All-star weekend

18-1-2016 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2016 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 Steven Stamkos R Alexander Radulov
C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C Mikko Koivu
L Taylor Hall L Evgeni Malkin
D Dougie Hamilton D Alexander Edler
D Keith Yandle D Oliver Ekman-Larsson
G J.P. Anderson G Alexander Lopukhov

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 James Neal
R David Backes
R Ville Leino
R Marian Gaborik
R Nail Yakupov

Centers Centers
C Eric Staal
C Sidney Crosby
C Phil Kessel
C Anze Kopitar
C Patrik Berglund
C Henrik Sedin

Left wings Left wings
L Bobby Ryan
L Milan Lucic
L Rick Nash
L Henrik Zetterberg
L Daniel Sedin
L Alexander Ovechkin

Defensemen Defensemen
D Duncan Keith
D Drew Doughty
D Kris Letang
D Alex Pietrangelo
D Christian Ehrhoff
D Joni Pitkänen
D Erik Karlsson
D Tobias Enström

Goalies Goalies
G Brian Elliott
G Malcolm Subban
G Jacob Markstrom
G Henrik Lundqvist


This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 12 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 13 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.