RALEIGH, NC -- This is the first time the NHL All-Star Game has come to Raleigh, and aesthetically the city looks ready. Banners from the airport to city streets to the hotels. Local business (OK, bars) pimping the game as well. Here's a report from the local ABC affiliate on the eve of All-Star Weekend:
How Raleigh has welcomed NHL All-Star Game; Jeff Skinner crushing from Greg Wyshynski on Vimeo.
The Fan Fair is sprawling throughout the Convention Center, and on Friday will feature a discussion with All-Star Game officials Tom Kowal and Darren Gibbs (linesman), and random appearances by former NHLers Ryan Vandenbussche, Aaron Ward and, we crap you not, New Jersey Devils pugilistic legend Troy Crowder.
There will also be an appearance by Jeff Skinner, the Carolina Hurricanes rookie sensation who is the youngest player to make the NHL All-Star Game roster. And if you watched the video above, you not only got a sense of the celebration here in Raleigh but SkinnerMania, with 17-year-old girls asking 18-year-old professional hockey players to prom. It's all very Marcia Brady and Davey Jones, to make a completely dated reference.
Much more on Friday, along with Jersey Fouls, Bourne, Lambert and a Fantasy Draft Live Blog (we think).
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