This years All-Star game featured the most combined goals scored ever. [CBC]
It would have been really great if Ovechkin spent some of his $9 million dollar salary and bought a car for charity instead of crying to Honda and mooching one off them for free. But hey that’s just me. [Toronto Sun]
Enough with the Sidney Crosby thing, time to move on. [Pensblog]
Hometown boy Ryan Johansen took the MVP honors. [Puck Daddy]

All-Star weekend was finally Johansen’s day in the sun. [Sportsnet]
Very cool to see Darrly Sutter’s son on the bench. [LA Times]
Apparently fancy stats are on their way out. [The Hockey News]
Still on the Crosby thing? For real, get over it. [Rant Sports]
Can Petr Mrazek carry the load for the Red Wings? [Two Pad Stack]

The AHL may be moving West. [Poststar]
Is Cody Franson on the trading block? [Nichols on Hockey]
Can you win with Phil Kessel? [National Post]
The break is over, and the Flames are ready for the playoff push. [Flames from 80 Feet]
And finally, Steve Dangle recounts his All-Star weekend experience. [YouTube]
Marcy, a former hockey player, is a hockey correspondent on CTV News and TSN radio. She began her career as a Sports Journalist in 2009 and has been part of The Hockey Writers since 2010, where she is currently a senior writer and editor.