lundqvist
Patrick Kane, F - Save (eliminated)
Kevin Shattenkirk, D - Save (eliminated)
Martin Havlat, F - Save (eliminated)

Team Staal Shooters vs. Marc-Andre Fleury
P.K. Subban, D - Save (eliminated)
Corey Perry, F - Goal
Rick Nash, F - Save (eliminated)

Team Staal Shooters vs. Jonas Hiller
Logan Couture, F - Save (eliminated)
Erik Karlsson, D - Save (eliminated)
Eric Staal, F - Save (eliminated)

Round 3

Team Lidstrom Shooters vs. Cam Ward
Martin St. Louis, F - Save (eliminated)

Team Staal Shooters vs. Tim Thomas
Corey Perry, F - Goal (winner)

SCORE AFTER EVENT: Team Staal 33, Team Lidstrom 22

FINAL SCORE: Team Staal 33, Team Lidstrom 22

2011 NHL All-Star Game Rosters

Here is a list of the players who have been selected to appear in the 2011 NHL All-Star game in Raleigh, North Carolina on January 30. The first six players have already been determined based on fan votes. The remaining 36 players will be unveiled on January 11, as well as the 12 NHL rookies who will participate with the NHL All-Stars in the SuperSkills competition. In approximately two weeks, the captains of each team will be named, as well as the alternate captains. Here are the six players who received the most fan votes and are now scheduled to appear in the All-Star Game, followed by the rest of the players in alphabetical order:

FORWARDS
Jonathan Toews, C - Chicago Blackhawks (407,676 votes)
David Backes, RW - St. Louis Blues (1st appearance)
Danny Briere, C - Philadelphia Flyers
Matt Duchene, C - Colorado Avalanche (1st appearance)
Patrik Elias, LW - New Jersey Devils
Loui Eriksson, LW - Dallas Stars (1st appearance)
Claude Giroux, RW - Philadelphia Flyers (1st appearance)
Martin Havlat, RW - Minnesota Wild
Patrick Kane, RW - Chicago Blackhawks (ALTERNATE CAPTAIN)
Ryan Kesler, C - Vancouver Canucks (1st appearance) (ALTERNATE CAPTAIN)
Phil Kessel, RW - Toronto Maple Leafs (1st appearance)
Anze Kopitar, C - Los Angeles Kings
Rick Nash, RW - Columbus Blue Jackets
Alex Ovechkin, LW - Washington Capitals
Corey Perry, RW - Anaheim Ducks
Brad Richards, C - Dallas Stars (1st appearance)
Daniel Sedin, LW - Vancouver Canucks (1st appearance)
Henrik Sedin, C - Vancouver Canucks
Patrick Sharp, LW - Chicago Blackhawks (1st appearance)
Jeff Skinner, RW - Carolina Hurricanes (1st appearance)
Martin St. Louis, RW - Tampa Bay Lightning (ALTERNATE CAPTAIN)
Eric Staal, C - Carolina Hurricanes (CAPTAIN)
Steven Stamkos, C - Tampa Bay Lightning (1st appearance)
Paul Stastny, C - Colorado Avalanche

DEFENSEMEN
Kris Letang, D - Pittsburgh Penguins (477,960 votes) (1st appearance)
Duncan Keith, D - Chicago Blackhawks (382,162 votes)
Dan Boyle, D - San Jose Sharks
Brent Burns, D - Minnesota Wild (1st appearance)
Dustin Byfuglien, D - Atlanta Thrashers (1st appearance)
Zdeno Chara, D - Boston Bruins
Mike Green, D - Washington Capitals (1st appearance) (ALTERNATE CAPTAIN)
Erik Karlsson, D - Ottawa Senators (1st appearance)
Nicklas Lidstrom, D - Detroit Red Wings (CAPTAIN)
Marc Staal, D - New York Rangers (1st appearance)
Shea Weber, D - Nashville Predators
Keith Yandle, D - Phoenix Coyotes (1st appearance)

GOALTENDERS
Marc-Andre Fleury, G - Pittsburgh Penguins (426,305 votes) (1st appearance)
Jonas Hiller, G - Anaheim Ducks (1st appearance)
Henrik Lundqvist, G - New York Rangers
Carey Price, G - Montreal Canadiens
Tim Thomas, G - Boston Bruins
Cam Ward, G - Carolina Hurricanes (1st appearance)

