18-1-2008 All-Star Teams selected

18-1-2008 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 World
R Jonathan Cheechoo R Petr Sykora
C Sidney Crosby C Peter Forsberg
L Rick Nash L Evgeny Malkin
D Brian Rafalski D Nicklas Lidström
D Dion Phaneuf D Lubomir Visnovsky
G Roberto Luongo 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 World
Right wings Right wings
R Jarome Iginla
R Mike Modano
R Martin St. Louis
R Jere Lehtinen
R Marian Hossa
R Jaromir Jagr

Centers Centers
C Joe Thornton
C Daymond Langkow
C Vincent Lecavalier
C Sergei Fedorov
C Mats Sundin
C Anze Kopitar

Left wings Left wings
L Paul Kariya
L Chad Kilger
L Patrick Marleau
L Markus Näslund
L Ilya Kovalchuk
L Jussi Jokinen

Defensemen Defensemen
D Dan Boyle
D Scott Hannan
D Bryan McCabe
D Matt Carle
D Sergei Zubov
D Sergei Gonchar
D Andrej Meszaros
D Joni Pitkänen

Goalies Goalies
G Martin Brodeur
G Cam Ward
G Henrik Lundqvist
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.