KYLE. >> Kyle: OKAY, RON. YOU MENTIONONED THE MILLION DOLLARS AND ALL SIX HERE THAT REMAIN ARE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE MIX FOR IT. HOW ABOUT J.T. MILLER, HE JOKED COMING INTO IT THAT UNLESS THERE WAS A CYCLE THE PUCK EVENT HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE AND HE'S IN THE TOP SIX AND THE FINAL EVENT. A REMINDER WHY THIS IS UP FOR GRABS BECAUSE POINTS ARE DOUBLE HERE IF THIS FINAL OBSTACLE COURSE EVENT. LOOK AT 10 POINTS IF YOU FINISH FIRST, SIX POINTS IF YOU COME IN THIRD, SO FIVE POINTS SEPARATE FROM FIRST TO SIXTH, IT'S STILL VERY WIDE OPEN AS WE JOIN CHRIS AND CRAIG ONCE AGAIN. GENTLEMEN >> Chris: AND KYLE, WE SHOULD MENTION THAT J.T. MILLER TIED ELIAS PETTERSSON. THEY BREAK THE TIE BECAUSE MILLER FINISHED AHEAD OF PETTERSSON IN THE PREVIOUS EVENT. SO THAT'S HOW WE GET DOWN TO SIX. AS KYLE MEMENTIONED, WITH THE POINTS DOUBLED, ANYBODY CAN WIN THIS >> Craig: AND THE O, -- OBSTACLE COURSE, A LITTLE BIT OF SPEED, MANOEUVRING, PASSING, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING TO TRY AND FINISH THINGS OUT TO SEE WHO GOES HOME WITH THE BIG DOUGH. >> Chris: McDAVID THE LEADER, BARZAL SECOND. HERE WE GO TO THE OBSTACLE COURSE. >> Announcer: TIME FOR THE FINAL EVENT OF THE NIGHT TO DECIDE WHICH NHL ALL-STAR IS GOING HOME WITH $1 MILLION. THIS IS THE PEPSI NHL OBSTACLE COURSE. THE SIX ALL-STARS TAKING PART IN THIS FINAL EVENT, J.T. MILLER, CALE MAKAR, AUSTON MATTHEWS, WILLIAM NYLANDER, MATHEW BARZAL, AND CONNOR McDAVID. [ ♪♪ ] >> Announcer: OUR FIRST COMPETITOR ... >> Chris: J.T. MILLER, 10 POINTS, GOES FIRST. A DISADVANTAGE OF BEING FIRST >> Craig: YEAH. >> Chris: EVERYBODY ELSE CAN GO TO SCHOOL ON WHAT HE DOES. >> Craig: ABSOLUTELY. YOU'RE THE LAST GUY IN, THE FIRST ONE TO GO. WHAT WILL BE INTERESTING IS IN THE OBSTACLE COURSE WITH THE STICKHANDLING YOU'LL SEE THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP AND THERE'S SIX DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THAT WILL GO. SO WHEN HE COMES AROUND THE CORNER HE WILL SEE THE LIGHTS ON AFTER DOING THE SPEED AROUND THE CORNER. >> Chris: SPEED EVENT, IT WILL FINISH WITH A SHOT ON GOAL. >> Craig: YOU HAVE TO PUT IT THROUGH THE ONES THAT ARE GREEN. EACH GUY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE. >> THERE'S THE SAUCER PASS, IT WAS NOT PART OF THE PASSINGNG COMPETITION, BUT NEED A LITTLE SAUCE HERE. SO THIS WILL ESTABLISH A TIME THAT WE CAN USE AND NOW HE HAS TO HIT THAT TARGET AND -- THERE IT IS, 49.351 FOR J.T. MILLER >> Craig: YOU HEARD J.T. TALK ABOUT THE ONE-ON-ONE AND HOW THE LEGS WERE BURNING AND THE LUNGS WHY GOING AFTER THE ONE MINUTE FULL OUT. WELL, HE DIDN'T GET MUCH TIME TO REST THERE AS HE'S THE FIRST TO GO. AT THIS POINT YOU JUST KIND OF CALM YOUR BREATHING DOWN SO YOU CAN GET THAT SAUCER OVER AND IN TO THE LITTLE NET. >> Chris: SO WILLIAM NYLANDER, WAS GOING TO SAY, SHOULD BE CALE MAKAR NEXT. