18 janvier 2017

All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2017 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 Patrick Kane
C Tyler Seguin
L Jamie Benn
D Kris Letang
D Brent Burns
G James Reimer

World
R Vladimir Tarasenko
C Henrik Zetterberg
L Alex Ovechkin
D John Klingberg
D Erik Karlsson
G Semyon Varlamov

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 Kyle Okposo
R Rick Nash
R Phil Kessel

Centers
C Connor McDavid
C Sidney Crosby
C Steven Stamkos

Left wings
L Brad Marchand
L Max Pacioretty
L Mike Hoffman

Defensemen
D Duncan Keith
D Jake Muzzin
D Shayne Gostisbehere
D John Carlson

Goalies
G Connor Hellebuyck
G Jonathan Quick

WORLD

Right wings
R Alexander Radulov
R Jakub Voracek
R Nikita Kucherov

Centers
C Leon Draisaitl
C Mikko Koivu
C Nicklas Bäckström

Left wings
L Nikolaj Ehlers
L Artemi Panarin
L Daniel Sedin

Defensemen
D Zdeno Chara
D Roman Josi
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson
D Victor Hedman

Goaliers
G Kari Lehtonen
G Petr Mrazek

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.