2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game
The 2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in SAP Center in San Jose, home of the San Jose Sharks on January 26, 2019.
[1] San Jose last held the NHL All Star Game in 1997. [2] This was the fourth successive All-Star Game that used a four-team, 3-on-3, single elimination format, with a single team representing all the league’s four divisions. After years of being held on a Sunday, the 2019 All-Star Game has been played on a Saturday, January 26, at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST, while the Skills Competition was moved from its traditional Saturday night to Friday, January 25, 2019. [1]
The Metropolitan All-Stars won the All-Star Game, which was in its fourth straight year of a four-team, 3-on-3, single elimination format, with one group representing each of the league’s four divisions. The team won $1 million (split 11 manners between the players). Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins has been named the Most Valuable Player, scoring four goals and four assists. He received a brand new 2019 Honda Passport.The Skills Contest took place the day prior to the All-Star Game on Friday January 25, 2019 in the SAP Center. The winners of each event were given $25,000 in prize money. [3]
The league encouraged Renata Fast and Rebecca Johnston in the Canadian Women’s National Team, and Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne Schofield from the U.S. Women’s National Team, to demonstrate a Few of the events. After Nathan MacKinnon of this Colorado Avalanche (Central Division) pulled from this fastest-skater event due to a bruised left foot, Coyne Schofield was named as his replacement, becoming the first woman to compete at the All-Stars skills competition. [4]
Brianna Decker revealed the highest passer ability, but she was not part of the competition. She had been, in fact, three seconds quicker than Leon Draisaitl and would have won had her period been contained since they did Kendall Coyne Schofield. [5] This motivated the hashtag #PayDecker on Twitter, as women’s hockey salaries are a fraction of men’s hockey salaries. [6] On January 26, hockey equipment company CCM announced they would give Decker the $25,000 she’d have received for winning the competition. [7]
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