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http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/n...all-star-game/

Officials from the league and NHL Players’ Association will be in Columbus for testing early next week, according to two sources, with the goal of employing the Sportvision system during the Jan. 24 skills competition and Jan. 25 all-star game at Nationwide Arena.

That would see computer chips placed in the sweaters of each player, plus the puck, to chart what is happening on the ice. As a result, everything from how fast and far a player skates to how hard he shoots and positions himself would be measured in real time.

A previous test was conducted in late October at SAP Center in San Jose, where junior players and former Sharks played a game while outfitted with Sportvision, and was considered a success.

The NHL is still hoping to introduce the chip technology league-wide next season, although it has yet to receive approval from the NHLPA to do so. It would replace the real-time stats that are currently compiled by hand at every game — an outdated system that produces inconsistencies from building to building.

Sportvision would essentially standardize how stats are measured across the league while also providing a voluminous amount of data that is not currently available.