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9:41 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The NHL All-Star Game took over Las Vegas this weekend, producing memorable moments, incredible sights and in the biggest surprise, some close, compelling 3-on-3 hockey games. Here are 10 takeaways from Friday’s skills competitions and Saturday’s All-Star Game, which the Metropolitan Division won with Philadelphia Flyers center Claude Giroux

6:42 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The NHL All-Star Skills Competition has its traditional events like hardest shot and fastest skater. But on Friday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, one of the oddest competitions in the event’s history was held for the first time since 2016: The Breakaway Challenge, a prop comedy trick shot event.

6:22 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The Metropolitan Division captured the 2022 NHL All-Star Game championship by defeating the Central Division 5-3 in the final round of the 3-on-3 tournament Saturday. Philadelphia Flyers star Claude Giroux, the captain of the Metropolitan team, was named MVP and received a new Honda Passport for scoring three goals

8:00 AM ET NHL Insiders The NHL’s stars have descended upon Las Vegas for the 2022 All-Star Weekend. The festivities began with the skills competition on Friday night, and included some epic performances. On Saturday, the four divisional squads square off in a tournament to determine bragging rights… and a $1 million payday split between

10:00 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Dallas Stars center Joe Pavelski stood 35 feet away from his target, staring into the cool air. He slapped the puck with his stick and took a shot. Not at a goalie. Not even at a goal. At a large playing card: the ace of diamonds, which the puck

8:20 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid was upset in the fastest skater skills competition for the second straight NHL All-Star Weekend, as the heavy favorite was beaten by St. Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou on Friday night. Kyrou finished with a time of 13.55 seconds. McDavid, the last skater in

8:53 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Former NHL enforcer Chris Nilan says he was fired from a Montreal sports radio station for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter posted to social media Thursday advising listeners of his departure from TSN 690, the 63-year-old Nilan said a request for an exemption was

7:00 AM ET NHL Insiders The NHL’s stars have descended upon Las Vegas for the 2022 All-Star Weekend. The festivities begin with the Skills Competition on Friday night, beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Then on Saturday, the four divisional squads square off in a tournament to determine bragging rights… and a $1,000,000 payday

7:53 PM ET Associated Press WALTHAM, Mass. — Robin Herman, a gender barrier-breaking reporter for The New York Times who was the first female journalist to interview players in the locker room after an NHL game, has died. She was 70. Her husband, Paul Horvitz, told the newspaper Herman died Tuesday at their home in

5:10 PM ET Ah, the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, that incomparable showcase of breathtaking hockey talent, where reputations are built and legends are made. And where better to bring the event back to life after last season’s COVID-19 layoff than the gaudy, glamorous Las Vegas Strip? Hockey in the desert is very happening. Just ask

9:50 AM ET The NHL All-Star Game exists for three audiences. There are the fans in the city in which it’s held, who fill seats in the arena and jam the convention center Fan Fest for a glimpse at the Selke Trophy; the sponsors, who fill suites in the arena and get that photo op

11:58 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Hockey Hall of Famer Cammi Granato said she had been asked for years to write a book about her experiences in becoming one of the best women’s hockey players of all time. She finally has, but on her own terms and with a specific audience in mind —

8:59 PM ET Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz shut down questions about fallout surrounding the Kyle Beach scandal that has embroiled the organization for much of the last year. During a town hall with fans on Wednesday, one reporter asked the assembled panel, which include Wirtz and Blackhawks’ CEO Danny Wirtz, about how Chicago intended

7:20 AM ET It’s that time of year again. NHL All-Star Weekend. The festivities kick off Friday with the skills competition and carry into Saturday’s 3-on-3 tournament. It will be another star-studded event, filled with the league’s biggest and brightest talents showing off what they do best. Before the puck drops in Las Vegas, we’re

4:24 PM ET Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid will attempt to break an NHL All-Star record when he competes in the fastest skater skills competition Friday in Las Vegas. McDavid is a three-time winner of the event, winning three years in a row from 2017 to ’19. With a win Friday night at T-Mobile Arena,

8:00 AM ET Every NHL season, there’s a team whose success in the standings doesn’t sync up with some of its underlying numbers, leading fans to ask if they’re “actually this good.” So, are the New York Rangers actually this good? They’re second in the Metro Division with a 29-13-4 record (.674 points percentage). They

3:30 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — Devils coach Lindy Ruff will miss the next two games following the death of his father in western Canada. The Devils said Monday that Leeson Ruff died on Friday at a hospital in Warburg, Alberta. He was 88 and had been ill. Ruff will miss a home-and-home

6:28 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Former Chicago Blackhawks forwards Eddie Olczyk, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp have agreed to help the team in its search for a new general manager. Blackhawks CEO Danny Wirtz said Olczyk, Hossa and Sharp “are respected hockey minds who have great knowledge of the game.” Mike Forde, the