All-Star Weekend
San Jose Nails It as All-Star Host
January 29th, 2019 Full disclosure. Most of the times I’ve had the chance to watch the NHL All-Star Game, I pass. I also pass on every other All-Star Game. They are hardly must see TV, at least for me. But when the NHL All-Star Game hit my hometown, well, it was different. My hope was...
3 Jets Who Would Own All-Star Weekend
January 29th, 2019 The 2019 NHL All-Star Weekend showed two of the Winnipeg Jets' top players, Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele, at their best. Both players took part in the skills competition, pitched in during the Central Division's games and generally looked like the superstars they...
Blackhawks’ Kane Enjoys 8th All-Star Appearance
January 28th, 2019 Amidst another rather dismal season for the Chicago Blackhawks, Patrick Kane was the team’s lone representative at this year’s NHL All-Star weekend. But make no mistake, nobody will argue he was simply there because every team needs to be represented. Even at 30 years...
#PayDecker a Success, But NHL Comes up Short
January 27th, 2019 Kendall Coyne Schofield wasn't the only female hockey star to nearly break Twitter this weekend. Yes, the 26-year-old Minnesota Whitecaps forward and USA Hockey Olympic gold medalist became the first woman to take part in the NHL All-Star Skills competition on Friday...
When the Red Wings Defeated the NHL All-Stars
January 23rd, 2019 Believe it or not, there was a time when the Detroit Red Wings took on the NHL All-Stars – and defeated them. No, this wasn’t a contest against the rivalry-era Colorado Avalanche or an Edmonton Oilers team from the 1980s. Rather, the Red Wings played against a...
Letang & Guentzel Prove the All-Star Game Needs Changing
January 15th, 2019 The NHL All-Star Game, held in late January or early February each season, is the symbolic halfway point of the hockey season. The All-Star Game is supposed to showcase the league’s best players of the season so far, shine a light on one NHL city and arena and be a treat...
Tape2Tape: Marner's Absence & My Annual All-Star Frustration
January 9th, 2019 It seems like we have a conversation about this particular weekend on the NHL’s schedule on a yearly basis - at least I do. I’ve written about previous all-star snubs, whether changes are needed to the NHL All-Star Game and even went as far as questioning whether the...
The NHL All-Star Game’s Jumbo Mistake
January 4th, 2019 If there is one thing an All-Star Game ought to be, it is fun. It doesn’t matter which sport we’re talking about. The event is for fans to celebrate the stars of the game and for everyone to have fun. We also shouldn’t forget the All-Star Game is also...
Ailing Eichel Voted an All-Star Again
January 3rd, 2019 Call it two in a row. For the second straight year, Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel is an NHL All-Star. Eichel, who leads Buffalo with 49 points (15 goals and 34 assists) in 40 games, was the only Sabre to be named to the event to be held on Saturday, Jan....
2020 All-Star Game a Reward for St. Louis
January 2nd, 2019 National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announced during the second period of the Winter Classic on Tuesday that the 2020 NHL All-Star Game would be hosted by the St. Louis Blues. The decision to give the Blues this honor is another in a continuing...
2019 NHL All-Star Game Roster Predictions: Way Too Early Edition
December 14th, 2018 Next month, the world’s best hockey players and personalities will gather in San Jose for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game. The NHL’s annual showcase will return to the Bay Area for the first time since 1997, when then-Sharks forward Owen Nolan famously called his shot on a...
Can All-Stars in San Jose Help the Sharks?
January 30th, 2018 The NHL announced the 2019 All-Star Game will be held in San Jose. I expect the All-Star Game and related weekend events will be fun. It'll look great both in the arena and on television. Any event with Brent Burns front and center is promising. For the hosting...
NHL All-Star Snubs? Who Cares?
January 28th, 2018 Like every all-star event in every sport, there’s been conversation after conversation about which players were snubbed of the chance to play in the mid-season classic. For me, it was Toronto’s Frederik Andersen. While questions of why he wasn’t named to the team...
