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34-579: Replacing the Heroes of Hockey Old-Timers matches during the All-Star Weekend activities, the first four games were played as separate games to the actual All-Star Game, but starting in 2008 , it was changed to become part of the NHL Super Skills Competition , with the winning team gaining a point for their conference. It was not held in 2005 due to that year's league lockout , or in 2006 due to

68-447: A 13–7 victory over Team Fox. Kovalchuk scored four times at even strength, once short-handed, and once on a penalty shot; his sixth goal came against an empty net at the end of the game. Kovalchuk was named the first-ever YoungStars MVP . The Edmonton Oilers ' forward Mike Comrie scored three goals and added an assist to lead Team Fox in scoring. Defence : Goaltender : Defence : Goaltender : none The assistant coaches of

102-620: A conditional third round pick in the same draft. On July 11, 2014, Dubinsky signed a 6-year, $ 35.1 million contract extension with Columbus. During the 2012–13 NHL lockout , Dubinsky played for the Alaska Aces of the ECHL and made his Blue Jackets debut once the NHL returned from the work stoppage. Dubinsky was named an alternate captain of the Blue Jackets on October 8, 2015. In October 2017 Dubinsky

136-591: A four-minute intermission between each period. The head coaches of the game were Lou Nanne and Tom Reid , both former players of the relocated Minnesota North Stars , with Minnesota being the venue of the All-Star Game for the first time in twenty seasons. The Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference 7–3. Anaheim's Joffrey Lupul scored a hat trick, San Jose 's Jonathan Cheechoo picked up four assists, and Colorado goaltender Philippe Sauve

170-529: A hat-trick just one month removed from undergoing successful surgery for testicular cancer . Defence : Goaltender : Defence : Goaltender : none 8-13-6-28 8-7-9-24 The game was reduced to two 6-minute periods. In addition, the NHL made the YoungStars game part of the SuperSkills Competition. Furthermore, rookie goaltenders did not participate; instead, the veterans selected to play in

204-520: A streak of 11 points in his first 11 games in 2008–09, he suffered a 20-game goal-scoring drought. On April 15, 2009, Dubinsky scored the game-winning goal with 8:17 remaining in the third period of the Rangers' first game of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs , Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Washington Capitals . After holding out at the beginning of the 2009–10 season and missing over

238-607: A week of training camp, Dubinsky signed a two-year contract worth $ 3.7 million as a restricted free agent . Dubinsky tallied 3 goals and 10 points on the season before suffering a broken hand in a game against the Calgary Flames on November 7, 2009, which relegated him to the injured reserved list for more than a month. Dubinsky returned to the Rangers' lineup on December 14 against the Atlanta Thrashers. Four games later, he scored his first goal in more than two months against

272-660: A youth, he played in the 1999 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Alaska All-Stars. He spent his junior career with Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL) for four years, and was a two-time Western Conference second team All-Star before being drafted in the second round of the 2004 NHL Draft by the New York Rangers . Dubinsky played for the Hartford Wolf Pack of

306-634: Is John Paris Jr. becoming the first black person to coach a pro hockey team, the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League ), and 2008 is the 50th anniversary of Willie O'Ree breaking hockey's color barrier with the Boston Bruins , the NHL chose the All-Star weekend to honour the diversity of the league. The previous year's YoungStars game and skills competition, which lead up to

340-602: Is an American former professional ice hockey player. He previously played for the New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dubinsky was drafted 60th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers. Dubinsky was born to a Russian American family, in Anchorage , Alaska . He played minor ice hockey in Anchorage and Seattle through Sno-King Amateur Hockey Association , and graduated from Service High School in 2004. As

374-407: Is featured. Both changes were made to further reflect game conditions. The traditional Shooting Accuracy remains, though a final showdown stage (consisting of having to shoot four targets in nine seconds with only four pucks, and if still tied, one shot in three seconds at one target) is held to determine an individual winner. Hardest Shot is the only event unchanged from previous years. But by far

