All-Star Weekend wrapped up with Team Chara taking the game 12-9, and Marian Gaborik was named the MVP of the game. The weekend certainly didn't miss Alexander Ovechkin, who opted out of the festivities, citing his three game suspension for leaving his feet for a hit on Zbynek Michalek a week ago. The Breakaway Challenge saw Patrick Kane pull a Superman impersonation, Corey Perry almost pull a Ned Braden, and Carey Price play goaltender with his back turned to the shooter and "Tebowing," though not both at once. The weekend was obviously about one player: Daniel Alfredsson, who managed to be the third hardest shot in the competition (Zdeno Chara and Shea Weber are not getting dethroned anytime soon), and even net a couple of goals in the All-Star Game. How much did the weekend mean to fans? Well, all of the Senators got standing ovations, with Alfredsson getting the loudest cheers, anyone wearing a Maple Leafs sweater got booed mercilessly, and Zdeno Chara, Marian Hossa, and Brian Elliott, all former Senators, got cheers that equaled those of the current Senators. The 2013 game will be in Columbus, and given the state of the Blue Jackets, the city will have a lot of ground to make up if it even wants to have the success that Ottawa did.
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