Alex Ovechkin brought his 4-year-old son Sergei, named for the Capitals star's late brother, to NHL All-Star weekend for the first time. Safe to say he stole the show.
Nurse was joined by fellow Canadian team members Emily Clark and Rebecca Johnston and American players Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter as female hockey players returned to the ice to participate in several events during skills night.
The players took shots in a new event the NHL called the “Tendy Tandem," which involved one goaltender from each of the four divisions as the shooting goalie and the other goalie from that division as the in-net goalie. The tandem of Nashville Predators goalie Juuse Saros and Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets won the challenge for the Central Division.
Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in the NHL All-Star skills competition, racing around the rink in 14.346 seconds in the fastest skater competition in a barrier-breaking moment for women’s hockey.When you’ve got the second-most goals in NHL history, you’re evidently permitted to bring a guest onto the ice for the All-Star Skills competition. That’s why there were two No. 8 Washington jerseys out there Friday night.
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