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408-487: The 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game , wore Rbk EDGE jerseys. The jersey logos had been redesigned, showing a simple logo that displays East and West on the respective conference jerseys, captain and alternate captain patches on the right side (instead of left), and the player's number below the logo. As Atlanta is a place of significance to the Civil Rights Movement (among the hockey-related achievements

442-694: The American Hockey League (AHL) for most of the 2006–07 season . He first played for the New York Rangers on March 8, 2007, against the New York Islanders . Dubinsky scored his first NHL goal against Marc-André Fleury on November 8, 2007, in a 4–2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins . Dubinsky was the 3rd star of the game. He spent much of the season centering the Rangers' first forward line with Jaromír Jágr and Sean Avery . He

476-701: The Atlanta Thrashers . It was the only time the All-Star Game was held in Atlanta, as the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg in 2011 as the new Winnipeg Jets (the old Winnipeg Jets moved to Arizona to become the Coyotes in 1996). Atlanta had originally been scheduled to host what would have been the 55th NHL All-Star Game in 2005, however that game was canceled due to the NHL Lockout of 2004–05 . Players in this game, like

510-549: The Ottawa Senators during the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs , an incensed Dubinsky, ejected after attacking Matt Carkner during a brawl on the ice, slammed a water cooler on his way out of the game. On July 23, 2012, Dubinsky was traded, along with Artem Anisimov , Tim Erixon , and a first round draft pick in 2013 , to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Rick Nash , minor leaguer Steven Delisle and

544-546: The All-Star Game not being held so that NHL players could participate in the 2006 Winter Olympics . Through the years, the game implemented different formats and rules. It was discontinued after 2009 and has not been played since. The game's format: The players were divided into two teams and led behind the bench by former Los Angeles Kings player and broadcaster Jim Fox and former NHL player, Kings head coach, and ESPN analyst Barry Melrose . Atlanta 's rookie star Ilya Kovalchuk scored six goals to pace Team Melrose to

578-481: The Carolina Hurricanes. The goal was the game-winner in a 3–1 Rangers victory. Despite missing over a month due to injury, Dubinsky finished the season with career highs in goals and points. After the 2010–11 season, Dubinsky avoided arbitration with the Rangers and signed a four-year, $ 16.8 million contract. On April 14, 2012, in the opening minutes of what would be the Rangers' Game 2 3–2 overtime loss against

612-462: The Coyotes' tough guy Daniel Carcillo protecting the Rangers' netminder Henrik Lundqvist at 2:58 into the first, taking a five-minute major penalty for fighting. He then scored a wraparound goal 1 minute 15 seconds into the second period (which ended up being the game winner). Dubinsky then finished the "Gordie" with an assist to Dan Girardi , who scored a power play goal from the blue line at 7:37 into

646-452: The East cruised to an easy 8–3 victory. Stephen Weiss of the host team Florida Panthers scored a goal and an assist for the East. Defence : Goaltender : Defence : Goaltender : none none The game went back to the four-on-four format with each roster consisting of six forwards, four defensemen, and one goaltender. The game was played in three 10-minute running-clock periods and

680-529: The Fastest Skater competition is now a sprint instead of a lap around the arena (a final showdown portion has also been added), while the traditional Puck Control Relay was changed to the Obstacle Course event, where stick handling, saucer passes, one-timers, and goaltenders attempting to score by shooting pucks the length of the ice into an empty net (itself a former All-Star Skills event called Goalie Goals)

714-627: The all-star team captains) will be judged on their style and creativity by a panel of four judges as they attempt to score on a non-NHL goaltender. The judges may award up to nine points, and a bonus point is added should the skater score. The judging panel this year consists of Dominique Wilkins , a former two-time Slam Dunk Champion with the Atlanta Hawks , former Thrashers captain Scott Mellanby , Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch , and broadcaster Bill Clement . The two skaters (one from each team) with

