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	Player
1990	Campbell Conference	none
1991	Campbell Conference	none
1992	Campbell Conference	none
1993	Wales Conference	none
1994	Western Conference	Russ Courtnall
1996	Western Conference	Pierre Turgeon
1997	Western Conference	Geoff Sanderson
1998	World	Teemu Selanne
1999	North America	Paul Kariya
2000	World	Paul Kariya
2001	North America	Paul Kariya
2002	World	none
2003	Eastern Conference	Martin St. Louis
2004	Western Conference	Rick Nash
2007	Western Conference	Rick Nash
2008	Western Conference	Shawn 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	Player
1992	Campbell Conference	Sergei Fedorov
1993	Wales Conference	Mike Gartner
1994	Western Conference	Sergei Fedorov
1996	Western Conference	Mike Gartner
1997	Eastern Conference	Peter Bondra
1998	North America	Scott Niedermayer
1999	World	Peter Bondra
2000	World	Sami Kapanen
2001	North America	Bill Guerin
2002	World	Sami Kapanen
2003	Western Conference	Marian Gaborik
2004	Eastern Conference	Scott Niedermayer
2007	Western Conference	Andy McDonald
2008	Western Conference	Shawn Horcoff
2009	Western Conference	Andrew 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	Player
1990	Campbell Conference	Al Iafrate
1991	Campbell Conference	Al MacInnis
1992	Campbell Conference	Al MacInnis
1993	Wales Conference	Al Iafrate
1994	Eastern Conference	Al Iafrate
1996	Western Conference	Dave Manson
1997	Eastern Conference	Al MacInnis
1998	North America	Al MacInnis
1999	North America	Al MacInnis
2000	North America	Al MacInnis
2001	World	Fredrik Modin
2002	North America	Sergei Fedorov
2003	Western Conference	Al MacInnis
2004	Eastern Conference	Sheldon Souray Adrian Aucoin
2007	Eastern Conference	Zdeno Chara
2008	Eastern Conference	Zdeno Chara
2009	Eastern Conference	Zdeno 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	Player
1990	Wales Conference	Ray Bourque
1991	Campbell Conference	Mark Messier
1992	Wales Conference	Ray Bourque
1993	Wales Conference	Ray Bourque
1994	Western Conference	Brendan Shanahan
1996	Eastern Conference	Mark Messier
1997	Eastern Conference	Ray Bourque
1998	North America	Ray Bourque Peter Forsberg Brendan Shanahan
1999	North America	Ray Bourque Keith Tkachuk Jeremy Roenick
2000	World	Ray Bourque Viktor Kozlov
2001	North America	Ray Bourque
2002	North America	Jarome Iginla Markus Naslund
2003	Eastern Conference	Jeremy Roenick
2004	Eastern Conference	Jeremy Roenick
2007	Eastern Conference	Eric Staal Marian Hossa
2008	Eastern Conference	Tomas Kaberle
2009	Eastern Conference	Evgeni 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	Player
1991	Campbell Conference	Mike Vernon
1992	Wales Conference	Mike Richter Don Beaupre
1993	Campbell Conference	Jon Casey Mike Vernon Ed Belfour
1994	Western Conference	Curtis Joseph
1996	Eastern Conference	Dominik Hasek
1997	World	Dominik Hasek Guy Hebert
1998	World	Dominik Hasek
1999	World	Dominik Hasek Arturs Irbe
2000	World	Tommy Salo
2001	World	Sean Burke Evgeni Nabokov
2002	North America	Dominik Hasek Patrick Roy
2003	Western Conference	Patrick Roy
2004	Eastern Conference	Roberto Luongo
2008	Eastern Conference	Alexander Ovechkin
2009	Eastern Conference	Alexander 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	Player
2008	Western Conference	Dion Phaneuf
2009	Western Conference	Shane Doan

Overall winner

Season	Team
1991	Campbell Conference
1992	Wales Conference
1993	Campbell Conference
1994	Western Conference
1996	Western Conference
1997	Eastern Conference
1998	World
1999	World
2000	World
2001	North America
2002	World
2003	Western Conference
2004	Eastern Conference
2007	Western Conference
2008	Eastern Conference

Other websites

• The National Hockey League (NHL) All Star Game Superskills Competition Archived 2010-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Results -- 2008 SuperSkills Competition
• Bruins' Chara sets hardest shot record