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Posted by: Ben Wright on January 26, 2008 at 7:18PM EST

Here's the skills competition lineup for tonight.

Obstacle Course

East:

Round 1: Spezza, Savard, Gonchar, Thomas
Round 2: Malkin, Richards, Markov, DiPietro

West:

Round 1: Sedin, Thornton, Pronger, Osgood
Round 2: Perry Datsyuk, Jovanovski, Nabokov

Fastest Skater

East: Campbell, St. Louis, Kovalchuk
West: Keith, Kopitar, Horcoff

Elimination Shootout

East: Hossa, Lecavalier, Gomez, Malkin, Staal, Timonen
West: Nash, Phaneuf, Ribeiro, Gaborik, Perry, Lidstrom

Accuracy

East: Kaberle, Staal, Alfredsson, Hossa
West: Arnott, Lidstrom, Niedermayer, Iginla

Hardest Shot

East: Ovechkin, Lecavalier, Markov, Chara
West: Arnott, Iginla, Paneuf, Pronger

Breakaway Challenge

East: St. Louis, Kovalchuk, Ovechkin
West: Datsyuk, Getzlaf, Gaborik,

(2) Comments
Posted by: ken on January 26, 2008 10:59PM EST
Hey Ben, how do they determine which player competes in which skills competition?

Posted by: Ben Wright on January 26, 2008 11:27PM EST
Good question. From what I've gathered it's a decision made by the event organizers with some consultation with the players and coaches. It's hard to find a balance where everyone gets to compete in something they're strong in. Kovy would have made sense for the hardest shot competition but if you put him in you have to take someone else out and find an event for them.

At least we got to see our guys twice. Just glancing at the lineups Spezza, Gonchar and Savard only went in the relay and then they were done.

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