18-1-2011 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2011 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 Brad Boyes R Daniel Sedin
C Sidney Crosby C Evgeni Malkin
L Dany Heatley L Henrik Sedin
D Dan Boyle D Nicklas Lidström
D Duncan Keith D Joni Pitkänen
G Roberto Luongo G Semyon Varlamov
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 Jarome Iginla
R Jason Arnott
R Patrick Marleau
R Daniel Alfredsson
R Marian Hossa
R Marian Gaborik
Centers Centers
C Joe Thornton
C Daniel Brière
C Ryan Getzlaf
C Pavel Datsyuk
C Anze Kopitar
C Nicklas Bäckström
Left wings Left wings
L Chris Drury
L Brad Richards
L Zach Parisé
L Kristian Huselius
L Ilya Kovalchuk
L Alexander Ovechkin
Defensemen Defensemen
D Tyler Myers
D Shea Weber
D Mike Green
D Drew Doughty
D Kimmo Timonen
D Tomas Kaberle
D Sergei Gonchar
D Mark Streit
Goalies Goalies
G Steve Mason
G Cam Ward
G Tomas Vokoun
G Henrik Lundqvist
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 9 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 10 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.