All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2007 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 Trent Hunter--------------------------------------R Jaromir Jagr
C Joe Sakic------------------------------------------C Alexei Yashin
L Éric Dazé-------------------------------------------L Ilya Kovalchuk
D Wade Redden------------------------------------D Mattias Öhlund
D Dion Phaneuf-------------------------------------D Joni Pitkänen
G Roberto Luongo----------------------------------G Kari Lehtonen
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 Jonathan Cheechoo--------------------------R Maxim Afinogenov
R Dany Heatley----------------------------------R Milan Hejduk
R Patrice Bergeron------------------------------R Tuomo Ruutu
Centers------------------------------------------------ Centers
C Joe Thornton----------------------------------- C Olli Jokinen
C Chris Drury------------------------------------- C Pavol Demitra
C Mike Fisher-------------------------------------- C Pavel Datsyuk
Left wings---------------------------------------------Left wings
L Paul Kariya-------------------------------------- L Peter Forsberg
L Andrew Brunette------------------------------ L Patrick Elias
L Rick Nash -------------------------------------L Alexander Ovechkin
Defensemen-----------------------------------------Defensemen
D Derek Morris------------------------------------ D Sandis Ozolinsh
D Brian Rafalski----------------------------------- D Sergei Zubov
D Sean Hill----------------------------------------- D Zdeno Chara
D John-Michael Liles----------------------------- D Tomas Kaberle
Goalies--------------------------------------------------Goalies
G Martin Brodeur------------------------------------G Tomas Vokoun
G Ryan Miller-----------------------------------------G Miika Kiprusoff
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.