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Date | January 27, 2008 | ||||||||||||||
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Arena | Philips Arena | ||||||||||||||
City | Atlanta | ||||||||||||||
MVP | Eric Staal (Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
Attendance | 18,644 | ||||||||||||||
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Nhl All-star Game Schedule
The 2008 National Hockey LeagueAll-Star Game was held on January 27, 2008 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, home of the Atlanta Thrashers. It was the only time the All-Star Game was held in Atlanta, as the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg in 2011 as the new Winnipeg Jets.
Atlanta had originally been scheduled to host what would have been the 55th NHL All-Star Game in 2005, however that game was canceled due to the NHL Lockout of 2004–05.
Players in this game, like the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game, wore Rbk EDGE jerseys. The jersey logos had been redesigned, showing a simple logo that displays East and West on the respective conference jerseys, captain and alternate captain patches on the right side (instead of left), and the player's number below the logo.
Diversity honored[edit]
As Atlanta is a place of significance to the Civil Rights Movement (among the hockey-related achievements is John Paris Jr. becoming the first black person to coach a pro hockey team, the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League), and 2008 is the 50th anniversary of Willie O'Ree breaking hockey's color barrier with the Boston Bruins, the NHL chose the All-Star weekend to honour the diversity of the league.
Changes in the All-Star program[edit]
Philips Arena before the NHL Skills competition began
Nhl All Star Game 2008 Roster
The previous year's YoungStars game and skills competition, which lead up to the main game, were criticized for the lack of excitement: the YoungStars game saw a lack of effort by the players overall, while the shootout portion of the skills competition was criticized for being too boring - in the previous year, at three different points in the skills competition, each goaltender would take on four opposing players in regular penalty shots - which in itself is not too different from what was seen in regular-season play.
For this year, to raise interest in all-star festivities, no YoungStars goaltenders were named - instead, the YoungStars played in a three-on-three game (of two running six-minute periods) halfway through the skills competition, with the regular all-star goaltenders in net. There was only one faceoff at the start of each half - if the puck goes out of play, another puck was thrown onto the ice. If a goal was scored, the three players retreated to their own side of centre ice before being able to attack again. For either side to win the YoungStars game, the team must score greater goals in both halves. Brandon Dubinsky of the New York Rangers was named the Youngstars MVP for scoring 2 goals and an assist.
Furthermore, the skills competition itself was changed dramatically - the Fastest Skater competition is now a sprint instead of a lap around the arena (a final showdown portion has also been added), while the traditional Puck Control Relay was changed to the Obstacle Course event, where stick handling, saucer passes, one-timers, and goaltenders attempting to score by shooting pucks the length of the ice into an empty net (itself a former All-Star Skills event called Goalie Goals) is featured. Both changes were made to further reflect game conditions. The traditional Shooting Accuracy remains, though a final showdown stage (consisting of having to shoot four targets in nine seconds with only four pucks, and if still tied, one shot in three seconds at one target) is held to determine an individual winner. Hardest Shot is the only event unchanged from previous years.
But by far the greatest change is in the shootout portion: two events are based on the shootout: in the Elimination Shootout, skaters shoot against the all-star goaltenders, with a skater being eliminated if they fail to score. The second shootout-based event, the Breakaway Challenge, incorporates elements from the National Basketball Association's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest: three players from each team (as selected by the all-star team captains) will be judged on their style and creativity by a panel of four judges as they attempt to score on a non-NHL goaltender. The judges may award up to nine points, and a bonus point is added should the skater score. The judging panel this year consists of Dominique Wilkins, a former two-time Slam Dunk Champion with the Atlanta Hawks, former Thrashers captain Scott Mellanby, Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch, and broadcaster Bill Clement. The two skaters (one from each team) with the highest scores face off in a final showdown to determine the winner of the event.
Rosters[edit]
Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |
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Coach: | John Paddock (Ottawa Senators) | Mike Babcock (Detroit Red Wings) |
Assistant Coach: | Don Waddell (Atlanta Thrashers) | Ron Wilson (San Jose Sharks) |
Starters: | 39 – G Rick DiPietro (New York Islanders)[1] 33 – D Zdeno Chara (Boston Bruins) 79 – D Andrei Markov (Montreal Canadiens) 4 – F Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay Lightning) - (C) 11 – F Daniel Alfredsson (Ottawa Senators)[2] 17 – F Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta Thrashers)[3] | 30 – G Chris Osgood (Detroit Red Wings)[4] 3 – D Dion Phaneuf (Calgary Flames) 5 – D Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit Red Wings) 12 – F Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames) - (C) 13 – F Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings) 61 – F Rick Nash (Columbus Blue Jackets)[5] |
Reserves: | 29 – G Tomas Vokoun (Florida Panthers) 30 – G Tim Thomas (Boston Bruins)[6] 15 – D Tomas Kaberle (Toronto Maple Leafs) 44 – D Kimmo Timonen (Philadelphia Flyers) 51 – D Brian Campbell (Buffalo Sabres) 55 – D Sergei Gonchar (Pittsburgh Penguins) 8 – F Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals) 9 – F Jason Spezza (Ottawa Senators)[7] 10 – F Mike Richards (Philadelphia Flyers) 12 – F Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes) 18 – F Marian Hossa (Atlanta Thrashers) 19 – F Scott Gomez (New York Rangers) 26 – F Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning) 71 – F Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins)[8] 91 – F Marc Savard (Boston Bruins)[9] | 20 – G Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose Sharks) 34 – G Manny Legace (St. Louis Blues) 2 – D Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks) 25 – D Chris Pronger (Anaheim Ducks) 27 – D Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks)[10] 55 – D Ed Jovanovski (Phoenix Coyotes) 9 – F Marian Gaborik (Minnesota Wild) 10 – F Shawn Horcoff (Edmonton Oilers) 11 – F Anze Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings) 15 – F Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks) 18 – F Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks)[11] 19 – F Jason Arnott (Nashville Predators) 33 – F Henrik Sedin (Vancouver Canucks) 63 – F Mike Ribeiro (Dallas Stars)[12] 97 – F Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks) |
- Notes
- ^1Martin Brodeur was named to the East All-Star Team as a starter, but did not play in favor of resting over the break. Tim Thomas was named as his replacement on the roster, while Rick DiPietro was named as his replacement on the starting lineup.
