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18-1-2012 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2012 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 Martin St. Louis R Daniel Alfredsson
C Sidney Crosby C Pavel Datsyuk
L Jarome Iginla L Alexander Ovechkin
D Mike Green D Andrei Markov
D John-Michael Liles D Tomas Kaberle
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 Rick Nash
R Dany Heatley
R Kyle Okposo
R Marian Hossa
R Loui Eriksson
R Thomas Vanek

Centers Centers
C Joe Thornton
C Jonathan Toews
C Steven Stamkos
C Henrik Sedin
C Henrik Zetterberg
C Nicklas Bäckström

Left wings Left wings
L Bobby Ryan
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard
L Zach Parisé
L Olli Jokinen
L Daniel Sedin
L Ilya Kovalchuk

Defensemen Defensemen
D Dan Boyle
D John Carlson
D Dion Phaneuf
D Shea Weber
D Joni Pitkänen
D Mark Streit
D Alex Edler
D Tobias Enström

Goalies Goalies
G Marc-André Fleury
G Corey Crawford
G Henrik Lundqvist
G Peter Budaj


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.

17-1-2012 Marian Hossa reaches a milestone !
Marian Hossa() notched the 400th assist of his career in tonight's game against the Edmonton Oilers on a goal by Patrick Sharp. It's always nice to give a good pass..., he read from a prepared speech..

A native of Slovakia, Marian Hossa was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 1st round of the 1997 entry draft. He has appeared in 821 NHL games during his career, notching 358 goals and adding 400 assists along with 468 penalty minutes. The 33 year old right wing has played 46 games with the Chicago Blackhawks this season, totalling 19+20=39 with 10 PIM.