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PLAYERS WITH 12 EACH. >> Craig: WILLIAM NYLANDER SAYS THEY ANNOUNCED MAKAR. WHAT AM I DOING OUT HERE >> Chris: EIGHT INSTEAD OF 88. >> Craig: GOOD CHUCKLE ON THE BENCH. [ Laughter ] >> Chris: KEVIN, WHAT HAPPENED DOWN THERE. >> Kevin: DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TON. LITTLE BIT OF COMMUNICATION. WHAT A GREAT EVENT TO END THIS. GET REWARDING FOR SKATING, HANDS, HOCKEY I.Q., FINDING YOUR TARGET AND GETTING IT THROUGH. THESE OBSTACLES ARE SMALLER HERE AT ICE LEVEL AND BABY SAUCE, LITTLE BABY SAUCE, GOT TO SHOW THE TOUCH AND YOU FINISH IT OFF THERE BY GRABBINGG THE PUCK AND WEAVING THROUGH AGAIN. IT WINS YOU, REWARDS ENDURANCE. >> Chris: A PL MILLION DOLLARS UP FOR GRABS AND IT RAISES THE QUESTIONS, DEFENCEMEN LIKE MAKAR, OR FORWARDS LIKE McDAVID AND BARZAL. HERE IS MAKAR FINISHING 43.435, SO THAT'S THE NEW FASTEST TIME. >> Craig: AS YOU GET LATER IN THE CONTESTANTS. YOU CAN AT THE END OF GOING THROUGH THE OBSTACLE COURSE YOU CAN SHOOT FROM THE BLUE LINE AND TRY TO GET IT THROUGH THE TARGET TO SAVE TIME BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A CLOCK IN YOUR HEAD AS YOU GET ALONG HERE, HOW MUCH TIME DO I NEED TO BEAT. YOU SEE HOW CLOSE MAKAR GOT IN THERE, TAKES AN EXTXTRA SECOND TWO AND ADDS TO YOUR TOTAL >> Chris: MATTHEWS WAITING AS THEY RESET SOME OF THE OBSTACLE COURSE. HE HAD SEVEN POINTS IF HIS HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUP AGAINST DEMKO THAT GETS HIM INTO THIS THIRD PLACE TIE WITH 12. HE ALONG WITH MAKAR AND NYLANDER, 43.435 THE TIME TO BEAT. CLEAN THROUGH SO FAR. LOOKING SMOOTH. AND NOW THE BABY SAUCE, AS KEVIN MENTIONED. AND HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT SECOND. >> Craig: OH, HIT THE POST. >> Chris: STILL HASN'T GOT THAT MIDDLE ONE. THERE HE IS. AND NOW HEADED BACK THE OTHER WAY. GOING TO HAVE TO HUSTLE. TO CATCH MAKAR. AND IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WILL >> Craig: SHOOT FROM FAR OUT. YEAH >> Chris: THE LONG SHOT, AND HE NAILED THAT. 47.271. SO HE SAVED A LITTLE TIME AT THE END AS YOU PREDICTED. >> Craig: EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL FOR HIM, AND DID A LITTLE ADJUSTMENT THERE TO GET IT TO THE THIRD LAST. JUST THE FIRST SAUCER GOOD. BUT THE ONES EARLIER ON THAT HE HIT THE BUMPER AND WASN'T ABLE TO GET CONTROL OF IT. BUT A SMART HEADS UP PLAY THERE, KNEW THAT THE LONG SHOT WOULD SAVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SO HE BOUGHT HIMSELF A COUPLE. >> Chris: >> Chris: KEVIN. >> Kevin: THIS IS A 45-SECOND SPRINT. EVERY GUY THAT FINISHES COMES OFF TO THE BENCH. CALE MAKAR ASKED ME IF THERE WAS ALTITUDE HERE IN TORONTO. I DON'T KNOW, CALE, NOT AT ALTITUDE HERE. BUT A LOT MORE GRUELLING EVENT THAT EVERYONE REREALIZES. ENDURANCE, 45 SECONDS OF SKATING AND TURNS >> Chris: CALE, YOU'RE IN RARIFIED AIR WITH THESE COMPETITORS. >> Craig: ESPECIALLY ON THE HEELS OF THE ONE-ON-ONE WHICH WAS A MINUTE, RIGHT? THIS IS LIKE THE END OF A TOUGH PRACTICE >> Chris: NYLANDER SO FAR. NOW, CAN HE NAIL THE SAUCE? THE PUCK IS FLYING THROUGH THERE, AND -- >> Craig: OH, HE HIT THE POST. >> Chris: ANOTHER POST. GOT THE THIRD. JUST HITTING 30 AND THE CROWD GETTING BEHIND HIM TRYING TO BRING WILLIAM NYLANDER HOME. AND TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THIS COMPETITION. 