NHL All-Star Game in Montreal
NHL Eastern Conference All-Star Ilya Kovalchuk (17 - Atlanta) fires off a shot at Western Conference goaltender J.S. Giguere (Anaheim) in the first period of the 2009 NHL All-Star game at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec on January 25, 2009. The Eastern Conference won the game 12-11 in an overtime shootout. (UPI Photo/Matthew Healey)
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