2011 NHL All-Star Game: Team Lidstrom Wins, But Team Staal’s Patrick Sharp Wins MVP

RALEIGH -- If there’s any fear about today’s 2011 NHL All-Star Game, it’s that the weekend will come to an anti-climatic end. Think about it: on Friday we saw the awesome, unique All-Star “Fantasy” Draft, where the players gathered to pick their own teams like an awkward P.E. class from their childhood.

Then, on Saturday, we saw what’s usually considered the crown jewel of the All-Star Weekend, the All-Star SuperSkills competition. The fans were into the event, the players seemed a little more in to it than usual, and it was its usual entertaining self. It lived up to expectations.