Hockey Today
SCOREBOARD
Monday, Feb. 3
No games scheduled.
STARS
Saturday
-- Al MacInnis, Blues, won the NHL's hardest-shot competition for the seventh time with a shot clocked at 98.9 mph.
-- Brian Sutherby, Capitals, had two goals and an assist, leading the East past the West 8-3 in the YoungStars game.
-- Patrick Roy, Avalanche, won the overall goalie competition, stopping eight of nine shots in two events.
BIG SHOT
Al MacInnis won the NHL's hardest-shot competition for the seventh time Saturday night, as the Western Conference topped the East 15-9 in the All-Star skills. MacInnis' 98.9-mph blast gave him his first win since a four-year run from 1997-00.
SWIFT
Marian Gaborik, an All-Star rookie, was the fastest skater at Saturday night's All-Star skills competition. He circled the ice in 13.713 seconds. The West easily won the team event, with its three skaters beating all but one player from the East.
KID STUFF
With two goals and an assist, Washington's Brian Sutherby was chosen the most valuable player of Saturday night's YoungStars game, leading the East past the West 8-3. Philadelphia's Pavel Brendl scored two goals for the East while Columbus' Rick Nash, the top pick in the 2002 draft, had two goals and an assist for the West.
CHANGE
At the start of Saturday night's All-Star skills showcase, planned ceremonies with a space theme were significantly cut back in memory of the seven astronauts killed in the space shuttle Columbia accident earlier in the day. The shuttle, scheduled to land in Cape Canaveral, about 200 miles north of the All-Star festivities, broke apart over Texas.
NO SHOW OZO
Sandis Ozolinsh, traded from Florida to Anaheim on Thursday, didn't take part in Saturday's media availability or the All-Star skills competition because he was uncomfortable returning to South Florida so soon after being dealt. He is expected to play in Sunday's All-Star game as a member of the Eastern Conference team, despite being introduced as an Anaheim player.
ALL-TIME
Following Saturday night's 15-9 victory, the Western/Campbell Conference has won the All-Star skills competition five times. The Eastern/Wales Conference finished first three times.
SPEAKING
"So much for technology, eh?" -- Al MacInnis, who used a wooden stick to win the NHL's hardest-shot competition in Saturday night's All-Star skills competition. MacInnis was the only player in the event to not use a composite stick
