18-1-2013 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2013 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 Brad Boyes
C Eric Staal
L Raffi Torres
D Braydon Coburn
D Matt Carle
G Roberto Luongo
World:
R Marian Hossa
C Henrik Zetterberg
L Alexander Ovechkin
D Johnny Oduya
D Anton Volchenkov
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 :
R Jarome Iginla
R Jason Spezza
R Dustin Brown
World
Right wings :
R Theoren Fleury
R Martin Havlat
R Marco Sturm
North America World
Centers :
C Joe Thornton
C Vincent Lecavalier
C Sidney Crosby
World
Centers :
C Olli Jokinen
C Patrik Elias
C Valtteri Filppula
North America World
Left wings :
L Simon Gagné
L Dustin Penner
L Rick Nash
World
Left wings :
L Marian Gaborik
L Pavel Datsyuk
L Andrei Kostitsyn
North America World
Defensemen :
D Steve Eminger
D Dion Phaneuf
D Mike Green
World
Defensemen :
D Drew Doughty
D Ladislav Smid
D Andrej Meszaros
D Martin Dahlbeck
D Victor Hedman
North America World
Goalies :
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère
G Curtis McElhinney
World
Goalies :
G Kari Lehtonen
G Niklas Backstrom
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 8 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 9 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.