All-Star Teams selected

18-1-2007 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
R Rick Nash
C Joe Thornton
L Simon Gagné
D Nick Schultz
D Bryan McCabe
G Martin Brodeur

World
R Ales Hemsky
C Alexei Yashin
L Alexander Ovechkin
D Sergei Zubov
D Andrej Meszaros
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.

Right wings
North America
R Steve Sullivan
R Martin St-Louis
R Dany Heatley
C Mike Modano
C Doug Weight
C Sidney Crosby
L Paul Kariya
L Keith Tkachuk
L Chris Higgins
D Derek Morris
D Rob Blake
D Brian Rafalski
D Dion Phaneuf
G Marty Turco
G Manny Fernandez

World
R Alex Kovalev
R Marian Gaborik
R Nikolai Zherdev
C Peter Forsberg
C Sergei Fedorov
C Pavol Demitra
L Patrik Elias
L Daniel Alfredsson
L Ilya Kovalchuk
D Lubomir Visnovsky
D Filip Kuba
D Mattias Öhlund
D Dick Tärnström
G Miikka Kiprusoff
G Henrik Lundqvist

This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 10 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 11 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.