Michigan State University Athletics
Vukovic to compete in NCAA Skills Challenge Friday evening.
4/11/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
April 11, 2008
DENVER, Colo. - Daniel Vukovic is one of 16 players who will represent the west in Friday evening's 2008 Frozen Four Skills Challengeat the Pepsi Center in Denver. The Frozen Four Skills Challenge will be televised live on ESPNU at 9 PM eastern time.
Complete Skills Challenge Rosters
The competitions will include puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot. Each competitor will receive a complete set of equipment and a full uniform from Nike Bauer Hockey.
For the East team, Rensselaer head coach Seth Appert and Union (N.Y.)'s Nate Leaman will serve as coaches, while Miami (Ohio)'s Enrico Blasi and Denver's George Gwozdecky will coach the West team.
The competitions will include puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot. Each competitor will receive a complete set of equipment and a full uniform from Nike Bauer Hockey.
The Frozen Four Skills Challenge begins at 9 eastern, and will be preceded by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award at 7:30 PM, and the Hockey Humanitarian Award at 8:05 PM. The Frozen Four Skills Challenge and the Hobey Baker Award ceremony will both be shown live on ESPNU.
