Eastern Conference Wins Skills Competition
On Tuesday night in Sault Ste. Marie, the East All-Stars defeated the Western Conference All-Stars including Storm defencemen Drew Doughty and Mike Caruso 19-18 in the OHL All-Stars Skills Competition.
The two teams competed in several events in front of 4,061 fans at the Steelback Centre in the Puck Control Relay, Fastest Skater, Hardest Shot, Shooting Accuracy, Breakaway Relay and a 3 on 3 Game.
Doughty and Caruso each participated in the Hardest Shot competition, Breakaway Relay and the 3 on 3 Game. In the Hardest Shot event, Yannick Weber of the Kitchener Rangers topped former Storm blueliner Josh Godfrey with a blast measuring 99.2 mph. Godfrey, last year’s winner finished tied for second at 98.1 mph. Caruso and Doughty were eighth and ninth respectively out of ten shooters with fastest shots of 94 mph (Caruso) and 89.9 mph (Doughty). Neither Storm player scored in the Breakaway Relay or the 3 on 3 Game.
The event was tied at 18 after each competition and decided by a shootout where Brett MacLean scored the winner, while Steve Stamkos couldn’t find the back of the net for the West.
Full results from OHL All-Stars Skills Competition
PUCK CONTROL RELAY
Team Winner – East
Shawn Matthias (BEL), Nathan Moon (KGN), Kaspars Daugavins (MIS)
Team Runner up – West
Bradley Snetsinger (WSR), Justin Hodgman (ER), Josh Bailey (WSR)
Individual – Steven Stamkos (SAR) defeats Cody Hodgson (BRA)
FASTEST SKATER
Michael Swift (NIA) – 14.344 seconds
Wayne Simmonds (SSM) – 14.368
Alex Hutchings (BAR) – 14.599
Bryan Cameron (BEL) – 14.720
Nick Spaling (KIT) – 14.735
Wes Cunningham (PLY) – 14.900
Justin Azevedo (KIT) – 14.994
Ryan McGinnis (OSH) – 17.319
HARDEST SHOT
Yannick Weber (KIT) – 99.2 mph
Josh Godfrey (SSM) – 98.1
Zach Bogosian (PET) – 98.1
Bobby Sanguinetti (BRA) – 96.8
P.K. Subban (BEL) – 94.8
Alex Pietrangelo (NIA) – 94.8
Matt Belesky (BEL) – 94.5
Michael Caruso (GUE) – 94.0
Drew Doughty (GUE) – 89.9
Pat Maroon (LDN) – 85.6
SHOOTING ACCURACY
Chris Terry (PLY) – 4/4 (4/6 in playoff)
Luca Caputi (NIA) – 4/4 (2/8 in playoff)
Dustin Jeffrey (SSM) – 3/7
John Tavares (OSH) – 2/6
Brett MacLean (OSH) – 2/6
Justin DiBenedetto (SAR) – 1/7
BREAKAWAY RELAY
All skaters competed. The following are the goal scorers.
East
Bryan Cameron (BEL)
Alex Pietrangelo (NIA)
Nathan Moon (KGN)
Michael Swift (NIA)
West
Yannick Weber (KIT)
Wes Cunningham (PLY)
Bradley Snetsinger (WSR)
3-on-3 GAME
East Scoring:
Kaspars Daugavins (MIS)
Zach Bogosian (PET)
Shawn Matthias (BEL)
Michael Swift (NIA)
Brett MacLean (OSH)
Cody Hodgson (BRA)
Luca Caputi (NIA)
Nathan Moon (KGN)
West Scoring:
Wayne Simmonds (SSM)
Nick Spaling (KIT)
David Kolomatis (OS)
Bradley Snetsinger (WSR)
Wes Cunningham (PLY) x 2
Justin DiBenedetto (SAR)
Dustin Jeffrey (SSM)
Steven Stamkos (SAR)
Shootout:
Brett MacLean (OSH) – goal
Steven Stamkos (SAR) – no goal
