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
R Jonathan Cheechoo
C Joe Thornton
L Paul Kariya
D Wade Redden
D John-Michael Liles
G Roberto Luongo
World
R Jaromir Jagr
C Peter Forsberg
L Alexander Ovechkin
D Nicklas Lidström
D Mattias Öhlund
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
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World
R Martin St. Louis
R Todd Bertuzzi
R Patrice Bergeron
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R Petr Sykora
R Marian Hossa
R Marian Gaborik
C Mike Modano
C Scott Gomez
C Eric Staal
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C Pavol Demitra
C Mats Sundin
C Anze Kopitar
L Alex Tanguay
L Glen Murray
L Rick Nash
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L Martin Havlat
L Henrik Zetterberg
L Ilya Kovalchuk
Defensemen Defensemen
D Patrice Brisebois
D Tim Gleason
D Jay Bouwmeester
D Ryan Whitney
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D Zdeno Chara
D Andrej Meszaros
D Joni Pitkänen
D Marek Zidlicky
G Martin Brodeur
G Brent Krahn
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G Olaf Kölzig
G Kari Lehtonen
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 14 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 15 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.