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
R Rick Nash
C Eric Staal
L Vincent Lecavalier
D Drew Doughty
D Alex Picard
G Carey Price
World
R Alexander Semin
C Evgeni Malkin
L Alexander Ovechkin
D Joni Pitkänen
D Rostislav Klesla
G Kari Lehtonen
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
Right wings
R Dany Heatley
R Jeff Carter
R Corey Perry
Centers
C Joe Thornton
C Jason Spezza
C Sidney Crosby
Left wings
L Devin Setoguchi
L Brian Gionta
L Steve Bernier
Defensemen
D Marc Staal
D Ryan Suter
D Matt Carle
D Mike Green
Goalies
G Roberto Luongo
G Rick DiPietro
World
Right wings
R Marian Gaborik
R Mikko Koivu
R Petr Prucha
Centers
C Henrik Zetterberg
C Pavel Datsyuk
C Anze Kopitar
Left wings
L Ilya Kovalchuk
L Tomas Plekanec
L Martin Hanzal
Defensemen
D Ladislav Smid
D Luca Sbisa
D Alex Edler
D Victor Hedman
Goalies
G Simeon Varlamov
G Jaroslav Halak
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 10 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 11 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.