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All-Star Game, took place on December 13, 2014 at

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, Canada. Admission was free, and 6,850 people attended the game. The game aired live on Sportsnet One in Canada, as well as on the NHL Network in the United States. The event featured three 15-minute periods which aired on television, and had a Skills Competition following the game. This edition of the All-Star Game featured a "fantasy draft" format akin to the NHL All-Star Game in order to determine the rosters. Fan balloting determined the team captains, which were goaltender

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from the

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, and rookie forward Jessica Campbell of the

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. The captains each chose 5 players for their team, and picked the remainder of their teams via mini-stick draw. While this game was promoted as the first All-Star Game, there were in fact two previous All-Star Games played during the 2008-09 season. These two games featured CWHL All-Stars against NHL Alumni.

Rosters

Fan balloting

Voting for CWHL all-star captains started on November 21, 2014. Online voting will require fans to vote on the CWHL.com web site. Fans were presented a list of 42 players.

Draft

The draft of the players took place on December 12, 2014 at 8:00 pm, Eastern time. It was held at the Delta Hotel in Toronto.

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of the

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and

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of the

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were selected for the All-Star Game, however both were unable to participate.

Game summary

Team White's

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opened the scoring late in the first period, putting a loose puck behind Team Red Captain

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picked up an assist on the opening marker. Team White added to their lead in the second period, as

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scored on Christina Kessler. Stack's

teammate

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and

got assists on the goal.

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of the

and Delayne Brian of the

had shutouts for Team White in the first and second periods respectively. Team Red came out quickly in the Third period, as

forward

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scored early in the period on Team White's

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with Blake Bolden and

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assisting on the goal.

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tied the game up a few minutes later for Team Red on a feed from

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of the

would give Team Red the lead midway through the third, beating her

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teammate

on a mini-breakaway.

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and

assisted on the eventual game winner. Team Red's

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picked up the only penalty of the game late in the third period for tripping, however Team White was unable to beat Team Red goalie

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on the 6-on-4 power play.

Skills competition

Following the game,

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hosted the Skills Competition. The first part of the event was the Fastest Skater competition. Team White won the 5-heat event 3–2, with Jessica Campbell, Michelle Bonello and Carly Hill winning their heats.

and

won the two heats for Team Red. The second part of the Skills Competition was the Breakaway Relay, an elimination shootout featuring the skaters who didn't compete in the Fastest Skater event. Team Red won after

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scored after everyone else had been eliminated.

did take an attempt for Team White, however she was stopped by

References

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