All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2008 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 Jarome Iginla R Jaromir Jagr
C Jason Spezza C Mats Sundin
L Paul Kariya L Ilya Kovalchuk
D Mathieu Schneider D Sergei Zubov
D Wade Redden D Tomas Kaberle
G Martin Brodeur G Ilya Bryzgalov
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
R Steve Sullivan
R Andy McDonald
R Dany Heatley
R Teemu Selänne
R Jere Lehtinen
R Marian Hossa
Centers
C Joe Thornton
C Vincent Lecavalier
C Eric Staal
C Pavol Demitra
C Henrik Sedin
C Henrik Zetterberg
Left wings
L Keith Tkachuk
L Rick Nash
L Sidney Crosby
L Maxim Afinogenov
L Daniel Alfredsson
L Alexander Ovechkin
Defensemen
D Scott Niedermayer
D Paul Mara
D Philippe Boucher
D Dion Phaneuf
D Nicklas Lidström
D Zdeno Chara
D Mattias Öhlund
D Dick Tärnström
Goalies
G Roberto Luongo
G Marc-André Fleury
G Olaf Kölzig
G Kari Lehtonen
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.