18-1-2008 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2008 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 vs R Alexander Ovechkin
C Sidney Crosby vs C Pavel Datsyuk
L Rick Nash vs L Evgeny Malkin
D Brian Campbell vs D Nicklas Lidström
D Ryan Whitney vs D Sergei Zubov
G Carey Price vs G Kari Lehtonen
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 Jonathan Cheechoo
R Jason Pominville
R Patrice Bergeron
vs
R Marian Hossa
R Jaromir Jagr
R Marian Gaborik
Centers Centers
C Joe Thornton
C Jason Spezza
C Eric Staal
vs
C Sergei Fedorov
C Mats Sundin
C Alexander Semin
Left wings Left wings
L Jarome Iginla
L Simon Gagné
L Erik Cole
vs
L Henrik Zetterberg
L Ilya Kovalchuk
L Nicklas Bäckström
Defensemen Defensemen
D Dan Boyle
D Rob Blake
D Wade Redden
D Jay Bouwmeester
vs
D Dmitri Kalinin
D Zdeno Chara
D Kim Johnsson
D Tobias Enström
Goalies Goalies
G Ryan Miller
G Ray Emery
vs
G Hannu Toivonen
G Miikka Kiprusoff
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 8 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 9 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.
Ven 23 Jan - 15:43
