Bure Brothers Rock All-Star Game

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"That's why I got MVP, he set me up a lot," Pavel Bure said, nudging his little brother.

"I'm his biggest fan," Valeri Bure said. "It's easy to play with him, 99 percent of the time you give him the puck, he scores a goal."

Bure recorded the 11th hat trick in All-Star history and the first since Teemu Selanne did it for the World Team in Vancouver in 1998.

"Obviously, it's a great honor," Pavel said. "It was a special night for me because I was playing with my brother."

Except for the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, the Bures have not played together since their days with the once-famous Red Army team. Valeri joined the Russian team at age 16, when Pavel already was a star.

"I won't forget this experience," Pavel said. "It will be one of the most special days of my career."

Olaf Kolzig had a very rare shutout period as he blanked the North American team in the third period as the World stretched the 5-4 lead.

"We got some great goaltending," said World coach Scotty Bowman, who coached in an All-Star game for an unprecedented fifth decade. "He (Kolzig) made some tough saves and really distinguished himself out there."

The five-goal decision followed close victories by North America, 8-6 in 1999 and 8-7 in 1988, in the first two All-Star games played under the present format.