All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2012 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
R Jarome Iginla
C Jonathan Toews
L Simon Gagné
D Dion Phaneuf
D Mike Green
G Roberto Luongo
World
R Alex Kovalev
C Evgeni Malkin
L Alexander Ovechkin
D Nicklas Lidström
D Andrei Markov
G Miikka Kiprusoff
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
Right wings
R Patrick Marleau
R Martin St. Louis
R Rick Nash
World
Right wings
R Milan Hejduk
R Jaromir Jagr
R Kristian Huselius
North America
Centers
C Vincent Lecavalier
C Paul Stastny
C Sidney Crosby
World
Centers
C Olli Jokinen
C Henrik Sedin
C Pavel Datsyuk
North America
Left wings
L Dany Heatley
L T.J. Oshie
L James Neal
World
Left wings
L Daniel Sedin
L Henrik Zetterberg
L Ilya Kovalchuk
North America
Defensemen
D Brian Rafalski
D Duncan Keith
D Ryan Suter
D Drew Doughty
World
Defensemen
D Lubomir Visnovsky
D Zdeno Chara
D Kimmo Timonen
D Alex Edler
North America
Goalies
G Andrew Raycroft
G Martin Brodeur
World
Goalies
G Tuukka Rask
G Jaroslav Halak
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 8 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 9 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.