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Epic #FAIL during NHL All-Star skills compeition goalie race

In an effort to make the NHL All-Star game more appealing, the league is pulling out all the stops… including the addition of the Fastest Goalie competition in Saturday night’s SuperSkills competition. Watch at Carolina Hurricanes Cam Ward and Boston Bruins Tim Thomas race towards the finish #FAIL

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Clay Aiken singing National Anthem at NHL All-Star game

When you think of hockey players you think tough, manly and rouged… everything American Idol runner up Clay Aiken epitomizes, so much so that it has been announced Aiken will sing the National Anthem at this year’s NHL All-Star game. The NHL is honoring the host city with not only having the Raleigh native sing but by naming Carolina Hurricanes Eric Staal as one of the team captains.

Akien told USA Today: “We all rally behind the home team,” says Aiken, a native of Raleigh, N.C., where the game will be held. Raleigh got the team, which had been the Hartford Whalers in 1997, and the team won the Stanley Cup in 2006. “I don’t think anybody in Raleigh knew much about hockey until the Hurricanes came to town, but now everybody has learned to love it”

This will be the first time the Green Men and Claymates will be at the same event.

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Lidstrom & Staal named captains for NHL All-Star game

Nick Lidstrom and Eric Staal have been voted by the players selected to be captains of the 2010 All-Star game.

Lidstrom is the Detroit Red Wings captain and oldest player named to the All-Star roster, while Staal is only 26 he is captain of the Carolina Hurricanes who will host the All-Star game on Sunday January 30.

The All-Star teams will be named Team Staal and Team Lidstrom. The captains will select their players in a fantasy-like draft the Friday before the game.

Interestingly, neither Lidstrom or Staal were voted as starters for the game.

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