NHL All-Star Game: Media Interview with Marian Gaborik

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After the NHL All-Star Game was completed, All-Star Game MVP Marian Gaborik talked to the media for a few minutes regarding the game.

When asked why he chose to pretend to "shoot" his stick at Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, Gaborik said that "I did it because he is my teammate, but I wouldn't have done it to any other goalie."

For those unaware, Gaborik and Lundqvist had been having a "chirp" session via Twitter.

Gaborik scored twice on Lundqvist and put an exclamation point on his night with his hat trick goal less than two minutes into the second period.

Gaborik went on to address the play of Pavel Datsyuk and Marian Hossa, saying that he relished the chance to play with them, adding that he and Marian had played on the Slovak national team before.

I asked Gaborik if there was any sort of bet to see if there was a winner and a loser, and what the stakes were for the hypothetical bet.

Disappointingly, Gaborik said that "there were none" and that he had not addressed that particular topic with Lundqvist.

Gaborik went on to say that there were no hard feelings obviously on Lundqvist's part and added that there was even a picture on Twitter of them hugging after the skills competition last night.

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