NHL All-Star Skills Competition facts for kids

The National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition is a super fun event that happens the night before the big National Hockey League All-Star Game. It started way back in Pittsburgh in 1990. This event is a chance for the NHL to show off the amazing talents of its best players. Players from the All-Star teams compete in different challenges, and points are given to the team that wins each event.

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Accuracy Shooting: Hit the Targets!

This event is all about hitting four targets placed in the corners of the hockey net as fast as possible. Before 2011, players just had to hit the targets in as few tries as they could.

Seven players have hit all four targets with four shots: Ray Bourque (twice), Mark Messier, Jeremy Roenick, Tomas Kaberle, Evgeni Malkin, Daniel Sedin, Nazem Kadri, Brock Nelson, and Connor McDavid (twice). Daniel Sedin holds the record for hitting all 4 targets in just 7.3 seconds!

In 2018, they started using cool LED targets that light up to show players where to shoot. In 2019, these targets even showed emoji faces of famous NHL players! For 2020, a fifth target was added in the middle of the net. These targets showed player names, team logos, and more. In 2023, they went back to four foam targets but added a "knock-out" style. This meant even if McDavid had the fastest time, he could still be knocked out by another player.

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