4. NHL Hits Home Run
As already mentioned, in order to spark some fresh interest in this year’s All-Star Game, the National Hockey League decided to introduce the Elite Women’s 3-on-3 event, presented by Adidas.
Presenting the best America has to offer against the best Canada has to offer, the 3-on-3 game allowed the likes of Hilary Knight, Amanda Kessel and Natalie Spooner to showcase their talents on the big stage.
And it was superb.
This was such a cool event to watch and both teams absolutely gave it their all, with Team Canada emerging as 2-1 victors thanks to goals from Rebecca Johnston and Melodie Daoust, while Knight replied for Team America.
The women’s game needs more attention so for the elite to get the chance to strut their stuff at the All-Star Game was just brilliant, and it was arguably the highlight of the entire night.
It was also pretty cool to see various members of both teams take part in the Skills Competition, and hopefully this 3-on-3 game becomes a staple of the All-Star Game going forward.
Credit to everyone who made this happen.