NHL Announces 2015 All-Star Game Roster
The final votes are in and the verdict is out. Along with the 6 players announced last week for the 2015 NHL All-Star Fan Vote presented by SiriusXM™ (Zemgus Girgensons of the Buffalo Sabres and Corey Crawford, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks) the other 36 players and 6 rookies were announced January 10th.
The 2015 All-Star Game will take place in Columbus, Ohio at Nationwide Arena on January 25, 2015 (5:00 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports). On January 24, the 42 All-Stars, along with the 6 rookies will partake in the 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition™ (7:00 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports). The festivities will start off on January 23 with the 2015 NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft™ presented by DraftKings (8:00 p.m. ET, NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports) to split up the teams. The two team captains will be announced next week.
One team coach will be selected from the coach who have the highest points percentage (points earned divided by total possible points) through the games on January 10. The other All-Star coach will be defending head coach Darryl Sutter of the Los Angeles Kings.
36 Additional All-Stars
Forwards
Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks
Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins
Nick Foligno, Columbus Blue Jackets
Ryan Johansen, Columbus Blue Jackets
Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers
Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings
Patrik Elias, New Jersey Devils
John Tavares, New York Islanders
Rick Nash, New York Rangers
Bobby Ryan, Ottawa Senators
Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers
Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia Flyers
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues
Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
Tyler Johnson, Tampa Bay Lightning
Phil Kessel, Toronto Maple Leafs
Radim Vrbata, Vancouver Canucks
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Defensemen
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Coyotes
Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames
Justin Faulk, Carolina Hurricanes
Erik Johnson, Colorado Avalanche
Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild
Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks
Kevin Shattenkirk, St. Louis Blues
Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders
Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets
Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers
Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators
6 Rookies
Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames
Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers
Tanner Pearson, Los Angeles Kings
Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators
Mike Hoffman, Ottawa Senators
Jonathan Drouin, Tampa Bay Lightning