Instead, it was Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson that was victorious in the event as he recorded a top shot of 103.2 mph. When it comes to the Hardest Shot event, it's normally a defenseman that takes home the honor. This came after McDavid had smashed his four targets in a mind-boggling 9.494 seconds during his first attempt of the night. Meanwhile, Kadri edged out Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid by inches as he knocked down his four targets before McDavid in their semifinal matchup. Nelson had defeated New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin in the semifinals to clinch his spot in the final. New York Islanders center Brock Nelson won the Accuracy Shooting event as he topped Calgary Flames forward Nazem Kadri in the final. And with Catherine Bach suffering from an earlier injury.NHL All-Star weekend began on Friday evening with the All-Star Skills Competition taking center stage at FLA Live Arena. He just dug in there and wouldn't let go. Harmon and Wopat were the same age (almost to the day) and fairly evenly matched Harmon as a trained athlete might even have had an edge. He was amazing as the anchor, the "rock of Gibraltar," as Cosell put it. And Pernell Roberts was not, as one reviewer said, 52 he was 54 (born in 1928) and had anywhere from 12 years to 23 years on any of the other men. Remember, one of the three women on the CBS team was only a 13- year-old slip of a girl, Danielle Brisebois. :) That tug of war is something else, a triumph of the underdog. The stars tended to acquit themselves better as amateur athletes than as intellectuals at Celebrity Jeopardy. But still, it's great fun to watch these old shows. Plus, we can all point and laugh at the hairstyles and such, at least before we remember (some of us anyway) that we used to wear such styles ourselves. All right, BOTNS was kind of cheesy and Cosell's commentary, as if each segment were the Olympics, can give you a chuckle.
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