All-Star Teams selected Starting lineups for the 2009 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 Jarome Iginla----------------R Marian Hossa
C Joe Thornton----------------C Henrik Sedin
L Martin St. Louis-------------- L Alexander Ovechkin
D Dion Phaneuf-----------------D Mattias Öhlund
D Wade Redden----------------D Zdeno Chara
G Martin Brodeur---------------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 R Justin Williams
R Jonathan Cheechoo
R Brian Gionta
world
R Milan Hejduk
R Petr Sykora
R Pavol Demitra
Centers C Joe Sakic
C Eric Staal
C Sidney Crosby
world
C Olli Jokinen
C Henrik Zetterberg
C Evgeni Malkin
Left wings L Ray Whitney
L Todd Bertuzzi
L Rick Nash
world
L Daniel Sedin
L Pavel Datsyuk
L Ilya Kovalchuk
Defensemen D Dan Boyle
D Paul Ranger
D Jay Bouwmeester
D Ryan Whitney
world
D Sergei Zubov
D Nicklas Lidström
D Kimmo Timonen
D Tomas Kaberle
Goalies G Jean-Sébastien Giguère
G Marty Turco
world
G Miikka Kiprusoff
G Kari Lehtonen
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.