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 Corey Perry R Evgeni Malkin
C Sidney Crosby C Nicklas Bäckström
L Zach Parisé L Alexander Ovechkin
D Mike Green D Tomas Kaberle
D Tyler Myers D Ladislav Smid
G Marc-André Fleury G Ilya Bryzgalov
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
R Rick Nash
R Shane Doan
R T.J. Oshie
World
R Ales Hemsky
R Daniel Alfredsson
R Jakub Voracek
North America
C Jonathan Toews
C Jeff Carter
C Vincent Lecavalier
World
C Pavel Datsyuk
C Henrik Zetterberg
C Anze Kopitar
North America
L Bobby Ryan
L Jarome Iginla
L Taylor Hall
World
L Kristian Huselius
L Johan Franzén
L Ilya Kovalchuk
North America
D Duncan Keith
D Drew Doughty
D Kris Letang
D Alex Pietrangelo
World
D Niklas Kronwall
D Adam Larsson
D Erik Karlsson
D Andrej Meszaros
North America
G Cam Ward
G Corey Crawford
World
G Ondrej Pavelec
G Tuukka Rask
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.