Something for everyone at NHL Skills Competition

A goalie turned scorer. The youngest participant in NHL history. A Sidney Cosby moment. A Connor McDavid burst of speed.

The 2017 NHL All-Star Skills Competition had something for everyone. Here some of the takeaways:

The star of the NHL Skills Competition was Ryker Kesler. That’s not a mistake. Not Ryan Kesler.

Ryan let his six-year-old son Ryker take his place in the breakaway challenge and he beat Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price through the five hole for the only goal the Pacific Division scored in that event.

“He’s got ice in his veins,” Kesler said of his son. “I was more nervous than he was.”

Ryker high-fived everyone on the ice after the impressive goal. Asked how it felt, Ryker said: “Excited.”

Meanwhile, young stars are the talk of the NHL this season. Connor McDavid, 20, leads the NHL in scoring and Auston Matthews, 19, is the darling of Toronto. Both of those players were in the accuracy shooting event at the skills contest. Who won? Neither. Matthews looked impressive, breaking four targets in five shots in 12.28 seconds. McDavid needed more than 15 seconds.

But Sidney Crosby, 29, reminded everyone why he is considered the most skilled player in the game by downing four targets in 10.7 seconds. McDavid did win the Fastest Skater Competition.

Also, it doesn’t seem as if Montreal Canadiens defenseman Shea Weber has a true challenger for the title of NHL’s Top Gun.

Weber won the hardest shot competition for the third consecutive year on Saturday night with a shot clocked at 102.8 mph, much lower than his 108.5 in 2015 and the 108.1 he recorded last season. Winnipeg Jets rookie Patrik Laine was second at 101.7.

Was the radar gun having an off night? Only two shots surpassed 100 mph.

“Maybe it was location of the shots,” Weber said. “I don’t know. It could have been a number of different things. Maybe for some reason we just weren’t feeling it tonight.”