All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2013 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 Ryan Getzlaf
C Sidney Crosby
L Bobby Ryan
D Mike Green
D Tyler Myers
G Marc-André Fleury
World
R Alexander Semin
C Niklas Backstrom
L Alexander Ovechkin
D Niklas Lidstrom
D Christian Ehrhoff
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
R Corey Perry
R Jarome Iginla
R Patrick Marleau
C Patrick Sharp
C Brad Richards
C Jason Spezza
D Ryan Whitney
D Chris Pronger
D Brent Burns
D Dennis Wideman
G Carey Price
G Rick Dipietro
World
R Marian Gaborik
R Ilya Kovalchuk
R Evgeni Malkin
C Anze Kopitar
C Mikko Koivu
C Henrik Sedin
L Pavel Datsyuk
L Milan Michalek
L Daniel Sedin
D Zdeno Chara
D Niklas Kronwall
D Andrei Markov
D Mark Streit
G Miikka Kiprusoff
G Sergei Bobrovsky
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.