43.435 THE TIME TO BEAT. AND HE DOESN'T DO IT >> Craig: OH, NO WAY! >> Chris: AND FINALLY PUTS IT HOME, 49.065. HE WASN'T GOING TO CATCH MAKAR UNLESS HE SHOT LIKE HIS TEAMMATE AUSTON MATTHEWS AND HE MISSED FROM MORE IN TIGHT J >> Craig: YOUR LUNGS ARE BURNING, YOUR LEGS ARE THERE, AND YOU THINK YOU'RE DONE, THE LAST PIECE FOR NYLANDER AFTER A GOOD RUN. LOOK HOW SOFTLY NOT RUSHING THE PASSES, TRYING TO MAKE SURE HE GETS IT IN. LOOKED LIKE HE WOULD BE OKAY. I THOUGHT, CHRIS, YEAH, YOU SHOOT RIGHT THERE, INSTEAD GETS IN TIGHT AND THAT EXTRA COUPLE OF SECONDS KNOCKS HIM FURTHER DOWN >> SOMEBODY TELL THE FELLOW DEFENCEMAN IN COLORADO THAT CALE MAKAR STILL LEADS HERE. BUT TWO LEFT IN SECOND PLACE AT THE MOMENT. THE MAN WHO REPLACED JACK HUGHES AS THE FINAL ENTRANT IN THIS COMPETITION, MATHEW BARZAL. WE'LL SEE IN ACTION HERE FOR THE ISLANDERS NEXT WEEK HERE IN TORONTO. WHAT CAN BARZAL DO? HE'S HAVING HIS BEST SEASON SINCE THE CALDER TROPHY ROOKIE CAMPAIGN. AND AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THE STUMBLING BLOCK. HITTING POSTS >> Craig: HE'S HIT WHAT, THREE POSTS NOW. GOT TO GET SOME CONCENTRATION COUNSEL >> Chris: DECIDE WHICH ONE TO NAIL. NOTHING HAPPENING. >> Craig: AND NOW THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH PUCKS. WOW. HOW MANY GOAL POSTS. >> Chris: WELL, WE'VE SEEN KUCHEROV, AND DRAISAITL. >> Craig: IT HAPPENS. >> IT'S HUMBLING, ISN'T IT? >> Craig: IT SURE IS. >> Kevin: SEEN THE MOVIE TIN CUP WHERE KEVIN COSTNER SAYS ONE MORE, THROW ME ANOTHER, ANOTHER. >> Craig: OH, MAN. >> Chris: WELL, HE WAS IN A GOOD PLACE HAD HE WON THIS, HE WAS GOING TO TAKE HOME A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. AND HE FIRED THAT ONE IN, IN FRUSTRATION >> Craig: YOU COULD JUST TELL, THAT COMPETITIVENESS, TOO, YOU'RE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS, GOT THE SPEED COMING AROUNDND, D NOW ONCE YOU HIT A POST, THREE TIMES EARLY ON, THERE'S TWO IN A ROW. AND THAT'S WELL INTO IT AS YOU COULD SEE THE EXTRA PUCKS. HE HIT A FEW EARLY ON, TOO. YOU HAVE TO FEEL FOR HIM AT THAT POINT. >> -- >> Craig: THIS IS CONNOR'S EEXCELLENT. HE -- EVENT. HE HAD A HAND IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. IT'S NO SURPRISE H HE'S IN FIRS PLACE AT THIS POINT. NOBODY CAN CATCH HIM IF HE TAKES CARE OF THIS. >> Chris: SO CALE MAKAR IS THE LEADER. CONNOR McDAVID, FUMBLED THAT, SO A BIT OF A SHAKY START. 