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Say Goodbye to NHL All-Star Skills Competition’s Breakaway Challenge

By Alyssa Naimoli

Jan 30, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; General view of the 2016 All Star game logo on the ice before the 2016 NHL All Star Game Skills Competition at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 30, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; General view of the 2016 All Star game logo on the ice before the 2016 NHL All Star Game Skills Competition at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /
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Who Can Forget the Fun Gags That Came As A Result of the Breakaway Challenge at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition? Well, Say Goodbye to the Gags, the Good and Bad, As the All-Star Competition Says Goodbye to the Breakaway Challenge For Good.

NHL fans have loved the breakaway challenge in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition from the moment they saw it for the first time. The challenge has brought gags upon gags, though not all good ones, that would enchant the fans for the remainder of the season.

In fact, many hockey fans will remember P.K Subban putting on his best mullet to impersonate fellow All-Star Jaromir Jagr last season for years to come. Now, not only will the memory of that joke will live on for the good impression but it will be one of the best gags from the challenge’s last season.

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NHL All-Star Skills Comp: Goodbye Breakaway Challenge, Hello Four Line Challenge

The NHL has decided to opt for a new challenge for the All-Star skills comp called the “Four Line Challenge.” In this challenge, the player will try to hit targets in the net from the closest blue line, center ice, the far blue line and the opposite goal line.

Goalies will also have the opportunity to try from the farthest distance and will have more points available to them if they succeed.

It was reported that the retiring of the breakaway challenge and the introduction of the four line challenge was as much the players’ decision as the league. Therefore, there won’t be any all-stars upset that they won’t be able to try their best breakaway move.

Fans will miss the breakaway challenge, but if the four lines challenge is a fun feat for the players to try then fans won’t be disappointed for long. Plus, after a while you’ve got to run out of fun breakaway gags, right?

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Tune in to watch the NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 4:00 p.m. ET  and the All-Star Game on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 12:30 p.m. ET.

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