Jump to content

2017 National Hockey League All-Star Game: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Added content
Tags: canned edit summary Mobile edit Mobile web edit
If some retard is going to add his gay little shit then I may as well replace it with this
Line 17: Line 17:
The Metropolitan All-Stars won the All-Star Game, which was in its second straight year of a four-team, 3-on-3, single elimination format, with one team representing each of the league's four divisions. [[Wayne Simmonds]] of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] was named the Most Valuable Player, scoring three goals in two games, including the game-winning goal in the championship game.
The Metropolitan All-Stars won the All-Star Game, which was in its second straight year of a four-team, 3-on-3, single elimination format, with one team representing each of the league's four divisions. [[Wayne Simmonds]] of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] was named the Most Valuable Player, scoring three goals in two games, including the game-winning goal in the championship game.


What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
The best part about the whole day was that Robin from "Batman" showed up and skated all over the place during the game. Every player ignored him on the ice until he released an earth shattering eruption from his rear end. The blast chipped his rear and most of the ice. The Pengiun then came in and attempted to fight Robin during the game. Then a bowling ball was rolled on to the ice and everyone thought it was a bowling tournament. I ate a peice of pepperoni pizza while this was all happening. Then the Joker came and said to Robin "I'll get you my pretty" and we all thought that was dumb, because that's from the wizard of oz movie. Then we booed profusely. After that, Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and we cheered agin. Epic moments.


==Format==
==Format==

Revision as of 10:53, 1 July 2017

62nd NHL All–Star Game
Staples Center, Los Angeles
January 29, 2017
Game oneCentral All-Stars 3, Pacific All-Stars 10
Game twoMetropolitan All-Stars 10, Atlantic All-Stars 6
Game threePacific All-Stars 3, Metropolitan All-Stars 4
MVPWayne Simmonds
← 2016 2018 →

The 62nd National Hockey League All-Star Game, also known as the 2017 NHL All-Star Game (for sponsorship reasons, the 2017 Honda NHL All-Star Game), was held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Kings on January 29, 2017 at 12:30pm PT. This was the third time Los Angeles hosted the NHL All-Star Game and first time since 2002.[1][2]

The Metropolitan All-Stars won the All-Star Game, which was in its second straight year of a four-team, 3-on-3, single elimination format, with one team representing each of the league's four divisions. Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers was named the Most Valuable Player, scoring three goals in two games, including the game-winning goal in the championship game.

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

Format

The 2017 All-Star Game continued to use the 3-on-3 tournament format successfully introduced in 2016, in which teams representing each of the NHL's four divisions (the Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central, and Pacific) played in a single-elimination tournament, with each game consisting of two 10-minute halves played 3-on-3 and going directly to a shootout if tied after 20 minutes.[3][4] The winning team, the Metropolitan All-Stars, split $1 million.

Skills Competition

The 2017 NHL All-Star Skills Competition was held on January 28, 2017. As with 2016, the event featured the Skills Challenge Relay, accuracy shooting, fastest skater, hardest shot, and shootout challenges. For 2017, the breakaway competition was dropped and replaced by a new event, the Four Line Challenge, in which four shooters from each team took shots at the goal from various positions on the ice.[5]

For the first time, the Skills Competition had a direct impact on the All-Star Game itself; the winning team was given the right to select their semi-final opponent during the tournament, and whether they would play in the first or second semifinal.[6]

Rosters

In an effort to avoid a repeat of the 2016 fan voting process, where journeyman John Scott won the fan vote and thus the right to play in the game, fans were given a predetermined ballot of players from whom to choose captains. On January 2, 2017, after weeks of fan voting, the four captains were announced by the NHL. Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens was selected captain for the Atlantic Division. Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins was selected for the Metropolitan Division, with P. K. Subban of the Nashville Predators captaining the Central Division and Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers captaining the Pacific Division respectively. [7]

The rest of the rosters were revealed on January 10, 2017, with each of the NHL's 30 teams being represented by at least one player at the time the rosters were announced. NHL rules that dictated that the head coach of the team with the highest points percentage in each of the four divisions through games of Tuesday, Jan. 10 – the halfway point of the regular season – would coach their respective divisions.[8] The head coaches selected were Michel Therrien (Montreal Canadiens) for the Atlantic Division, Bruce Boudreau (Minnesota Wild) for the Central Division, John Tortorella (Columbus Blue Jackets) for the Metropolitan Division, and Peter DeBoer (San Jose Sharks) for the Pacific Division.[9] Tortorella announced that he had to miss the game due to a family emergency and was replaced by Wayne Gretzky (who had not coached hockey since leaving the then-Phoenix Coyotes in 2009).[10][11]

Bracket

The division that won the Skills Competition during the previous night got to choose their first opponent in the 3-on-3 tournament, and whether they play in the first or second semifinal game.[6] The Atlantic Division won the Skills Competition and chose to play the Metropolitan Division in the second semifinal.[15]

Semi-Finals Final
Central 3
Pacific 10 Pacific 3
Atlantic 6 Metropolitan 4
Metropolitan 10

