Changing The Format Of The NHL All-Star Game

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Every weekend of in the NHL season, fans from all over the United States stay up and watch their favorite NHL player play in season games. Every fan has always dreamed of having a dream team, where all of their favorite players are on one team. This is why the NHL created the All-Star Game in 1947 to make a fun and entertaining game that is meaningless to the regular season. Over the years the NHL have been trying to find the right style or format for the All-Star Game to make it enjoyable for the fans and viewers. The NHL has changed the format of the All-Star game 10 times since the first time the game happened in 1947, and just recently they changed it again. The new NHL All-Star Game format will be more entertaining for the audience watching because of the new tournament style, the fan vote, and the …show more content…

The fan vote allows the fans to vote for their favorite NHL players to participate in the All-Star Game. The 2016 NHL All-Star Fan Vote will also let the fans vote for one NHL player from each Division, without regard to position. The top vote getter from each Division will be named NHL All-Stars, as well as Captain of his respective team. The remaining 40 NHL All-Stars will be named by the NHL Hockey Operations Department for a total of 44 All-Star players, with at least one player selected from each NHL team. The Fan Vote allows the fans to be apart of the All-Star Game by picking their favorite players and watching them play in the game. Before the All-Star Game happens the NHL puts a poll for the fans to pick which players they want to be the captains for their division teams. On that poll, it allows other fans to see which players are popular in the vote and what the players are ranked as. Fans will be happier to see the players they picked on the ice playing in the game, which in turn will make the game more entertaining for the