18-1-2014 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2014 All-Star Game have been decided according to votes given by hockey fans around the world. The fans voted the starting lineup consisting of 1 goaltender, 2 defenseman, 1 left wing, 1 center and 1 right wing for both North America All-Stars and World All-Stars. Here are the final results of the voting:
North America ----- World
R Derick Brassard ------ R Thomas Vanek
C Sidney Crosby ------ C Anze Kopitar
L Taylor Hall ------ L Henrik Zetterberg
D Ryan Suter ------- D Alexander Edler
D Duncan Keith ------- D Joni Pitkänen
G Braden Holtby ------- G Tuukka Rask
Traditionally, the coaching staff of the two All-Star teams will selected rest of the players to participate in this most profilic annual sports event. The following players have been selected to the All-Star teams by the coaching staff.
North America -------- World
Right wings -------- Right wings
R Patrick Kane ------ R Alexander Semin
R Bobby Ryan ------- R Marian Gaborik
R Shane Doan ------ R Daniel Alfredsson
Centers ------- Centers
C John Tavares --- C Mikko Koivu
C Claude Giroux ----- C Patrik Elias
C Steven Stamkos ---- C Evgeni Malkin
Left wings -------- Left wings
L Jeff Skinner ----- L Gabriel Landeskog
L Zach Parisé ------ L Pavel Datsyuk
L Scott Hartnell ---- L Alexander Ovechkin
Defensemen -------- Defensemen
D Drew Doughty ----- D Zdeno Chara
D Chris Pronger ------ D Niklas Kronwall
D Kris Letang ------- D Dmitry Kulikov
D Brent Burns ------- D Erik Karlsson
Goalies -------- Goalies
G Cam Ward ------ G Miikka Kiprusoff
G Marc-André Fleury ---- G Ondrej Pavelec
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 9 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 10 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.