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18-1-2002 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2002 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 Dany Heatley R Milan Hejduk
C Joe Sakic C Pavol Demitra
L Andrew Brunette L Henrik Zetterberg
D Chris Pronger D Tomas Kaberle
D Wade Redden D Nicklas Lidström
G Martin Brodeur 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 World
Right wings Right wings
R Jarome Iginla
R Todd Bertuzzi
R Andy McDonald
R Marian Hossa
R Jaromir Jagr
R Marian Gaborik

Centers Centers
C Joe Thornton
C Mike Modano
C Daniel Brière
C Mats Sundin
C Henrik Sedin
C Pavel Datsyuk

Left wings Left wings
L Scott Gomez
L Keith Tkachuk
L Darcy Tucker
L Vyacheslav Kozlov
L Martin Havlat
L Alexander Ovechkin

Defensemen Defensemen
D Rob Blake
D Sheldon Souray
D Patrice Brisebois
D Scott Niedermayer
D Zdeno Chara
D Kimmo Timonen
D Mattias Öhlund
D Joni Pitkänen

Goalies Goalies
G Marty Turco
G Manny Fernandez
G Hannu Toivonen
G Miikka Kiprusoff


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.