All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2010 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 Rick Nash
R Jaromir Jagr
C Sidney Crosby
C Mats Sundin
L Patrick Marleau
L Alexander Ovechkin
D Dion Phaneuf
D Zdeno Chara
D Brian Campbell
D Lubomir Visnovsky
G Martin Brodeur
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
Right wingsR Jarome Iginla
R Martin St. Louis
R Dany Heatley
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World
Right wings R Milan Hejduk
R Martin Havlat
R Marian Hossa
North America
CentersC Joe Thornton
C Marc Savard
C Mike Richards
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World
Centers C Olli Jokinen
C Pavol Demitra
C Nicklas Bäckström
North America
Left wingsL Joe Sakic
L Antoine Vermette
L Patrick Sharp
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World
Left wings L Daniel Alfredsson
L Ilya Kovalchuk ATL
L Evgeny Malkin
North America
Defensemen D Dan Boyle
D Rob Blake
D Brent Burns
D Mike Green
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World
Defensemen D Sergei Zubov
D Nicklas Lidström
D Kenny Jönsson
D Sergei Gonchar
North America
GoaliesG Rick DiPietro
G Ray Emery
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World
GoaliesG Tuukka Rask
G Cristobal Huet
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.