COACHES
Joel Quenneville, Chicago Blackhawks
Mike Haviland, Chicago Blackhawks (assistant coach)

Alain Vigneault, Vancouver Canucks
Peter Laviolette, Philadelphia Flyers

NOTE: Quenneville and Haviland get to coach one all-star team because of Chicago winning the 2010 Stanley Cup. Vigneault and Laviolette get to co-coach the other team because their respected teams have the highest winning percentages in the Western and Eastern Conferences going into Saturday, January 8, 2011.


TEAM LIDSTROM

Nicklas Lidstrom, D (CAPTAIN)
Patrick Kane, RW (ALTERNATE CAPTAIN)
Martin St. Louis, RW (ALTERNATE CAPTAIN)
1st - Steven Stamkos, C
2nd - Duncan Keith, D
3rd - Henrik Sedin, C
4th - Shea Weber, D
5th - Tim Thomas, G
6th - Danny Briere, C
7th - Dustin Byfuglien, D
8th - Jonathan Toews, C
9th - Marc-Andre Fleury, G
10th - Jonas Hiller, G
11th - Brad Richards, C
12th - Keith Yandle, D
13th - Brent Burns, D
14th - Martin Havlat, RW
15th - Anze Kopitar, C
16th - Matt Duchene, C
17th - Loui Eriksson, LW
18th - Phil Kessel, RW (last player picked)
Coaches: Alain Vigneault, Peter Laviolette


TEAM STAAL

Eric Staal, C (CAPTAIN)
Mike Green, D (ALTERNATE CAPTAIN)
Ryan Kesler, C (ALTERNATE CAPTAIN)
1st - Cam Ward, G (first player picked)
2nd - Alex Ovechkin, LW
3rd - Daniel Sedin, LW
4th - Zdeno Chara, D
5th - Rick Nash, RW
6th - Henrik Lundqvist, G
7th - Marc Staal, D
8th - Patrick Sharp, LW
9th - Dan Boyle, D
10th - Carey Price, G
11th - Jeff Skinner, RW
12th - Kris Letang, D
13th - Claude Giroux, RW
14th - Erik Karlsson, D
15th - Corey Perry, RW
16th - Patrik Elias, LW
17th - David Backes, RW
18th - Paul Stastny, C
Coaches: Joel Quenneville, Mike Haviland


The following players who were scheduled to play in the 2011 All-Star Game will not be participating:

Sidney Crosby, C - Pittsburgh Penguins (635,509 votes) (concussion) (replaced by Martin Havlat)
Tobias Enstrom, D - Atlanta Thrashers (broken hand) (replaced by Keith Yandle)
Ales Hemsky, RW - Edmonton Oilers (concussion) (replaced by Jeff Skinner)
Jarome Iginla, RW - Calgary Flames (family reasons) (replaced by Danny Briere)
Evgeni Malkin, C - Pittsburgh Penguins (376,887 votes) (sore knee/sinus infection) (replaced by Paul Stastny)


The 12 NHL rookies selected to only participate in the NHL SuperSkills Competition:

Logan Couture, C - San Jose Sharks
Evgeny Dadonov, RW - Florida Panthers
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D - Phoenix Coyotes
Tyler Ennis, LW - Buffalo Sabres
Cam Fowler, D - Anaheim Ducks
Michael Grabner, RW - New York Islanders
Taylor Hall, LW - Edmonton Oilers
Jamie McBain, D - Carolina Hurricanes
Tyler Seguin, C - Boston Bruins
Kevin Shattenkirk, D - Colorado Avalanche
Derek Stepan, C - New York Rangers
P.K. Subban, D - Montreal Canadiens

The following rookies who were scheduled to participate in the NHL SuperSkills Competition and will not be participating:

Jordan Eberle, RW - Edmonton Oilers (sprained left ankle/appendectomy) (replaced by Jamie McBain)
Jeff Skinner, RW - Carolina Hurricanes (replacing Ales Hemsky in the All-Star Game) (replaced by P.K. Subban)

