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 Dany Heatley R Alexander Ovechkin
C Sidney Crosby C Evgeni Malkin
L Rick Nash L Daniel Sedin
D Mike Green D Alexander Edler
D Brian Campbell D Marek Zidlicky
G Jonathan Quick G Ondrej Pavelec
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 Corey Perry
R Jordan Eberle
R Claude Giroux
R Marian Hossa
R Marian Gaborik
R Ilya Kovalchuk
Centers Centers
C Brad Richards
C Jason Spezza
C Joe Thornton
C Valtteri Filppula
C Henrik Sedin
C Nicklas Bäckström
Left wings Left wings
L Max Pacioretty
L Ryane Clowe
L Tim Connolly
L Henrik Zetterberg
L Johan Franzen
L Milan Michalek
Defensemen Defensemen
D Michael Del Zotto
D Kris Letang
D Dan Boyle
D Brent Burns
D Zdeno Chara
D Slava Voynov
D Andrei Markov
D Erik Karlsson
Goalies Goalies
G José Theodore
G Cory Schneider
G Tuukka Rask
G Viktor Fasth
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.