All-Star 2017

18-1-2017 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2017 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 Rick Nash R Marian Gaborik
C Nick Bjugstad C Sven Baertschi
L Taylor Hall L Alexander Ovechkin
D Dustin Byfuglien D Alexander Edler
D Dion Phaneuf D Sami Vatanen
G Marc-André Fleury G Tuukka Rask

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 Nathan Horton
R James Neal
R Marko Dano
R Filip Forsberg
R Evgeni Kuznetsov

Centers Centers
C Sidney Crosby
C Joe Thornton
C Steven Stamkos
C Mikhail Grigorenko
C Evgeni Malkin
C Nicklas Bäckström

Left wings Left wings
L Eric Staal
L Brayden Schenn
L Jonathan Drouin
L Loui Eriksson
L Michael Grabner
L Daniel Sedin

Defensemen Defensemen
D Cam Fowler
D James Wisniewski
D Shea Weber
D Zach Bogosian
D Hampus Lindholm
D Christian Ehrhoff
D Adam Larsson
D Erik Karlsson

Goalies Goalies
G Corey Crawford
G Jonathan Quick
G Petr Mrazek
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.

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 Alexander Ovechkin, Marian Gaborik and Evgeni Malkin.

Sven Baertschi of Team World won the fastest skater competition, beating Taylor Hall in the final.

Joe Thornton of Team North America won the hardest shot competition with a result of 91 MPH, beating Evgeni Malkin in the final.

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

Henrik Lundqvist of Team World won the goalie competition (pass&score), beating Corey Crawford in the final.

Team World won the breakaway relay with a team of Evgeni Malkin, Marian Gaborik and Alexander Ovechkin.

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