All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2011 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 Shane Doan R Daniel Alfredsson
C Sidney Crosby C Evgeni Malkin
L Marc Savard L Alexander Ovechkin
D Chris Pronger D Andrei Markov
D Scott Niedermayer D Sergei Zubov
G Roberto Luongo 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 Jarome Iginla
R Martin St. Louis
R Rick Nash
R Jaromir Jagr
R Marian Gaborik
R Alexander Semin
Centers Centers
C Jason Spezza
C Ryan Getzlaf
C Jeff Carter
C Henrik Zetterberg
C Pavel Datsyuk
C Anze Kopitar
Left wings Left wings
L Steve Sullivan
L Dany Heatley
L Zach Parisé
L Vaclav Prospal
L Marian Hossa
L Ilya Kovalchuk
Defensemen Defensemen
D Brian Rafalski
D John-Michael Liles
D Jay Bouwmeester
D Dion Phaneuf
D Toni Lydman
D Lubomir Visnovsky
D Kimmo Timonen
D Sergei Gonchar
Goalies Goalies
G Steve Mason
G Pascal Leclaire
G Vesa Toskala
G Pekka Rinne
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.