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748-400: The final YoungStars match, the format returned to three periods for a total playing time of 18 minutes (6 minutes per period) featuring a three-on-three (four including the goalkeeper) rookies versus sophomores format, consisting of three six-minute periods with the clock stopping only within the last minute of each game. Coaching the rookies was future Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille , and for

782-615: The greatest change is in the shootout portion: two events are based on the shootout: in the Elimination Shootout, skaters shoot against the all-star goaltenders, with a skater being eliminated if they fail to score. The second shootout-based event, the Breakaway Challenge, incorporates elements from the National Basketball Association 's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest : three players from each team (as selected by

816-2969: The highest scores face off in a final showdown to determine the winner of the event. [REDACTED] 39 – G Rick DiPietro ( New York Islanders ) [REDACTED] 33 – D Zdeno Chara ( Boston Bruins ) [REDACTED] 79 – D Andrei Markov ( Montreal Canadiens ) [REDACTED] 4 – F Vincent Lecavalier ( Tampa Bay Lightning ) - ( C ) [REDACTED] 11 – F Daniel Alfredsson ( Ottawa Senators ) [REDACTED] 17 – F Ilya Kovalchuk ( Atlanta Thrashers ) [REDACTED] 30 – G Chris Osgood ( Detroit Red Wings ) [REDACTED] 3 – D Dion Phaneuf ( Calgary Flames ) [REDACTED] 5 – D Nicklas Lidstrom ( Detroit Red Wings ) [REDACTED] 12 – F Jarome Iginla ( Calgary Flames ) - ( C ) [REDACTED] 13 – F Pavel Datsyuk ( Detroit Red Wings ) [REDACTED] 61 – F Rick Nash ( Columbus Blue Jackets ) [REDACTED] 29 – G Tomas Vokoun ( Florida Panthers ) [REDACTED] 30 – G Tim Thomas ( Boston Bruins ) [REDACTED] 15 – D Tomas Kaberle ( Toronto Maple Leafs ) [REDACTED] 44 – D Kimmo Timonen ( Philadelphia Flyers ) [REDACTED] 51 – D Brian Campbell ( Buffalo Sabres ) [REDACTED] 55 – D Sergei Gonchar ( Pittsburgh Penguins ) [REDACTED] 8 – F Alexander Ovechkin ( Washington Capitals ) [REDACTED] 9 – F Jason Spezza ( Ottawa Senators ) [REDACTED] 10 – F Mike Richards ( Philadelphia Flyers ) [REDACTED] 12 – F Eric Staal ( Carolina Hurricanes ) [REDACTED] 18 – F Marian Hossa ( Atlanta Thrashers ) [REDACTED] 19 – F Scott Gomez ( New York Rangers ) [REDACTED] 26 – F Martin St. Louis ( Tampa Bay Lightning ) [REDACTED] 71 – F Evgeni Malkin ( Pittsburgh Penguins ) [REDACTED] 91 – F Marc Savard ( Boston Bruins ) [REDACTED] 20 – G Evgeni Nabokov ( San Jose Sharks ) [REDACTED] 34 – G Manny Legace ( St. Louis Blues ) [REDACTED] 2 – D Duncan Keith ( Chicago Blackhawks ) [REDACTED] 25 – D Chris Pronger ( Anaheim Ducks ) [REDACTED] 27 – D Scott Niedermayer ( Anaheim Ducks ) [REDACTED] 55 – D Ed Jovanovski ( Phoenix Coyotes ) [REDACTED] 9 – F Marian Gaborik ( Minnesota Wild ) [REDACTED] 10 – F Shawn Horcoff ( Edmonton Oilers ) [REDACTED] 11 – F Anze Kopitar ( Los Angeles Kings ) [REDACTED] 15 – F Ryan Getzlaf ( Anaheim Ducks ) [REDACTED] 18 – F Corey Perry ( Anaheim Ducks ) [REDACTED] 19 – F Jason Arnott ( Nashville Predators ) [REDACTED] 33 – F Henrik Sedin ( Vancouver Canucks ) [REDACTED] 63 – F Mike Ribeiro ( Dallas Stars ) [REDACTED] 97 – F Joe Thornton ( San Jose Sharks ) W - Tim Thomas L - Manny Legace TV: Versus , CBC , RDS Brandon Dubinsky Brandon Grae Dubinsky (born April 29, 1986)

