Hockey fans, or even sports fans in general love seeing the best players of a specific sport play each other. Best of the best games in all sports really bring out the die hard sports fans. Back in the 1930’s, Arch Ward came up with the All-Star game concept. In 1933, the first game was played in Chicago and it was a baseball game.

The baseball game ended up being such a big success that college football had the next All-Star game. Eventually the NHL realized how successful the All-Star games had become and decided to have their own in 1934, to raise funds for a former player. The NHL hosted two other benefit All-Star games, until 1947 when they made the game apart of the season.

The way the benefit games worked was the Stanley Cup Champions would play the All-Star team which was made up of the remaining 6 other NHL teams players. This year the All-Star game is being held in Nashville, TN and they’ve added a twist on the game.