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Custance: Ideas for saving the NHL All-Star Game
Craig Custance asked a few of the most creative people he knows to submit one change they'd make to liven up the NHL All-Star Game.
KHL All Star Game Becomes All Day Event!
KHL All Star Game Becomes All Day Event!
hockeyprogram.blogspot.com — Shawn McBride just keeps rolling them in there.....a big thanks to the man. KHL All-Star Game Highlights... Hockey Festival on Red Square KHL Invites Fans to Mid-Winter Classic Celebration A day of hockey-related activities, highlighted by the inaugural Kontinental Hockey League! INTERESTING STUFF! (more) KHL All Star Game Becomes All Day Event!
2009 NHL All-Star Teams
2009 NHL All-Star Teams
soxanddawgs.com — The 57th edition of the NHL All-Star Game will take place on January 25th at 6 PM... at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The game will be broadcast on VERSUS in the United States and CBC and RDS in Canada. (more) 2009 NHL All-Star Teams
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How can you fix the all-star game?
From The RinkHow can you fix the all-star game? The Sporting News' Craig Custance enlists some help (including from yours truly) in trying to make the NHL's annual shinny game more of a draw. An annual question, it seems.

Ways to improve the All-Star Game
Cycle like the Sedins — In case you haven't seen it, Sporting News's Craig Custance asked the hockey world how the league should improve the All-Star game. There's a lot of neat (and a few crazy) ideas in there, but why not throw in a few more? Some of these might be reaches or smell like mad science. Just roll with it. ...

Puck Headlines: Some bald dude ready to play for Vancouver
Puck Daddy — ... • Thanks to Craig Custance of The Sporting News for inviting Puck Daddy to participate in a little "how to fix the all-star game" feature. Our "team roster lottery" idea promises unpredictability and fun for all ages; former Lightning GM Jay Feaster wants to give home ice in the Stanley Cup finals to the winning conference. We win. [Sporting Blog] ...

Hockey luminaries and some guy named George weigh in on All-Star tweaks
Snapshots — ... Game from irrelevance and obscurity. Custance spoke to the LA Daily News's Rich Hammond, former Tampa Bay Lightning GM Jay Feaster, the Globe and Mail's James Mirtle, official Atlanta Thrashers blogger Ben Wright, Miami Herald scribe George Richards, and Greg "Puck Daddy" Wyshynski, who offered up various ways to improve the game... And he asked some guy named George Malik, who thinks that no amount of changes to the All-Star Game will ever truly change its fundamental character: January 7, The Sporting News : George James Malik, ...

Monday evening odds and ends
Snapshots — ... about the All-Star game in a discussion with the Sporting News's Craig Custance: January 7, The Sporting News : George James Malik, ...

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