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 Tyler Seguin R Evgeni Malkin
C Jamie Benn C Nicklas Backstrom
L Patrick Sharp L Alex Ovechkin
D Thomas Hickey D John Klingberg
D Duncan Keith D Roman Josi
G Martin Jones G Andrei Vasilevskiy
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 Corey Perry
R Patrick Kane
R Tyler Johnson
R Jakob Silfverberg
R Jakub Voracek
R Alexander Radulov
Centers Centers
C Claude Giroux
C Sidney Crosby
C Joe Thornton
C Aleksander Barkov
C Anze Kopitar
C Henrik Sedin
Left wings Left wings
L Bryan Little
L Max Pacioretty
L James Neal
L Artemi Panarin
L Nikita Kucherov
L Daniel Sedin
Defensemen Defensemen
D Dustin Byfuglien
D Mark Giordano
D P.K. Subban
D Brent Burns
D Niklas Kronwall
D Erik Karlsson
D Olivier Ekman-Larsson
D Alexander Edler
Goalies Goalies
G Jonathan Quick
G Carey Price
G Tuukka Rask
G Henrik Lundqvist
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.