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The NHL is taking steps to avoid another John Scott situation at the All-Star Game.The league announced new fan voting rules Monday that disqualify players from being named All-Star captains if theyre injured or sent to the American Hockey League. Scott, a journeyman enforcer, was voted in by fans last year when he was with the Arizona Coyotes and still served as the Pacific Division captain despite being traded to the Montreal Canadiens and demoted to the AHL.Scott was the MVP of the 3-on-3 tournament that will be back for a second year, but the NHL didnt want a similar awkward situation to happen leading up to the 2017 All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles.Players who are injured or in the minors wont be on the active ballot until theyre back in the NHL. If someone is voted captain and is hurt or in the AHL, the player with the second-most votes gets in.Scott told Sportsnet that he approves of the rules change.I expected something to come about. Its good. Something had to happen. I dont think they wanted a situation like me to happen again, he told Sportsnet. Guys in the AHL, guys that are hurt ... I dont think they should be included anymore. I think it was a one-time thing. Its a good rule.Fans will vote for a captain from each division -- the Metropolitan, Atlantic, Central and Pacific -- regardless of position. The 3-on-3 tournament of the two Eastern and two Western Conference divisions facing each other before meeting in the final will take place on Sunday, Jan. 29.The All-Star skills competition will be Saturday, Jan. 28.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Morten Andersen Youth Jersey . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. New Orleans Saints Jerseys . Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments. http://www.shoptheofficialsaints.com/Elite-Cameron-Jordan-Saints-Jersey/ . Ibaka equaled a career high with 20 rebounds, adding four blocked shots and 15 points as the Thunder smothered the Milwaukee Bucks offence in a 92-79 victory Saturday night. Thomas Morstead Youth Jersey . Arsenal failed to take full advantage of its main rivals stumbles on Saturday as substitute Gerard Deulofeu levelled with a hard shot from a tight angle in the 84th minute to give Everton a deserved point. Ahead of a crucial fortnight that will see them play against Napoli in the Champions League, Manchester City and Chelsea, Arsenal leads by five points ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea. Willie Roaf Womens Jersey . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No.When Felix Hernandez won the American League Cy Young in 2010 despite a 13-12 record, it was a big step forward in the acceptance of sabermetric principles in the valuation of players. That Mariners team scored just 513 runs that season, 74 fewer than any other team in baseball. Hernandez led all AL starters with a 2.27 ERA, and the voters agreed that he should not have been penalized because Jose Lopez and seven other Mariners hitters with 200 or more plate appearances failed to reach base even 30 percent of the time.This season, we are at risk of moving backward. Inn both leagues, ERA is at odds with innings pitched, another worthwhile factor many voters use to judge pitchers.ddddddddddddAaron Sanchez leads qualified AL starters with a 2.92 ERA, but his 169.1 innings are 20-plus short of candidates such as?Chris Sale, Corey Kluber?and Justin Verlander, who have slightly worse ERAs. Meanwhile, reliever Zach Brittons 0.65 ERA is so low that he could earn consideration despite just 55.0 innings pitched. ' ' '