All-star 2016

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 Claude Giroux R Marian Gaborik
C Joe Thornton C Nicklas Bäckström
L Eric Staal L Loui Eriksson
D Mike Green D Joni Pitkänen
D Drew Doughty D Andrei Markov
G Jonathan Quick G Henrik Lundqvist

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 Patrick Kane
R Rick Nash
R Phil Kessel
R Tuomo Ruutu
R Valeri Nichushkin
R Ales Hemsky

Centers Centers
C John Tavares
C Steven Stamkos
C Nazem Kadri
C Pavel Datsyuk
C Evgeni Malkin
C Henrik Sedin

Left wings Left wings
L Brandon Saad
L Mike Ribeiro
L Jonathan Drouin
L Thomas Vanek
L Henrik Zetterberg
L Alexander Ovechkin

Defensemen Defensemen
D Shea Weber
D Kris Letang
D Alex Pietrangelo
D Dustin Byfuglien
D Sami Vatanen
D Niklas Kronwall
D Adam Larsson
D Tobias Enström

Goalies Goalies
G Jake Allen
G Braden Holtby
G Petr Mrazek
G Jacob Markstrom


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.

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 Datsyuk, Alexander Ovechkin and Marian Gaborik.

Alexander Ovechkin of Team World won the fastest skater competition, beating John Tavares in the final.

Joe Thornton of Team North America won the hardest shot competition with a result of 89 MPH, beating Alexander Ovechkin in the final.

Steven Stamkos of Team North America won the accuracy shooting competition, beating Evgeni Malkin in the final.

Jonathan Quick of Team North America won the goalie competition (pass&score), beating Henrik Lundqvist in the final.

Team North America won the breakaway relay with a team of Phil Kessel, Steven Stamkos and Kris Letang.

ALL-STAR TEAMS
1st All-Stars
R Rick Nash
C Nicklas Bäckström
L Thomas Vanek
D Mike Green
D Kris Letang
G Pekka Rinne
2nd All-Stars
R Marian Gaborik
C Nazem Kadri
L Alexander Ovechkin
D Ryan Suter
D Andrei Markov
G Carey Price


ALL-ROOKIE TEAMS
1st All-Rookies
R Anthony Mantha
C Sam Reinhart
L Teuvo Teravainen
D Noah Hanifin
D Cody Ceci
G Niklas Lundström
2nd All-Rookies
R Kerby Rychel
C Willie Nylander
L Ryan Hartman
D Michael Matheson
D Haydn Fleury
G Andrey Makarov

16-6-2016 AHL All-Star Teams selected
AHL All-Star Teams for season 2015-2016 have been announced. Players have been selected to the 1st and 2nd All-Star Teams for their play in AHL.AHL ALL-STAR TEAMS
1st All-Stars
R Mattias Tedenby
C Brandon Sutter
L Joel Armia
D Adam Clendening
D Ryan Culkin
G Christopher Gibson

2nd All-Stars
R Tyler Biggs
C Matthew Nieto
L Brett Ritchie
D Damon Severson
D Matt Niskanen
G Johan Gustafsson