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kuklaskorner.com - 1/25/2009
ASG - SuperSkills Manages To Bring Pleasant Surprises
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It’s half over now, the SuperSkills being put on display for 150 countries around the world to see. For the veterans of all walks of life, the event may have been old hat, but for the crowd, it worked out exactly as advertised. Continue reading "ASG - SuperSkills Manages To Bring ...
nhl.com - 1/24/2009
Honda NHL SuperSkills Competition
— nhl.com — Events: 1) Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater 2) Scotiabank NHL Fan Fav Breakaway Challenge 3) Upper Deck YoungStars... Game 4) McDonald’s Accuracy Shooting 5) Cisco Hardest Shot 6) Gatorade NHL Elimination Shoot Out (more) Honda NHL SuperSkills Competition

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Habs Superskills: Not An Impressive Bunch Over The Years
lionsinwinter.ca - 1/24/2009
Habs Superskills: Not An Impressive Bunch Over The Years
— lionsinwinter.ca — Habs going this year in the superskills, plus a look at previous winners...... (more) Habs Superskills: Not An Impressive Bunch Over The Years

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Selling the game: SuperSkills after-thoughts
capitalskremlin.blogspot.com - 1/25/2009
Selling the game: SuperSkills after-thoughts
— capitalskremlin.blogspot.com — Alex the Great reigns supreme, Zdeno Chara blasts his way into the record books and Evgeni Malkin... earns the title of premier sniper...and Ovechkin's prop assistant. (more) Selling the game: SuperSkills after-thoughts

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We Eat Children:  Watching the Skills Competition So You Don’t Have To [The New NHL]

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Watching the Skills Competition So You Don’t Have To [The New NHL]
We Eat Children — ... of the typical bull’s eyes. I would have preferred pictures of Gary Bettman’s face.  This event seemed kind of cool back when I was 10, but now it just reeks of shitty corporate shilling. The All-Star weekend pulled in $10 million for the NHL. In a league as cash-strapped as the NHL, any extra revenue you can get is golden, as much as I would like it to disappear All-Star weekend is never going away nor is it likely to improve into a watchable event.  Read Puck Daddy’s recap  Kukla’s Corner has another run-down 

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