18-1-2015 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2015 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 Claude Giroux R Alexander Ovechkin
C Steven Stamkos C Evgeni Malkin
L Brad Marchand L Daniel Sedin
D Dion Phaneuf D Alexander Edler
D Mike Green D Victor Hedman
G Malcolm Subban G Michal Neuvirth
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 Tyler Seguin
R Joffrey Lupul
R Marian Hossa
R Marian Gaborik
R Nail Yakupov
Centers Centers
C Eric Staal
C Sidney Crosby
C Joe Thornton
C Gabriel Landeskog
C Anze Kopitar
C Nicklas Bäckström
Left wings Left wings
L Bobby Ryan
L Jonathan Huberdeau
L David Perron
L Johan Franzen
L Michael Grabner
L Milan Michalek
Defensemen Defensemen
D Brent Seabrook
D Ryan Suter
D Shea Weber
D Ryan Murray
D Dmitry Kulikov
D Andrei Markov
D Erik Karlsson
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Goalies Goalies
G Richard Bachman
G Jonathan Bernier
G Jacob Markstrom
G Pekka Rinne
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 14 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 15 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.