All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2013 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:
Team North America
R Phil Kessel
C Sidney Crosby
L Rick Nash
D Mike Green
D Dion Phaneuf
G Roberto Luongo
Team World
R Marian Gaborik
C Henrik Sedin
L Daniel Sedin
D Joni Pitkänen
D Christian Ehrhoff
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.
Team North America
Right wings
R Martin St. Louis
R Alexandre Burrows
R Corey Perry
Centers
C Joe Thornton
C Mike Richards
C Claude Giroux
Left wings
L Paul Stastny
L Zach Parisé
L Taylor Hall
Defensemen
D James Wisniewski
D John Moore
D Alex Pietrangelo
D Keith Yandle
Goalies
G Steve Mason
G Ryan Miller
Team World
Right wings
R Maxim Afinogenov
R Marian Hossa
R Alexander Semin
Centers
C Henrik Zetterberg
C Evgeni Malkin
C Nicklas Bäckström
Left wings
L Patrik Elias
L Ilya Kovalchuk
L Alexander Ovechkin
Defensemen
D Lubomir Visnovsky
D Andrei Markov
D Adam Larsson
D Alex Edler
Goalies
G Henrik Lundqvist
G Ondrej Pavelec
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 13 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 14 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars.