The Shootout 2009 NHL All-Star Skills Competition featured Ovechkin putting on a show. He teamed up with his Russian friend and NHL enemy, Evegini Malkin to treat the Montreal crowd to a bit of showmanship and, to be honest, not much else.

The 2009 NHL All-Star Game Rosters have been announced. There are some snubs and some surprises.

The NHL announced some changes to the SuperSkills competition today. The events are being tweaked and one is even being decided via a text message vote. The full rundown of the changes can be found on the NHL.com SuperSkills page.

The NHL season is just over the quarter point and there has been quite a bit that has been notable.

I voted for my choices for the NHL All-Star game tonight (C'mon Timmy Thomas). After I voted, I was able to take a look at the leaders. I was pretty shocked to see that the top leaders for the Eastern Conference were all Canadians. They were not just ahead by a few votes, but by thousands!