- ^2Roberto Luongo was voted to the West all-star team as a starter, but did not play (personal). Chris Osgood was named as his replacement in the starting lineup (no roster replacement was named as the reserves had not been announced at the time).[1]
- ^3 The top line of the Ottawa Senators (Alfredsson, Heatley, Spezza) was the first forward line to be named in their entirety to the All-Star Game since 1981, when the Los Angeles Kings had their top line named.[2]
- ^4Sidney Crosby was named to the East all-star team as a starter, but did not play due to injury. Evgeni Malkin was named as his roster replacement, while Ilya Kovalchuk was named as his replacement on the starting lineup.
- ^5Henrik Zetterberg was named to the West All-Star Team as a starter, but did not play. Mike Ribeiro was named as his replacement, while Rick Nash was named as his replacement on the starting lineup.
- ^6Sergei Zubov was named to the West All-Star Team, but did not play. Scott Niedermayer was named as his replacement.
- ^7Dany Heatley was voted to the East all-star team, but was unable to play due to injury. Marc Savard was named as his replacement.
- ^8Paul Stastny was named to the West All-Star Team, but was unable to play due to injury. Corey Perry was named as his replacement.
Summary[edit]
WEST | 7 - 8 (1-5, 2-0, 4-3) | EAST | Philips Arena (18,644) Atlanta, Georgia |
First period | |||
Nash 0:12 | Referees: | ||
1:20 Staal (Campbell, Malkin) | Rob Martell | ||
9:43 Markov (Richards, Hossa) | Brad Watson | ||
13:35 Ovechkin (Spezza, St. Louis) | |||
15:10 Campbell (Malkin, Lecavalier) | Linesmen: | ||
17:49 Ovechkin (2) (St. Louis, Spezza) | Lyle Seitz | ||
Second period | Pat Dapuzzo | ||
Nash (2) (Datsyuk) 9:34 | |||
Niedermayer (Thornton, Sedin) 15:08 | MVP: | ||
Third period | Eric Staal (Carolina) | ||
Getzlaf (Jovanovski) 0:41 | |||
Nash(3) (Iginla) 1:56 | |||
4:08 Hossa (Gomez, Chara) | |||
Phaneuf (Getzlaf, Arnott) 5:07 | |||
Gaborik (Sedin) 10:57 | |||
12:35 Staal (2) (Kovalchuk, Savard) | |||
19:39 Savard(GWG) (Campbell, Staal) |
W - Tim ThomasL - Manny LegaceTV: Versus, CBC, RDS
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References[edit]
NHL.com - NHL tabs All-Star starters[permanent dead link]
Nhl All Star Game Live
- Notes
- ^'Canucks' Luongo to skip All-Star Game'. January 9, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
- ^Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL all-star game : 50 years of the great tradition. Toronto: Harper Collins. p. 169. ISBN0-00-200058-X.
External links[edit]
- Game highlights of the 56th NHL All-Star Game on YouTube
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The NHL announced Saturday that it has awarded the 2008 all-star game to Atlanta.
Atlanta's Philips Arena will host the 2008 game on Jan. 16.
'This a bit of deja vu all over again,' said NHL senior vice-president Ken Yaffe, who made the announcement Saturday at a news conference. 'I thank the club for their patience in this process.'
Atlanta was originally slated to host the 2005 all-star game, but the game was scraped when the season was lost due to the lockout. The NHL promised Atlanta another chance at hosting the all-star game at the earliest opportunity.
There was no all-star game this year due to the Olympic break, and this past January the NHL announced that Dallas will host the 2007 all-star game.
'There's a three-year planning cycle to get the hotel blocks and other requirements,' Yaffe said. 'You need the lead time, so that's why we looked ahead to '08.' Atlanta has already hosted all-star games for Major League Baseball (1972 and 2000) and the NBA (1978 and 2003).
'For me, this is a showcase event for our sport,' Thrashers general manager Don Waddell said. 'You get the 50 best players in the world all under one roof. We don't get to see the players in the (Western Conference) very often because of scheduling. That's the exciting part of it.'
The Philips Arena opened for the 1999-2000 season.
with files from Associated Press