I was surprised to hear that I had been selected to participate in all star weekend festivities, and especially that they asked me to take part in the most accurate shot competition in the skills show. With that said, I'm pretty proud of how good my shot has gotten since breaking into the league, and it was a real honour to be picked on account of me leading all defenders in goals this season. I began preparing for my turn in the event in probably the simplest way possible: I just stayed out after practice each morning firing pucks from the slot. I feel pretty confident shooting from this area as that's where I typically find myself scoring from, so now I just begin to focus purely on the four corners of the net. After a while I ask a few teammates to pass me the puck so I can perfect the catch and shoot motion that will be happening during the event. After a couple of weeks of dedicated practice, I'm feeling good about it and looking forward to trying to win the event over some of the most dangerous forwards in the league