The NHL All-Star weekend is going down in Ottawa and the skills competition was held on Saturday evening. There was a full complement of events, and the Breakaway Competition provided the greatest entertainment.
Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane won the competition by going Superman with a cape and dive for his goal. He says he was inspired by Dwight Howard who went Superman in the dunk competition.
Kane also shot an “exploding puck” later in the competition. He says it was created by cutting a real puck into four pieces and gluing it back together.
Ducks winger Corey Perry had a pretty sweet trick as well. He pulled out a mini stick from his pants for his attempt:
And of course we can’t leave out the 108.8 mph slapshot from Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara that broke his own record:
NHL.com has the full results from the All-Star competition, which is generally the most entertaining aspect of the weekend.
