NHL All-Stars sad to miss Olympics, but happy to be in Vegas
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By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Most of the world’s best hockey players are spending this weekend in Las Vegas instead of the Olympic village in Beijing. The NHL All-Stars still aren’t happy about missing their chance to compete for gold. But nobody was complaining about the consolation prize of a sunny weekend in Vegas. The NHL All-Star Game is Saturday and it returns after the pandemic called things off a year ago.