Howe had played in five decades of all-star games and he would skate alongside the second-youngest to ever play in the game, 19-year-old Wayne Gretzky.

Previously, the girls skated alongside the boys.

Volek skated alongside the veteran center Bryan Trottier and needed no translator on the ice.

But, by mid-game, Graves was again skating the left side, alongside Gretzky.

The coach skated alongside players as they took turns unleashing shots at the goaltender.

"I hear lots of rumors," Hull said about a trade that would allow him to skate alongside Gretzky again.

Over at the oval on Lac Moore, stroller-pushing mothers skate alongside adolescent speed skaters.

Courtnall skated on the first line alongside Messier.

Will it help the Rangers to trade for a sharpshooting right wing to skate alongside Gretzky or another of their centers?

In today's practice, he skated alongside left wing Adam Graves.