NHL All-Star Skills Competition


The NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition, originally known as the National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition, is an event on the night preceding the All-Star Game. Started at the 41st National Hockey League All-Star Game in Pittsburgh in 1990, the NHL uses the event to showcase the talents of its all-star participants. Events include [|accuracy shooting], [|fastest skater], [|Skills Challenge Relay], [|hardest shot], [|Breakaway Challenge], and an [|Elimination Shootout]. The All-Star teams select representatives for each event, with points awarded to the winning team.

Current events

Fastest skater

The purpose of the event is to be fastest skater around a designated course within the rink. The final race each year was originally one full lap around the rink until 2008, when the event was revised to a course, only to be changed back to one full lap after 2015. In 2016, American born, Dylan Larkin finished with a time of 13.172, setting the record. Team USA's Kendall Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in this event, coming in 7th place with a time of 14.346.

Winners

* - Player was part of the All-Star Rookies; participated in the Skills Competition, but not the All-Star Game.

Breakaway Challenge

From the 2007–08 season onwards, the Breakaway Challenge format was changed to a "slam dunk" style challenge, where individual shooters showcase creative and skillful breakaways, with the winner being determined by fan voting via text messaging.

Winners

Accuracy Shooting

The purpose of the event is to hit the four targets attached to the four corners of a goal in the fastest time. Prior to 2011, the object of the event was to hit all four targets in as few attempts as possible. Under this format, five players have gone four-for-four: Ray Bourque in 1992 and 1993, Mark Messier in 1996, Jeremy Roenick in 2004, Tomas Kaberle in 2008, and Daniel Sedin in 2011. Sedin is the current record holder, hitting 4/4 targets in 7.3 seconds. For the 2018 competition, the traditional foam targets were replaced with LED targets that light up to show the player where to shoot the puck next. During the 2019 Skills Competition, the LED light-up targets featured face emojis of four all-star NHL players. The 2020 competition introduced a fifth target in the center of the net, with the targets showing each player's name, team logo, All-Star Game logo, number of All-Star appearances by that player, and uniform number.

Winners

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    Skills Challenge Relay

This event consists of the following relays:
Two groups of each team participate: one-timers having left-hand shooters in one group and right-hand shooters in another.

Winners

Hardest Shot

The purpose of the event is to have the hardest shot. Zdeno Chara owns the record for the hardest shot with 108.8 mph in 2012, besting his own previous record of 105.9 in 2011. Prior to Chara the record was held by Al Iafrate at 105.2 mph. After Chara, Shea Weber holds the 3 hardest shots in 2015 and 2016, with 108.5 mph in 2015, 108.1 and 107.8 on his post-match gala shot.

Winners

NHL Shootout

The purpose of this event is for individual shooters to try to score on a breakaway against an opposing goalie. It is similar to the past event, Elimination Shootout; however, the shooter is not eliminated. The contest continues for three 2-minute rounds as six skaters from each team per round get a chance to score on the opposing team's goalie, gathering enough points until time runs out. Goals scored with game pucks equal 1 point, while Discover shootout pucks equal 2 points.

Winners

Four Line Challenge

This event made its debut in 2017. The purpose of this event is for four skaters from each team to earn points by scoring goals from each line on the ice.

Passing Challenge (Premier Passer)

This event made its debut in 2018. The purpose of this event is for skaters to earn points for their division by passing the puck to various targets, courses and nets in the fastest time possible. Note: Each skill must be completed before moving on to the next station. For the 2019 Skills Competition, this event was called "Premier Passer".

Save Streak

This event made its debut in 2018. The purpose of this event is for goaltenders to earn points for their division by saving as many pucks as possible against an opposing division's shooter in NHL shootout fashion. The goaltender with the longest "save streak" and most saves wins the competition. Note: the winning goaltender receives $25,000.

Puck Control Relay

The purpose of the event is to be fastest skater over the course while also maintaining control of the puck through a series of pylons. There are two races; the first where each team has three skaters in a race against each other and the second for the best individuals of each conference. One goal awarded to the winning team of each competition.
This event returned in 2018. Skaters from each division earn points on their skills with puck handling in the fastest time possible. Note: each still must be completed before moving on to the next station.

NHL Shooting Stars

This event was new to 2020. It had players shooting from an elevated platform approximately 30 feet above the ice surface of the rink located in the seating bowl. Each Player shoots 7 pucks, scoring points for each target hit.. Players may hit the same target multiple times. In event of a tie, a sudden death "score-off" will occur.

Winners

Elite Women's 3-on-3 Hockey

The NHL introduced this new event in 2020, presented by Adidas and New Amsterdam Vodka. Twenty of the best women's players in the world competed in a 20-minute, 3-on-3 game, with ten American All-Stars facing off against ten Canadian All-Stars.
There was two 10-minute periods with a running clock. Teams switch ends after one period of play. Penalties will be "served" with penalty shot being awarded to the player fouled. And in the event of a tie, there will be a 3-minute sudden death overtime with a running clock to determine the winner. If tied after overtime, a sudden death shootout will occur.
Rosters
Team Canada
Forwards: Meghan Agosta, Melodie Daoust, Rebecca Johnston, Sarah Nurse, Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner and Blayre Turnbull.
Defensemen: Renata Fast and Laura Fortino.
Goaltender: Ann-Renee Desbiens.
Coach: Jayna Hefford
Team USA
Forwards: Anne Pankowski, Alex Carpenter, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Brianna Decker, Amanda Kessel, Hilary Knight, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson.
Defensemen: Kacey Bellamy and Lee Stecklein
Goaltender: Alex Rigsby Cavallini.
Coach: Cammi Granato

Winners

Past Events

Elimination Shootout

The purpose of the event is for individual scorers to try to score on a breakaway against an opposing goalie. Shooters who score stay alive in the contest while those failing to score are eliminated. The contest goes until all shooters are eliminated but one, with that shooter being the winner.

Winners

Breakaway Relay

The purpose of the event is to use teamwork to score on a breakaway against an opposing goalie. Points are awarded to the team with the most goals and the individual goalie who lets in the fewest goals.

Winners

Goaltenders competition

Points are awarded to the goalie allowing the fewest goals against in the Zone and Shootout/Breakaway Relay Events.

Winners

SuperSkills Conference winner

In 2009, there was no score kept.
In 2016, the winning conference was given the choice of whether to play the first or second mini-game in the All-Star Game the next day. In 2017, the winning division was given the choice of which opponent to play first in the All-Star Game.
In 2018, even though there were four divisions, the competition focused on individual player and no score was kept.