Participants Selected for NHL All-Star Skills Competition

The lineups have been released for tonight’s NHL’s Super Skills contest Saturday at the RBC Center.

There will be six events; fastest skater, breakaway challenge, accuracy shooting, skills challenge relay, hardest shot, and the elimination shootout.  In each event, there will be two NHL rookies who participate alongside the all-stars.  They are denoted with a *

The players in each event are….

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Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater — Order determined on the ice

Team Staal                                                 Team Lidstrom
*Michael Grabner – New York Islanders         Duncan Keith – Chicago Blackhawks
Mike Green – Washington Capitals         *Taylor Hall – Edmonton Oilers
Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks         Matt Duchene – Colorado Avalanche
Ryan Kesler – Vancouver Canucks            Martin St. Louis – Tampa Bay Lightning
Marc Staal – New York Rangers             Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning
Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins         Keith Yandle – Phoenix Coyotes

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BlackBerry NHL Breakaway Challenge

Team Staal                                                        Team Lidstrom
*P.K. Subban – Montreal Canadiens        *Evgeny Dadonov – Florida Panthers

Corey Perry – Ducks                               Anze Kopitar – Kings
Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals        Henrik Sedin – Vancouver Canucks

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McDonald’s NHL Accuracy Shooting – Order determined on the ice

Team Staal                                 Team Lidstrom
Rick Nash – Columbus Blue Jackets         Brad Richards – Dallas Stars
Daniel Sedin – Vancouver Canucks         Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs
Eric Staal – Carolina Hurricanes        Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks
*Logan Couture – San Jose Sharks         Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks
Patrik Elias – New Jersey Devils         Martin Havlat – Minnesota Wild
Ryan Kesler – Vancouver Canucks         *Derek Stepan – New York Rangers
Passer: Dan Boyle – San Jose Sharks         Passer: Nicklas Lidstrom – Red Wings
Passer: Paul Stastny – Colorado Avalanche         Passer: Danny Briere – Phila. Flyers

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G Series NHL Skills Challenge Relay

Team Staal                                     Team Lidstrom
Group 1                                                Group 1
Zdeno Chara – Boston Bruins         Nicklas Lidstrom – Detroit Red Wings
Eric Staal – Carolina Hurricanes         Brad Richards – Dallas Stars
Daniel Sedin – Vancouver Canucks         Loui Eriksson – Dallas Stars
Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators         *Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Phoenix Coyotes
Dan Boyle – San Jose Sharks         Henrik Sedin – Vancouver Canucks
*Tyler Ennis – Buffalo Sabres         Martin St. Louis – Tampa Bay Lightning
Paul Stastny – Colorado Avalanche         Matt Duchene – Colorado Avalanche
Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks         Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks

Group 2                                                   Group 2
Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins         Shea Weber – Nashville Predators
Mike Green – Washington Capitals         Dustin Byfuglien – Atlanta Thrashers
Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers         Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs
Patrik Elias – New Jersey Devils         Keith Yandle – Phoenix Coyotes
*Jamie McBain – Carolina Hurricanes        Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks
David Backes – St. Louis Blues         Martin Havlat – Minnesota Wild
Marc Staal – New York Rangers         *Kevin Shattenkirk – Colorado Avalanche
Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes         Danny Briere – Philadelphia Flyers

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XM NHL Hardest Shot  – Order determined on the ice

Team Staal                                     Team Lidstrom
Zdeno Chara – Boston Bruins         Anze Kopitar – Kings
Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals         Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning
David Backes – St. Louis Blues         Dustin Byfuglien – Atlanta Thrashers
*Tyler Seguin – Boston Bruins         Brent Burns – Minnesota Wild
Rick Nash – Columbus Blue Jackets        Shea Weber – Nashville Predators
Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks         *Cam Fowler – Ducks

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Discover NHL Elimination Shootout

All of the All-Stars and Rookies compete in the Elimination Shootout, a time-honored game of “hockey survivor.”  Shooters who score will move on to the next round in the shootout.  Rounds of the shootout will continue until the last scoring shooter wins.  Every goal scored will count as one point for his team. Goalies will rotate after every third shooter.