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
World
R Patrick Kane
R Ilya Kovalchuk
C Sidney Crosby
C Nicklas Bäckström
L Zach Parisé
L Alexander Ovechkin
D Brian Campbell
D Andrei Markov
D Mike Green
D Tobias Enström
G Marc-André Fleury
G Henrik Lundqvist
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 Rick Nash
R Dany Heatley
R Viktor Stalberg
R Daniel Alfredsson
R Martin Havlat
Centers
Centers
C Ryan Getzlaf
C Travis Zajac
C Steven Stamkos
C Pavel Datsyuk
C Mikko Koivu
C Henrik Sedin
Left wings
Left wings
L Bobby Ryan
L Kris Versteeg
L Martin St. Louis
L Marian Hossa
L Tomas Plekanec
L Evgeni Malkin
Defensemen
Defensemen
D Jay Bouwmeester
D Brent Seabrook
D Ryan Whitney
D Ryan Suter
D Christian Ehrhoff
D Joni Pitkänen
D Erik Karlsson
D Alexander Edler
Goalies
Goalies
G Jonathan Bernier
G Craig Anderson
G Jacob Markstrom
G Ondrej Pavelec
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.