All-Star Game captains Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara have selected their participants for the 2012 Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Skills competition (Saturday, 7 p.m. ET, NBCSN).
There are six events -- fastest skater, breakaway challenge, accuracy shooting, challenge relay, hardest shot and elimination shootout -- in which both All-Stars and rookies will compete.
Bridgestone Fastest Skater
Team Chara: Brian Campbell, Jimmy Howard, Colin Greening, Phil Kessel, Marian Hossa
Team Alfredsson: Kris Letang, Jonathan Quick, Carl Hagelin, Keith Yandle, Erik Karlsson
Allstate Insurance Breakaway Challenge
Team Chara: Ryan Johansen, Patrick Kane, Corey Perry, Carey Price
Team Alfredsson: Sean Couturier, John Tavares, Logan Couture, Brian Elliott
Canadian Tire Accuracy Shooting
Team Chara: Cody Hodgson, Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn, Marian Hossa, Phil Kessel, Ryan Suter, Jordan Eberle, Brian Campbell
Team Alfredsson: Matt Read, Jason Spezza, Steve Stamkos, Daniel Sedin, Alex Edler, Dan Girardi, Claude Giroux, Henrik Sedin
G Series Skills Challenge Relay
Team Chara: Ryan Suter, Dennis Wideman, Jarome Iginla, Joffrey Lupul, Patrick Kane, Pavel Datsyuk, Gabriel Landeskog, Marian Gaborik, Jordan Eberle, Dion Phaneuf, Zdeno Chara, Jamie Benn, Kimmo Timonen, Raphael Diaz, Evegni Malkin, Phil Kessel
Team Alfredsson: Nick Johnson, Shea Weber, Kris Letang, Steve Stamkos, Henrik Sedin, Milan Michalek, Logan Couture, James Neal, Alex Edler, Keith Yandle, Scott Hartnell, John Tavares, Daniel Sedin, Craig Smith, Claude Giroux, Jason Pominville
Blackberry Hardest Shot
Team Chara: Luke Adam, Dennis Wideman, Dion Phaneuf, Zdeno Chara
Team Alfredsson: Justin Faulk, Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza, Shea Weber
Tim Hortons Elimination Shootout
Team Chara: Colin Greening, Pavel Datsyuk, Evgeni Malkin, Corey Perry, Tyler Seguin, Marian Gaborik, Patrick Kane, Jarome Iginla, Jamie Benn, Joffrey Lupul, Kimmo Timonen, Ryan Suter, Carey Price, Tim Thomas, Jimmy Howard
Team Alfredsson: Carl Hagelin, Steve Stamkos, John Tavares, Jason Spezza, Claude Giroux, Daniel Alfredsson, James Neal, Milan Michalek, Jason Pominville, Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Lundqvist, Brian Elliott, Jonathan Quick
Of note
-- Chara set the hardest shot record last year with a 105.9 mph blast.
-- Daniel Sedin won the accuracy shootout last year, hitting all four targets in 7.3 seconds (took him five shots).
-- The fastest skater record is still held by Mike Gartner, with a time of 13.386 seconds in 1996.