18-1-2003 All-Star Teams selected
Starting lineups for the 2003 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 Paul Kariya R Milan Hejduk
C Joe Sakic C Pavol Demitra
L Joe Thornton L Patrik Elias
D Patrice Brisebois D Martin Skoula
D Chris Pronger D Sergei Zubov
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 Anson Carter
R Dany Heatley
R Martin Havlat
R Daniel Alfredsson
R Jaromir Jagr
Centers Centers
C Marc Savard
C David Legwand
C Eric Staal
C Michael Nylander
C Peter Forsberg
C Pavel Datsyuk
Left wings Left wings
L Mike Knuble
L Bill Guerin
L Erik Cole
L Vaclav Prospal
L Ilya Kovalchuk
L Thomas Vanek
Defensemen Defensemen
D Brian Rafalski
D Scott Niedermayer
D Wade Redden
D John-Michael Liles
D Nicklas Lidström
D Roman Hamrlik
D Ossi Väänänen
D Joni Pitkänen
Goalies Goalies
G Alex Auld
G Pascal Leclaire
G Tomas Vokoun
G Miikka Kiprusoff
This years All-Star weekend starts Saturday February 8 with the Super Skills competition and continues on Sunday February 9 with the clash between the North America All-Stars and the World All-Stars