Tragically, last year’s Breakaway Challenge at the All-Star Game weekend was the last we’ll be seeing for a while. The NHL has apparently nixed the event which, to be honest, needed to happen sooner or later.
From the article:
At its worst, it was a uncomfortable string of “good job, good efforts” as players showed the hitting a puck out of the air with your stick after two 360-spins is slightly harder than, like, dunking a dumb basketball.
At its best, it was … basically the best thing of All-Star Weekend, pre-3-on-3 tournament format.