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Columbus, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - The NHLs Skills Competition wont have that much of a different look despite the two-year hiatus for the showcase, but one notable absence may have an impact on perhaps one of the most popular events. A new hardest shot champion is expected to be crowned on Saturday when the leagues All-Stars get together to show off some of their skill at Columbus Nationwide Arena. The NHL has not held its All-Star weekend since 2012, with the lockout wiping out the event the following year and the Winter Olympics displacing the showcase in 2014. One event that most fans look forward to seeing each year is the hardest shot, a competition that has been dominated recently by Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara. Chara won the event in each of the past five competitions and in 2012 broke his own record for hardest shot by unleashing a rocket at 108.8 mph to get to the finals. He then edged Nashvilles Shea Weber with a 107.0 mph shot in the last round, topping Webers 106.0 mph shot. While Weber will be eligible to participate this weekend, Chara did not join him as an All-Star, with a 19-game absence caused by a knee injury the culprit. The last hardest shot winner other than Chara was Adrian Aucoin in 2004. Like 2012, the All-Star teams will be decided by a fantasy draft conducted by captains Nick Foligno of Columbus and Chicagos Jonathan Toews. Each of the 48 All-Stars and rookies picked for the showcase will compete in at least one of the six events. Each event has a certain number of points up for grabs, usually awarded by the best team performance along with individual showing. For example, there are five points available in the fastest skater competition as four players from each team go head-to-head over four rounds. The winner of each heat gets a point for his team, with the player that records the fastest time overall picking up an addition point. New York Rangers forward Carl Hagelin had the fastest time in the event three years ago. The breakaway challenge, meanwhile, aims to get the fans involved as it returns for its fifth showing. Five spots are divided up by the two captains, with a sixth player getting an automatic bid based on Twitter voting by the fans. Players that were eligible for the spot include Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames, Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers and the Blue Jackets own Ryan Johansen. After all eligible skaters complete three shot attempts -- with style, creativity and flair encouraged -- fans in attendance and watching on television will have a chance to return to Twitter and vote on a winner. Washingtons Alex Ovechkin won the first three instances of this event, but pulled out of the All-Star Game in 2012 after getting suspended for three games following an illegal hit. Returning All-Star Patrick Kane of the Blackhawks ended up the winner, first donning a Superman cape along with thick Clark Kent glasses for a second shot in which he dove to the ice, threw the puck from the left side to the right with his hand and tapped it in with a stick. On this third shot, he used a trick puck designed to explode into pieces when struck and ended up earning 49 percent of the fan vote. An elder event that returns is the accuracy shooting, which follows a similar format to the fastest skater in that four players on each team go head-to-head over four rounds trying to hit all four corner targets in the fewest shots. Dallas Jamie Benn earned an extra point for his team in 2012 by hitting all four targets in the fastest time at 10.204 seconds. There are no individual honors up for grabs in the Skills Challenge Relay, a timed event that consists of five challenges: one timers, passing, puck control, stick-handling and goalie goals. Fourteen skaters and one goaltender from each team will participate, with a point going to the fastest team in each heat and the team with the fastest overall time getting a bonus point. The shootout portion of the event gets a different look with all 48 players -- 14 skaters and two netminders each session -- participating over a three-round shootout. Unlike the previous elimination format that went to a last-shooter standing, seven skaters per round have 10 seconds to take a shootout rule-abiding shot against a goaltender, with teams alternating after each shot. Every third puck is a bonus that is worth two points scored as opposed to the normal one. Team Chara beat a squad captained by Daniel Alfredsson in 2012. Marcus Allen Jersey . The Missouri Tigers Defensive End and SEC Defensive player of the year is eligible for the upcoming NFL draft in May. Ronnie Lott Jersey . Cornet won six straight games to rally from a 2-0 deficit and take the first set. 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Vasili Berezutskis stoppage-time goal which gave the Russians a 1-1 draw with England in Marseille at the weekend was greeted like a winner and they will take confidence from that.They will come up against a Slovakian side which needs points, however, after they lost their first fixture 2-1 to Wales. With four third-placed teams going through, a failure to win would not necessarily be fatal for Jan Kozaks side but the need to start collecting points has undoubtedly increased.Slovakia will take heart from the fact they have not lost back-to-back games for more than two and a half years. Vasili Berezutskis late goal gave Russia a point in their tournament opener against England They will also be encouraged by the fact Russia have kept just two clean sheets in their last 16 European Championship finals outings - and won just one of their last six matches.With heavy rain falling in Lille on Wednesday, the retractable roof at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy could be closed for the match.Team newsRussia midfielder Denis Glushakov may start if deemed to be fully-fit following a calf strain after featuring in the last 10 minutes against England.Back-up goalkeeper Yuri Lodygin missed training on Tuesday with a knock.Following a 2-1 loss to Wales on Saturday, Slovakia coach Jan Kozak may decide to make changes to his side, with Ondrej Duda pushing for a start after scoring against Wales shortly after coming on a substitute.Opta statsThis will be the ninth time these sides have faced each other. Russia have claimed three wins to Slovakias two, with three draws.Neither of these teams have been able to score more than once across their lastt six meetings, with just seven goals scored in total in these matches.ddddddddddddThis will be the first time Russia have taken on Slovakia in the European Championships, although they have met twice previously in qualifying for the tournament - each claiming a 1-0 away victory. Ondrej Duda scored for Slovakia against Wales but it wasnt enough to spare them from a 2-1 defeat in Bordeaux Slovakia are without a goal in 243 minutes against Russia and have scored only one goal in their last four games with them.Three of Russias last four goals scored in the European Championships have come in the final 11 minutes of games.Russia have only managed to score twice in their last four meetings with Slovakia but the scorers - Alexander Kerzhakov (2014) and Alan Dzagoev (2011) - were left out of Russias Euro 2016 pool.Mersons predictionMuch has been made of Russia being poor against England but I thought Roy Hodgsons side were outstanding. Saying that I dont think Russia are as bad as people think. Slovakia may have lost against Wales but they did have their moments against Chris Colemans side. At 1-1 I thought there would be only one winner so fair play to Wales for coming back. I cant split these two sides and think theyll share the spoils in Lille.PAUL PREDICTS: 1-1BettingRussia are Sky Bets 13/10 favourites for the victory with Slovakia given a 9/4 chance while a draw is 21/10. Wednesdays clash brings together the two outsiders to win Group B, with Russia 11/4 followed by Slovakia 20/1, while England lead the market at 11/10.Artem Dzyuba heads the first goalscorer betting at 4/1 while Michal Duris and Adam Nemec are rated the outsiders main threats at 7/1 apiece.Follow Russia v Slovakia - and every game at Euro 2016 - with our live blog on skysports.com and the Sky Sports apps. 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