NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition

The NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition, at first called the National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition, is an event on the night before the NHL All-Star Game. First held at the 41st National Hockey League All-Star Game in Pittsburgh in 1990, the NHL hosts the competition to show off the skills of the all-star players. Events include shot accuracy, fastest skater, puck control relay, hardest shot, breakaway challenge, and an elimination shootout. Players are put into teams in the same way the All-Star Game is done, which is by conferences. After each event, the winning conference is given points.

Puck Control Relay
This event is to show who is the fastest skater while also moving the puck through pylons. Two races happen; the first one has three skaters on each team race against each other, and the second has the best single racers from each team. One point is given out to the winner of each of these two events.
Winners
 Season Team Player1990Campbell Conferencenone1991Campbell Conferencenone1992Campbell Conferencenone1993Wales Conferencenone1994Western ConferenceRuss Courtnall1996Western ConferencePierre Turgeon1997Western ConferenceGeoff Sanderson1998WorldTeemu Selanne1999North AmericaPaul Kariya2000WorldPaul Kariya2001North AmericaPaul Kariya2002Worldnone2003Eastern ConferenceMartin St. Louis2004Western ConferenceRick Nash2007Western ConferenceRick Nash2008Western ConferenceShawn Horcoff

Fastest skater
This event is to see who can skate the fastest around the rink once. Two races are held; one for the team, and one for the faster single person.

Winners
 Season Team Player1992Campbell ConferenceSergei Fedorov1993Wales ConferenceMike Gartner1994Western ConferenceSergei Fedorov1996Western ConferenceMike Gartner1997Eastern ConferencePeter Bondra1998North AmericaScott Niedermayer1999WorldPeter Bondra2000WorldSami Kapanen2001North AmericaBill Guerin2002WorldSami Kapanen2003Western ConferenceMarian Gaborik2004Eastern ConferenceScott Niedermayer2007Western ConferenceAndy McDonald2008Western ConferenceShawn Horcoff2009Western ConferenceAndrew Cogliano

Hardest shot
This event shows who has the hardest shot. Two points are given out; one for the team that has the highest average shot, and one for the player with the hardest shot. Zdeno Chara has the record for hardest shot; he set the record in 2009 when his shot went 105.4 mph. Al Iafrate had the old record, which was 105.2 mph

Winners
 Season Team Player1990Campbell ConferenceAl Iafrate1991Campbell ConferenceAl MacInnis1992Campbell ConferenceAl MacInnis1993Wales ConferenceAl Iafrate1994Eastern ConferenceAl Iafrate1996Western ConferenceDave Manson1997Eastern ConferenceAl MacInnis1998North AmericaAl MacInnis1999North AmericaAl MacInnis2000North AmericaAl MacInnis2001WorldFredrik Modin2002North AmericaSergei Fedorov2003Western ConferenceAl MacInnis2004Eastern ConferenceSheldon SourayAdrian Aucoin2007Eastern ConferenceZdeno Chara2008Eastern ConferenceZdeno Chara2009Eastern ConferenceZdeno Chara

Most accurate shot
This event sees who can shoot four targets best. Each target is put in a corner of the net. Two points are given out; one point is for the team that hits the targets in the least amount of shots, and one point for the player who hits the targets in the least amount of shots. A player has hit all four targets in only four tries seven times: Ray Bourque in 1992 and 1993, Mark Messier in 1996, Jeremy Roenick in 2004, Tomas Kaberle in 2008, and Dany Heatley, and Evgeni Malkin in 2009.

Winners
 Season Team Player1990Wales ConferenceRay Bourque1991Campbell ConferenceMark Messier1992Wales ConferenceRay Bourque1993Wales ConferenceRay Bourque1994Western ConferenceBrendan Shanahan1996Eastern ConferenceMark Messier1997Eastern ConferenceRay Bourque1998North AmericaRay BourquePeter ForsbergBrendan Shanahan1999North AmericaRay BourqueKeith TkachukJeremy Roenick2000WorldRay BourqueViktor Kozlov2001North AmericaRay Bourque2002North AmericaJarome IginlaMarkus Naslund2003Eastern ConferenceJeremy Roenick2004Eastern ConferenceJeremy Roenick2007Eastern ConferenceEric StaalMarian Hossa2008Eastern ConferenceTomas Kaberle2009Eastern ConferenceEvgeni Malkin

Breakaway Challenge
This event has players shoot on a goalie. Two points are awarded; one for the team that scores the most goals, and one point to the goalie who lets in the least amount of goals. Starting in 2008, players were given points on who could score the most creative goals. Winners were voted on by fans voting with text messages.

Winners
 Season Team Player1991Campbell ConferenceMike Vernon1992Wales ConferenceMike RichterDon Beaupre1993Campbell ConferenceJon CaseyMike VernonEd Belfour1994Western ConferenceCurtis Joseph1996Eastern ConferenceDominik Hasek1997WorldDominik HasekGuy Hebert1998WorldDominik Hasek1999WorldDominik HasekArturs Irbe2000WorldTommy Salo2001WorldSean BurkeEvgeni Nabokov2002North AmericaDominik HasekPatrick Roy2003Western ConferencePatrick Roy2004Eastern ConferenceRoberto Luongo2008Eastern ConferenceAlexander Ovechkin2009Eastern ConferenceAlexander Ovechkin

Elimination Shootout
This event has players try to score on a breakaway against a goalie. When a player does not score, he is not allowed to compete anymore. The winner is the player who is the last one still playing.

Winners
 Season Team Player2008Western ConferenceDion Phaneuf2009Western ConferenceShane Doan

Overall winner
 Season Team1991Campbell Conference1992Wales Conference1993Campbell Conference1994Western Conference1996Western Conference1997Eastern Conference1998World1999World2000World2001North America2002World2003Western Conference2004Eastern Conference2007Western Conference2008Eastern Conference

Other websites
The National Hockey League (NHL) All Star Game Superskills Competition 
Results -- 2008 SuperSkills Competition
Bruins' Chara sets hardest shot record

Category:National Hockey League
Category:1990 establishments in North America