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Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:41

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Sidney Crosby is dealing with a neck injury.

-So... what's up with the Penguins' medical staff? (PG+)

-Kris Letang speaks:

-Evgeni Malkin speaks:

-Ben Street and Eric Tangradi each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 7-4 loss to the Connecticut Whale.

-Patrick Killeen made 26 saves for the Wheeling Nailers who lost to the Kalamazoo Wings, 2-1.

-Happy 33rd birthday to former Penguins forward Robert Dome (right). A first-round pick in 1997, Dome, one of the bigger busts in franchise history, spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 1997-98, he appeared in 30 games and recorded seven points. After spending all of 1998-99 in the AHL and IHL, Dome played in 22 games for the Penguins in 1999-2000 and scored seven points. After spending 2000-01 in the Czech Republic and the AHL and missing most of 2001-02 due to an injury, Dome joined the Flames as a free agent in the 2002 offseason. In 52 games for the Penguins, he scored 14 points.

-Happy 26th birthday to former Penguins forward Chris Bourque. Claimed off waivers from the Capitals just prior to the 2009-10 season, Bourque's Penguins career amounted to 20 games and three assists. Midway through the season, Bourque, the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Ray Bourque, was re-claimed off waivers by the Capitals. He currently plays for the Hershey Bears, the Capitals' AHL affiliate.

All-Star Lame Game

-Skills competition results.

-Bright times for Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson:

-Letang beat Florida's Brian Campbell in the fastest backwards skating competition:

-Letang taking off:

-Letang > Detroit's Jimmy Howard:

-Malkin snuck this shot by Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist:

-Neal was stopped by Boston's Tim Thomas in the shootout competition:

-Malkin showing off some stick handling:

-Malkin being a star:

-Malkin's just chilling:

-Malkin was popular:

-Neal mingling in with his Team Alfredsson teammates:

-Chicago's Patrick Kane and Anaheim's Corey Perry stole the show with a Superman get-up and a ministick respectively:

-A good look at "Superman:"

-A good look at Perry's stick:

-This is what St. Louis goaltender Brian Elliott saw when "Superman" was bearing down on him:

-A good look at Elliott's helmet camera:

-“I thought it would be cool to wear it and slide down the ice like I was flying or something, like Clark Kent or Superman. I had fun with it.” - Kane.

-Kane also "broke" a puck:

-Elliott was better than Kane on one save at least:

-The main show was Bruins captain Zdeno Chara and Predators captain Shea Weber in the hardest shot competition:

-Chara broke his own record in the hardest shot competition with a blast of 108.8 MPH.

-Check out this save by Los Angeles' Jonathan Quick on Toronto's Joffrey Lupul:

-A good look at the save:

-Quick toasted Howard in the fastest goaltender skating competition:

-Montreal's Carey Price made a save with his back turned to Philadelphia's Sean Couturier:

-A good look at the showdown:

-Price also Tebowed on one of his save attempts:

-Price got beat doing... whatever he was doing here:

-San Jose's Logan Couture played to the hometown crowd by wearing his old Ottawa 67s jersey for a shootout goal:

-Blackhawks forward and former Penguin Marian Hossa took part in the accuracy shooting competition:

-A good look at Spezza in the accuracy shooting contest:

Atlantic Division

-Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi took the road less traveled to become an all-star.

Central Division

-The Blackhawks demoted forward Jimmy Hayes to Rockford of the AHL.

Smythe Division

-Former Blue Jackets forward Andrej Nedorost has joined Berkut Kiev of the PHL in Ukraine.

-Brooks Ostergard made 34 saves for the Robert Morris men's team in a 2-1 loss to Niagara.

-Nick Jones scored both of the Mercyhurst men's team's goals in a 2-2 tie with RIT.

-Kristen DiCiocco made 19 saves for the Robert Morris women's team which shutout Niagara, 1-0.

(Photos: Crosby-Jamie Sabau/Getty Images; Dome-Stephen Dunn/Allsport/Getty Images; All-Star Game-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images, Christian Petersen/Getty Images and Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

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