18-1-2008 All-Star Teams selected

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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

R Jason Spezza
C Sidney Crosby
L Brendan Shanahan
D Marc-André Bergeron
D Wade Redden
G Ryan Miller

World

R Jaromir Jagr
C Peter Forsberg
L Henrik Zetterberg
D Zdeno Chara
D Roman Hamrlik
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.

North America

Right wings

R Jarome Iginla
R Nathan Horton
R Steve Bernier

Centers

C Scott Gomez
C Daniel Brière
C Eric Staal

Left wings

L Joe Sakic
L Keith Tkachuk
L Zach Parisé

Defensemen
D Dan Boyle
D Chris Pronger
D Bryan McCabe
D Ed Jovanovski

Goalies

G Roberto Luongo
G Martin Brodeur

World

Right wings

R Aleksey Morozov
R Ales Hemsky
R Alexander Ovechkin

Centers

C Henrik Sedin
C Pavel Datsyuk
C Anze Kopitar

Left wings

L Martin Havlat
L Ilya Kovalchuk
L Evgeny Malkin

Defensemen

D Sergei Zubov
D Jaroslav Spacek
D Sergei Gonchar
D Joni Pitkänen

Goalies

G Miikka Kiprusoff
G Henrik Lundqvist

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