18-1-2006 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2006 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 Brian Gionta // R Valeri Bure
C Joe Sakic // C Peter Forsberg
L Paul Kariya // L Patrik Elias
D Brian Rafalski // D Zdeno Chara
D Bryan McCabe // D Nicklas Lidström
G Manny Legace // G Hannu Toivonen
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 Martin St-Louis // R Petr Sykora
R Rick Nash // R Marian Hossa
R Dany Heatley // R Ales Hemsky
Centers Centers
C Joe Thornton // C Pavol Demitra
C Brad Richards // C Mats Sundin
C Eric Lindros // C Pavel Datsyuk
Left wings Left wings
L Brendan Shanahan // L Daniel Alfredsson
L Simon Gagné // L Jaromir Jagr
L Keith Tkachuk // L Alexander Ovechkin
Defensemen Defensemen
D Mathieu Schneider // D Lubomir Visnovsky
D Scott Niedermayer // D Andrei Markov
D Ed Jovanovski // D Tomas Kaberle
D Tom Preissing // D Sergei Gonchar
Goalies Goalies
G Roberto Luongo // G Martin Gerber
G Rick DiPietro // G Kari Lehtonen