All-Star Game

9-2-2003 NHL All-Star Game
Team World has won the annual NHL All-Star game with a score of 13-9. Game MVP was Pavel Bure.

A native of Russia, Pavel Bure, was originally signed as a free agent to the NHL. He has appeared in 732 NHL games during his career, notching 449 goals and adding 365 assists along with 410 penalty minutes. The 31 year old right wing has played 55 games with the Florida Panthers this season, totalling 26+29=55 with 2 PIM.

8-2-2003 NHL All-Star Skill Competitions
The annual All-Star event kicked off today with the skill competitions. Team North America and Team World competed in six different races and the fans got to see their stars shine.

Team World won the puck control relay with a team of Pavel Bure, Peter Bondra and Jaromir Jagr.

Peter Bondra of Team World won the fastest skater competition, beating Mike Modano in the final.

Jaromir Jagr of Team World won the hardest shot competition with a result of 97 MPH, beating Jarome Iginla in the final.

Joe Sakic of Team North America won the accuracy shooting competition, beating Pavel Bure in the final.

Dominik Hasek of Team World won the goalie competition (pass&score), beating Martin Brodeur in the final.

Team North America won the breakaway relay with a team of Mario Lemieux, Paul Kariya and Jarome Iginla.

The yearly clash between Team North America and Team World will take place tomorrow.

18-1-2003 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2003 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 Martin St. Louis
C Mario Lemieux
L Jean-Pierre Dumont
D Rob Blake
D Brian Leetch
G Chris Osgood

R Jaromir Jagr
C Peter Forsberg
L Peter Bondra
D Nicklas Lidstrom
D Kimmo Timonen
G Tomas Vokoun

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 Paul Kariya
R Jarome Iginla
R Patrick Marleau

R Milan Hejduk
R Pavel Bure
R Pavol Demitra

Centers Centers
C Joe Sakic
C Mike Modano
C Jeremy Roenick

C Sergei Fedorov
C Olli Jokinen
C Mats Sundin

Left wings Left wings
L Scott Gomez
L John LeClair
L Owen Nolan

L Teemu Selanne
L Patrik Elias
L Daniel Sedin

Defensemen Defensemen
D Dan Boyle
D Mathieu Schneider
D Scott Niedermayer
D Al MacInnis

D Oleg Tverdovsky
D Sandis Ozolinsh
D Zdeno Chara
D Tomas Kaberle

Goalies Goalies
G Martin Brodeur
G Garth Snow

G Dominik Hasek
G Miikka Kiprusoff