SAN JOSE, Calif. — The news this weekend that the National Hockey League’s puck tracking system can capture movement at the rate of 2,000 times a second comes just in time. The sport is getting faster than ever, and just as quickly getting younger.
Scoring is up and the age of top players is down in a league that held its All-Star Game on Saturday night at SAP Center.
Speed and youth have been the themes of an eventful All-Star weekend that featured consistent booing of John Tavares, who turned down the Sharks as well as the Islanders during free agency last summer, and raucous cheering for U.