The NHL has tried a number of things to get people interested in the the mid-winter exhibition to watch the NHL's best players gather and play together. From a standard Eastern Conference vs Western Conference match-up, a North America versus The World experiment, to fantasy, the NHL will now feature a 3-on-3 tournament.
The teams are divided by division (Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central, and Pacific) and each team will feature six forwards, three defensemen, and two goalies. The games will be 20 minutes in duration as the Eastern teams will play first, the Western teams second, until the winners of each face-off in the final round to claim a champion of the first ever 3v3 tourney.