What a weekend for Brock Boeser and hockey fans.
It wasn’t enough that Boeser won the official trophy for best hair (MWF - Most Wonderful Flow?), and it wasn’t even enough that the Vancouver Canucks rookie clobbered the accuracy shooting competition. Boeser scored the game-winning goal for the Pacific Division in a 5-2 win against the Central Division, and then helped the Pacific beat the Atlantic 5-2 to split $1 million in winnings. With that, he was named the MVP.
“I was definitely nervous coming into it. I had some sweat going down my palms yesterday before the shooting contest,” Boeser said. “But I think once you get here, meet most of the guys and have some laughs, it’s easier to enjoy the experience. I wasn’t too nervous about today — just have fun, smile and play hockey. That’s what I did and I enjoyed all of it.”
Unsolicited opinion: It’s cooler when a guy on an entry-level contract ends up winning the MVP, and thus a car, rather than a guy who’s already making mega-bucks. That was a sneaky bonus of the already-tremendous moment of John Scott winning an MVP. Boeser is set to be an RFA after 2018-19, although a shampoo company should probably make him rich before then, if there’s any justice in the universe.
Seriously though, All-Star Weekend was good to hockey’s new favorite Thor look-alike.
The Pacific vs. Atlantic matchup was a little less wild than the first two games. Check out this post for a bucket’s worth of great GIFS, pictures, videos, and antics.
The Pacific Division thought this moment was exciting, by the way.
Pacific Division getting that #NHLAllStar 💰💰💰 pic.twitter.com/0uKk1newfe
— NHL (@NHL) January 29, 2018
Bradvillain
That said, there were some fun moments, including Brad Marchand continuing to really milk the whole villain thing. One of the highlights: Marchand drawing a rare penalty on Johnny Gaudreau, then really hamming it up.
Marchand gonna Marchand. #NHLAllStar pic.twitter.com/8YLlVf1Th0
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 28, 2018
The Sweater song
.@johngaudreau03 scores while unraveling. #NHLAllStar pic.twitter.com/h7zmDnl7iH
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) January 28, 2018
Misc.
Mike Smith was pretty close to scoring as a goalie:
Smith goes for the empty net! #NHLAllStar pic.twitter.com/3G4t0p1YaT
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) January 29, 2018
D’oh. Let’s just throw some more Brock hair fun in there, with apologies to other noteworthy flows, including that of fellow All-Star Noah Hanifin.
LADIES & GENTLEMEN YOUR #NHLALLSTAR MVP, @BBoeser16! pic.twitter.com/Nq06YvQaRV
— NBC Sports Hockey (@NBCSportsHockey) January 29, 2018
A worthy cause:
Good times.
Did everyone have fun during the #NHLAllStar weekend?! Awesome. pic.twitter.com/VtvcBvzjyC
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) January 29, 2018
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James O’Brien is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @cyclelikesedins.