Game summaries

First semifinal game

January 29, 2017 Pacific 10–3 Central Staples Center Recap


Second semifinal game

January 29, 2017 Metropolitan 10–6 Atlantic Staples Center Recap


Final

January 29, 2017 Metropolitan 4–3 Pacific Staples Center Recap


Festivities and entertainment

Additional festivities and events were held alongside All-Star weekend, some of which were held in conjunction with the NHL's centennial commemoration. The NHL's travelling centennial exhibits were situated in Los Angeles for the event, and the NHL Fan Fair was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. A public skating rink was built across from the All-Star Game's venue of Staples Center.[16][17]

On January 27, 2017, the NHL 100 Gala was held at Microsoft Theater, in which the NHL unveiled the remainder of its top 100 players of all-time (the first 33, representing players who played prior to 1966, were unveiled during a pre-game ceremony at the NHL Centennial Classic earlier in the month). The special was hosted by Jon Hamm, and featured appearances by Michael J. Fox, Al Michaels, Keanu Reeves, and Alex Trebek, and performances by John Legend, and John Ondrasik.[18]

Carly Rae Jepsen sang the Canadian national anthem. Pop group Fifth Harmony were scheduled to sing the U.S. anthem, but pulled out after one of their members had fallen ill. They were replaced by singer Courtney Daniels, a member of the Los Angeles Kings' ice cleaning crew (she performed similar duties during the game, and also assisted in presenting the MVP award after its conclusion).[19][20] Snoop Dogg (under the alias DJ Snoopadelic) performed during player introductions for the skills competition.[21] Before the game, the teams were introduced by four celebrities, each representing their home division: Atlantic - Wayne Gretzky, Metropolitan - Tim Robbins, Central - Chris O'Donnell, Pacific - Colin Hanks.

Celebrity Shootout

A celebrity game was held on January 28, 2017; the game was played between a team of celebrities coached by Wayne Gretzky (including Canadian singer Justin Bieber),[22] and a team of NHL alumni coached by Mario Lemieux.[23]

Game Summary

January 28, 2017 Team Gretzky 5–3 Team Lemieux Staples Center


Television

In the United States, the All-Star Game was broadcast by NBC, marking the All-Star Game's return to network television for the second time since 2004.[24] In Canada, it was broadcast on both CBC and Sportsnet, and on TVA Sports in French.[6]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Los Angeles named site for 2017 NHL All-Star Game". Daily Mail. Daily Mail and General Trust. Agence France-Presse. January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Alfieri, Joey (January 30, 2016). "Los Angeles will host the 2017 NHL All-Star game". ProHockeyTalk.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  3. ^ Allen, Kevin (January 23, 2017). "Has NHL found right formula for All-Star Game?". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "How the NHL's new 3-on-3 All-Star tournament works". Sportsnet.ca. Rogers Media. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ^ "NHL explains new All-Star Skills Competition event". NBCSports.com. NBCUniversal Media. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "NHL All-Star Skills Competition assignments set". NHL.com. January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e Leahy, Sean (January 4, 2017). "Crosby, Price, McDavid, Subban voted 2017 NHL All-Star captains". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  8. ^ "Tortorella, Therrien, Boudreau, DeBoer named NHL All-Star coaches". sports.yahoo.com. Toronto: Yahoo! Sports. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d e "2017 NHL All-Star Game rosters revealed". NHL.com. New York City: NHL Enterprises, L.P. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  10. ^ "John Tortorella to miss NHL All-Star Game due to family emergency". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  11. ^ "Wayne Gretzky to coach Metropolitan All-Stars". NHL.com. New York City: NHL Enterprises, L.P. January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  12. ^ Elliott, Helene (January 25, 2017). "Penguins' Evgeni Malkin is injured, out of All-Star Game on Sunday". Los Angeles Times. tronc. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  13. ^ Elliott, Helene (January 26, 2017). "Blue Jackets' Cam Atkinson will replace Penguins' Evgeni Malkin at NHL All-Star Game". Los Angeles Times. tronc. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  14. ^ Russo, Michael (January 9, 2017). "Owner, coach celebrate All-Star assignment". Star Tribune. Star Tribune Media Company LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  15. ^ "Atlantic wins Skills, will play Metropolitan". NHL.com. New York City: NHL Enterprises, L.P. January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  16. ^ "The NHL calls on Hollywood to mount celebrity-studded All-Star weekend". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Ducks fans get a look at the NHL's 'Centennial Fan Arena'". Los Angeles Times. Tronc. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Jon Hamm to Host NHL Gala Honoring Top 100 Players in League History (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Courtney Daniels, NHL ice crew, saves anthem after Fifth Harmony cancels". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  20. ^ Feldman, Kate (January 23, 2017). "Nick Jonas, Carly Rae Jepsen and Fifth Harmony to play NHL All-Star Game". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  21. ^ "Snoop Dogg to perform at NHL All-Star Skills Competition". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Justin Bieber highlights from the NHL Celebrity Shootout". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  23. ^ "Alan Thicke patch, Snoop Dogg among NHL All-Star surprises". Yahoo! Sports.
  24. ^ Halford, Mike (November 28, 2016). "Back on NBC: The NHL's All-Star Game returns to network TV". ProHockeyTalk.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2017_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game&oldid=788434829"