43.435. AND AGAIN, >> Craig: THERE YOU GO, TWO, THREE. >> THAT WAS CLEANLY DONE. AND McDAVID LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN CHARGE. JUST SECONDS AWAY FROM A MILLION DOLLAR PAY DAY. CONNOR McDAVID, JUST HAS TO HIT THAT TARGET. AND THERE IT IS! A MILLION DOLLAR SHOT! >> Craig: YOU WATCH CONNOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER, NOTHING SHOULD SURPRISE YOU WITH THE BIGGEST PRIZE ON THE LINE. HE JUST TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL, DIDN'T HE? ALL THE ONES THAT REPRESENT THE PUCK HANDLING ABILITY, THE SPEED, THE ACCURACY, AND DESPITE A COUPLE OF LITTLE HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY, AFTER HE GOT THE THIRD ONE IN THE SMALL NET, CHRIS, YOU KNEW IT WAS OVER ON THE OBSTACLE COURSE >> Chris: IT WAS. THAT WAS THE SEPARATOR, WASN'T IT? >> Craig: YEAH. >> Chris: WELL, HE HELPED DESIGN IT, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. THE FANS WERE ON THEIR FEET AT THE END. WE HAD NOT SEEN THAT AT A SKILLS COMPETITION IN RECENT YEARS. CONNOR McDAVID IS THE WINNER. HE IS WITH DAVID AMBER. >> David: A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT CONNOR McDAVID WOULD BE THE FAVOURITE TO WIN THIS, THE FIRST EVER NHL ALL-STAR MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU LIVED UP TO THE BILLING. >> YEAH, THANKS. THOUGHT IT WAS A FUN EVENT. HOPE THE FANS HAD FUN. WE PUT ON A GOOD SHOW. YEAH, IT WAS FUN >> David: YOU HELELPED DEFINE SE OF THESE EVENTS, KNOWING IT WOULD SHOW CASE ALL THE SKILLS AND YOU SHOW CASED ALL THOSE SKILLS HERE. WHAT ARE YOU PROUD OF WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO. >> I THINK EVERYBODY WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE BASICS AND SHOW OFF THE SKILLS WE USE ON A NIGHTLY BASIS AND I THOUGHT YOU SAW GOOD SPEED, GOOD PASSING, SOME GOOD SHOOOOTING, AND, YEAHI THOUGHT IT WAS FUN. >> David: CONNOR, CAPACITY CROWD HERE IN YOUR HOMETOWN, A LOT OF LEAF FANS HERE BUT SOME OILER AND A TON OF McDAVID FANS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO DO IT WITH THEM? >> GOOD TO SEE THE OILER FANS OUT, THEY TRAVEL WELL. HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE THEM IN VEGAS ON TUESDAY FOR A BIG GAME. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT >> David: THE MILLION DOLLAR WINNER, CONNOR McDAVID. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANKS A LOT >> Chris: HUGE APPLAUSE FOR CONNOR McDAVID HERE. HE WINS THE FINAL EVENT TO MAKE NO MISTAKE. >> Craig: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES. JUST THE INTENSITY OF THE SKILLS COMPETITION, JUST SHOWING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THESE GREAT PLAYERS ARE ABLE TO DO. AS YOU SAID, NO SURPRISE. THE GAME'S GREAT PLAYER CONNOR McDAVID AT THE VERY END. THIS WAS THE ENDING OF WHAT HE DOES SO WELL, BEING ABLE TO CARRY THE PUCK AND EXPLOSIVE AROUND THE CORNERS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NET TO FINISH THINGS OFF. >> Chris: WINNING TIME OF 40.606, SO HE WAS THREE SECONDS FASTER THAN CALE MAKAR. THERE ARE THE FINAL STANDINGS AS McDAVID WINS THE $1 MILLION, WITH 25 POINTS ON THE NIGHGHT. CALE MAKAR FINISHES SECOND, AND A PAIR OF LEAFS, MATTHEWS AND NYLANDER, AND MATHEW BARZAL HAD THAT TOUGH OBSTACLE COURSE, WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE HE MIGHT BE IN POSITION TO STEAL THE $1 MILLION ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL
