Jan 11 Carey Price Named to All-Star Team

ADDITIONAL 36 ALL-STARS & 12 ROOKIES ANNOUNCED TO THE
2011 NHL ALL-STAR WEEKEND TO COMPLETE 54 PLAYER ROSTER

All Players to Participate in NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft powered by
Cisco

Friday, Jan. 28, Live on VERSUS, TSN and RDS 8 p.m. ET

NEW  YORK  (January  11,  2011)  –  The  National Hockey League today
announced  the  additional  36  All-Stars  and  12  Rookies  who  will join
fan-voted  top six Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Marc-Andre
Fleury  of  the Pittsburgh Penguins, as well as Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan
Toews  and  Duncan  Keith,  in  Raleigh  for  the 2011 NHL All-Star Weekend
festivities.

The 42 All-Stars will play in the 2011 NHL All-Star Game presented by
Discover on Sunday, Jan. 30 at the RBC Center.  Each team will be comprised
of  3  goalies,  6 defensemen and 12 forwards and will have one captain and
two  alternates to be chosen by the players and announced next week. The 12
NHL Rookies, along with the 42 All-Stars, will participate in the Honda NHL
SuperSkills® on Sat., Jan. 29 at the RBC Center.

Below are the additional 36 All-Stars and 12 Rookies:

36 Additional All-Stars

Forwards

Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks
Jarome Iginla – Calgary Flames
Eric Staal – Carolina Hurricanes
Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks
Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks
Matt Duchene – Colorado Avalanche
Rick Nash – Columbus Blue Jackets
Loui Eriksson – Dallas Stars
Brad Richards – Dallas Stars
Ales Hemsky – Edmonton Oilers
Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings
Patrik Elias – New Jersey Devils
Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers
David Backes – St. Louis Blues
Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning
Martin St. Louis – Tampa Bay Lightning
Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs
Ryan Kesler – Vancouver Canucks
Henrik Sedin – Vancouver Canucks
Daniel Sedin – Vancouver Canucks
Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals

Defensemen
Dustin Byfuglien – Atlanta Thrashers
Tobias Enstrom – Atlanta Thrashers
Zdeno Chara – Boston Bruins
Nicklas Lidstrom – Detroit Red Wings
Brent Burns – Minnesota Wild
Shea Weber – Nashville Predators
Marc Staal – New York Rangers
Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators
Dan Boyle – San Jose Sharks
Mike Green – Washington Capitals

Goaltenders
Jonas Hiller – Anaheim Ducks
Tim Thomas – Boston Bruins
Cam Ward – Carolina Hurricanes
Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens
Henrik Lundqvist – New York Rangers


12 Rookies

Rookies
Cam Fowler – Anaheim Ducks
Tyler Seguin – Boston Bruins
Tyler Ennis – Buffalo Sabres
Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes
Kevin Shattenkirk – Colorado Avalanche
Jordan Eberle – Edmonton Oilers
Taylor Hall – Edmonton Oilers
Evgeny Dadonov – Florida Panthers
Michael Grabner – New York Islanders
Derek Stepan – New York Rangers
Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Phoenix Coyotes
Logan Couture – San Jose Sharks


NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft Powered By Cisco

As  previously  announced,  the  NHL, working in conjunction with the
National  Hockey  League  Players’  Association,  replaced  the traditional
conference vs. conference format for the All-Star teams with a player draft
that  will  determine  the  team  rosters  for  the  2011 NHL All-Star Game
presented  by  Discover  as well as the Honda NHL SuperSkills®. The Jan. 28
NHL  All-Star  Player Fantasy Draft powered by Cisco will be televised live
nationwide  on  TSN  and  RDS in Canada and VERSUS in the U.S. at 8 p.m. ET
from NHL Fan Fair™ at the Raleigh Convention Center.

A  coin toss will decide first pick with the team captains, joined by
their  two  alternate  captains,  alternately  drafting  the  36  remaining
All-Stars  through  18 rounds. Each team will consist of three goalies, six
defensemen  and  12  forwards total. For sake of fairness in the draft, the
captain  and  alternate captains for each team will consist of two forwards
and  one  defenseman.  Also,  to ensure that the final draft picks are true
selections  and not simply predetermined due to position requirements, each
team’s  three goalies must be picked by the end of Round 10 and each team’s
six defensemen must be picked by the conclusion of Round 15.

The  12  Rookies  participating in the Honda NHL SuperSkills® will be
divided  by  the  NHL into two groups of six. At the completion of the 15th
round  of  the  NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft powered by Cisco, one NHL
Rookie  will  be selected to choose which All-Star team his group will join
for  the  skills  competition.  Details  on  fan access to the NHL All-Star
Player  Fantasy  Draft  powered  by  Cisco  will be announced in the coming
weeks.

2011 NHL All-Star Weekend

The 2011 NHL All-Star Game presented by Discover will mark the first
time Carolina has hosted NHL All-Star activities. The excitement begins on
Friday, Jan. 28 with the NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft powered by Cisco
and televised live nationwide on TSN and RDS in Canada and VERSUS in the
U.S. at 8 p.m. ET from NHL Fan Fair™ at the Raleigh Convention Center.  On
Saturday, Jan. 29, the players will take the ice in the Honda NHL
SuperSkills® at the RBC Center.  The League’s mid-season spectacular
concludes with the 58th NHL All-Star Game presented by Discover at the RBC
Center on Sunday, Jan. 30.  Live television coverage of both nights will be
provided by VERSUS in the U.S. and CBC and RDS in Canada, with the Honda
NHL SuperSkills® at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday and the 2011 NHL All-Star Game
presented by Discover at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday.  Fans in Raleigh are
encouraged to take part in the festivities at NHL Fan Fair™, a three-day
fan festival at the Raleigh Convention Center, January 28-30.


About the NHL
The National Hockey League, founded in 1917, is the second-oldest of the
four major professional team sports leagues in North America. Today, the
NHL consists of 30 Member Clubs, each reflecting the League’s international
makeup, with players from more than 20 countries represented on team
rosters. According to a Simmons Market Research study, NHL fans are
younger, more educated, more affluent, and access content through digital
means more than any other major professional sport. The NHL entertains more
than 250 million fans each season in-arena and through its partners in
national television (VERSUS, NBC, TSN, CBC, RDS, RIS, ESPN America, ASN and
NHL Network™) and radio (NHL Radio™, Sirius XM Satellite Radio and XM
Canada). Through the NHL Foundation, the League’s charitable arm, the NHL
raises money and awareness for Hockey Fights Cancer™ and NHL Youth
Development, and supports the charitable efforts of NHL players. For more
information on the NHL, log
on to NHL.com.

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