850-415: The main game, were criticized for the lack of excitement: the YoungStars game saw a lack of effort by the players overall, while the shootout portion of the skills competition was criticized for being too boring - in the previous year, at three different points in the skills competition, each goaltender would take on four opposing players in regular penalty shots - which in itself is not too different from what

884-609: The regular All-Star game participated. The coaches were the same head coaches for the main All-Star game. Two first period goals and an assist by Brandon Dubinsky gave the East a 6-2 lead. Nicklas Backstrom added one more for the East in the second period, before the West YoungStars made it a close game by scoring four consecutive goals in less than three minutes. Dubinsky was named the MVP. Defence : Goaltender : Defence : Goaltender : none none 12-9-21 6-10-16 For

918-520: The sophomores, former All-Star Pete Mahovlich . Pekka Rinne (who replaced Steve Mason ) made 20 saves in a 9-5 victory for the rookies. Rookie Blake Wheeler was named the MVP after scoring three goals. Defence : Goaltender : 2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game The 2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held on January 27, 2008 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta , home of

952-529: The teams with the best points percentages in their respective conferences were selected as coaches for the Eastern Conference and Western Conference YoungStars, respectively. The YoungStars players were selected by the NHL's Hockey Operations Department, in consultation with League General Managers. The game's format: Washington 's Brian Sutherby won the MVP award for the Eastern Conference YoungStars by scoring two goals and an assist as

986-420: The third period. The Rangers won the game 4–1 and Dubinsky along with Lundqvist and Zherdev were named the three stars . Ranger coach Tom Renney called the feat a "Gordie Orr hat trick" claiming that Dubinsky "didn't do that well in the fight". Dubinsky finished his second full season with one point more than his previous season. Despite a strong start with a game-winning goal in the Rangers' first game and

1020-668: Was awarded the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award for the 2007–08 season and "Rookie of the Year" for the Rangers as voted by his teammates. On May 12, 2008, Dubinsky scored a hat trick in his first World Championships , in Halifax , Nova Scotia , against Norway . Team USA went on to win the game 9–1. On November 24, 2008, Dubinsky scored a Gordie Howe hat trick against the Phoenix Coyotes . He squared off against

1054-686: Was named the Game's MVP, stopping 18 of 21 shots. Defence : Goaltender : Defence : Goaltender : none none The format was unchanged from the 2004 game. The assistant coaches in the NHL All-Star Game were chosen as the head coaches for the YoungStars Game. The East's win was spurred by the six points from YoungStars MVP Zach Parise of the New Jersey Devils who had two goals and four assists, while Boston 's Phil Kessel recorded

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1088-499: Was one of sixteen rookies selected to participate in the 2008 YoungStars competition at the 56th NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta. He scored two goals and one assist and was named YoungStars Most Valuable Player. Dubinsky scored his first career playoff goal in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the New Jersey Devils on April 13, 2008. His successful rookie season was marked on April 4, 2008, when Dubinsky

1122-408: Was seen in regular-season play. For this year, to raise interest in all-star festivities, no YoungStars goaltenders were named - instead, the YoungStars played in a three-on-three game (of two running six-minute periods) halfway through the skills competition, with the regular all-star goaltenders in net. There was only one faceoff at the start of each half - if the puck goes out of play, another puck

1156-475: Was thrown onto the ice. If a goal was scored, the three players retreated to their own side of centre ice before being able to attack again. For either side to win the YoungStars game, the team must score greater goals in both halves. Brandon Dubinsky of the New York Rangers was named the Youngstars MVP for scoring 2 goals and an assist. Furthermore, the skills competition itself was changed dramatically -

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