The NHL officially announced Wednesday that it is making significant changes to the format of the league's annual All-Star Game starting with this year's game on Jan. 31 in Nashville. The biggest difference is that the All-Star Game won't be a game at all. Instead it will be a three-game 3-on-3 tournament pitting the best players from each division against each other, as previously reported. Perhaps spurred by the louder cries of boredom following last year's particularly putrid 17-12 game, or maybe the worse television ratings, the league is taking a drastic step to boost interest. Last year's game had 1.2 million viewers tune into NBC Sports Network for the game broadcast in the U.S. That...
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