2011 NHL All-Star Game Ballot

Listed below are the 100 players who have been placed on the 2011 All-Star Game fan ballot, with each team has placed at least two players on the ballot. Fans can vote for six players, regardless of conference, between November 15, 2010 and January 3, 2011. Of these 100 players, the three forwards, two defenseman, and one goaltender who receive the most votes will be named first NHL all-stars. Fans can vote for their favorite players on nhl.com. The all-star game will see a new format this season, abandoning the traditional Eastern Conference versus Western Conference matchup. The fans will still determine the game's starters and the hockey operations department will still select the remaining 36 players. The captains of each team will be voted on by the participating players, and those captains and alternate captains will draft the participating players to their teams. The 2011 All-Star Game will be played on January 30 at 4 PM in Raleigh, North Carolina.

ANAHEIM DUCKS
Ryan Getzlaf, F
Corey Perry, F
Bobby Ryan, F
Teemu Selanne, F

ATLANTA THRASHERS
Dustin Byfuglien, D
Tobias Enstrom, D

BOSTON BRUINS
Patrice Bergeron, F
Zdeno Chara, D
David Krejci, F
Tim Thomas, G

BUFFALO SABRES
Ryan Miller, G
Derek Roy, F
Thomas Vanek, F

CALGARY FLAMES
Jay Bouwmeester, D
Jarome Iginla, F
Miikka Kiprusoff, G

CAROLINA HURRICANES
Joni Pitkanen, D
Eric Staal, F
Cam Ward, G

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Brian Campbell, D
Marian Hossa, F
Patrick Kane, F
Duncan Keith, D
Brent Seabrook, D
Jonathan Toews, F

COLORADO AVALANCHE
Craig Anderson, G
Milan Hejduk, F
Paul Stastny, F

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Rick Nash, F
R.J. Umberger, F

DALLAS STARS
Brendan Morrow, F
Brad Richards, F
Stephane Robidas, D

DETROIT RED WINGS
Pavel Datsyuk, F
Johan Franzen, F
Nicklas Lidstrom, D
Brian Rafalski, D
Henrik Zetterberg, F

EDMONTON OILERS
Ales Hemsky, F
Nikolai Khabibulin, G

FLORIDA PANTHERS
David Booth, F
Bryan McCabe, D
Tomas Vokoun, G

LOS ANGELES KINGS
Drew Doughty, D
Anze Kopitar, F
Jonathan Quick, G
Ryan Smyth, F

MINNESOTA WILD
Niklas Backstrom, G
Mikko Koivu, F
Marek Zidlicky, D

MONTREAL CANADIENS
Mike Cammalleri, F
Brian Gionta, F
Andrei Markov, D

NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Pekka Rinne, G
Ryan Suter, D
Shea Weber, D

NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Martin Brodeur, G
Ilya Kovalchuk, F
Zach Parise, F

NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Mark Streit, D
John Tavares, F

NEW YORK RANGERS
Marian Gaborik, F
Henrik Lundqvist, G
Marc Staal, D

OTTAWA SENATORS
Daniel Alfredsson, F
Sergei Gonchar, D
Jason Spezza, F

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Daniel Briere, F
Jeff Carter, F
Chris Pronger, D
Mike Richards, F
Kimmo Timonen, D

PHOENIX COYOTES
Ilya Bryzgalov, G
Shane Doan, F
Ed Jovanovski, D

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Sidney Crosby, F
Marc-Andre Fleury, G
Evgeni Malkin, F
Paul Martin, D

ST. LOUIS BLUES
Jaroslav Halak, G
T.J. Oshie, F

SAN JOSE SHARKS
Dan Boyle, D
Dany Heatley, F
Patrick Marleau, F
Antti Niemi, G
Joe Thornton, F

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Vincent Lecavalier, F
Martin St. Louis, F
Steven Stamkos, F

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Jean-Sebastien Giguere, G
Tomas Kaberle, D
Phil Kessel, F
Dion Phaneuf, D

VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Dan Hamhuis, D
Roberto Luongo, G
Daniel Sedin, F
Henrik Sedin, F

WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Nicklas Backstrom, F
Mike Green, D
Alex Ovechkin, F