Daily News | Kevin Hayes, Johnny Gaudreau, and five story lines to watch at NHL All-Star weekend
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— each team being assured of at least one representative often means some of the league’s true All-Stars are left out — one thing the NHL deserves credit for is continuing to try and tweak the skills competition and appeal to new audiences. After experimenting with two Vegas-themed skill competition events last year by incorporating the Bellagio Fountains and playing a form of life-size blackjack, the NHL will again tailor. This year the first event will be “Pitch ‘n’ Puck,” a combination of golf and hockey. Six players will play a par-4 golf hole with an island green, using a combination of pucks and balls with the lowest individual scorer crowned the winner.
NHL All-Star weekend has lost some of its luster and still ranks behind some of the other sports’ All-Star offerings, but at least the league is finally trying new things to market its star players and appeal to new audiences and younger fans.Let’s just say it could be a triggering weekend for Flyers fans.
The two close friends and college teammates at Boston College will likely even lobby Metro coach and former Flyer Rod Brind’Amour to play on a line together, giving Flyers fans a small taste of what the pair might have looked like playing together in Orange and Black. Hayes, who was the No. 1 recruiter in the Gaudreau sweepstakes, considers Gaudreau among his best friends and will surely relish the opportunity to play with him again, even if it is only for one day.
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