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Canuck Boeser wins All-Star MVP and skill competition

File- This Dec. 21, 2017, file photo shows Vancouver Canucks right wing Brock Boeser (6) during overtime of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. The 23rd overall pick of the 2015 NHL draft opened some eyes last season, notching four goals and an assist in nine games. He's kept that pace going this season, leading all rookies with 20 goals and had a hat trick during a four-point game against Pittsburgh on Nov. 4. Boeser became the fastest Vancouver rookie to reach 20 goals, doing it in 34 games, and one of the favorites to win the Calder Trophy, awarded to the league's top rookie.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Photo: Associated Press/Marcio Jose Sanchez


TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Rickard Rakell had two goals and Canuck Brock Boeser, Johnny Gaudreau and Drew Doughty also scored to help the Pacific Division win the NHL All-Star game with a 5-2 victory over the Atlantic Division on Sunday.

Pacific goalies Marc-Andre Fleury and Mike Smith teamed to allow just four goals in the two games their team captured to claim the $1 million shared by the winners of the four-team divisional tournament played in an entertaining three-on-three format.

The Canucks’ Boeser, the only rookie among 15 first-time All-Stars, also had a goal in the Pacific’s 5-2 semifinal victory over the Central Division and named game MVP.

Mike Green had two goals for the Atlantic, one off both Fleury and Smith in the final.

The annual skills competition that wrapped up Saturday’s festivities.

Vancouver Canuck Brock Boeser was named the game MVP and won the shot-accuracy competition at the All Star game. For being an All-Star pick, the MVP and winning the skill competition, Boeser picks up more than $300,000 in bonuses.

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