NHL All-Stars getting younger

This weekend, the NHL celebrates its five-day mid-season break with the 50th All-Star game, to be held in Toronto. The game returns to the city where the first All-Star match was played in 1947, when league All-Stars played the defending Cup champion Leafs. Although over 100 player alumnae will be in attendance and two Heroes of Hockey games are scheduled as part of the festivities, the nostalgia of the weekend will be superceded by the young talent that is in abundance for Sunday's main event. Gone are recent retirees Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, and in their place are players such as Scott Gomez and Valeri Bure, two of the many players who are making their All-Star debuts but have been making giant contributions to their respective teams all season long.