18-1-2008 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2008 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 Jason Spezza R David Vyborny
C Eric Staal C Mats Sundin
L Zach Parisé L Ilya Kovalchuk
D Bryan McCabe D Sandis Ozolinsh
D Wade Redden D Zdeno Chara
G Marc-André Fleury G Miikka Kiprusoff
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 Jonathan Cheechoo
R Brian Gionta
R Rick Nash
R Milan Hejduk
R Marian Hossa
R Jaromir Jagr
Centers Centers
C Joe Sakic
C Scott Gomez
C Sidney Crosby
C Michael Nylander
C Pavol Demitra
C Anze Kopitar
Left wings Left wings
L Ray Whitney
L Simon Gagné
L Ryan Malone
L Henrik Zetterberg
L Alexander Frolov
L Alexander Ovechkin
Defensemen Defensemen
D Bret Hedican
D Ed Jovanovski
D John-Michael Liles
D Jay Bouwmeester
D Nicklas Lidström
D Lubomir Visnovsky
D Tomas Kaberle
D Sergei Gonchar
Goalies Goalies
G Martin Biron
G Martin Brodeur
G Evgeny Nabokov
G Kari Lehtonen
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.
Lun 19 Mai 2008, 09:57