Sharks, Red Wings lead Western Conference additions to 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal
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The Sharks, who own the NHL's best record at 29-5-5, will send center Joe Thornton for his sixth consecutive All-Star Game appearance and defenseman Dan Boyle, who will make his All-Star debut. The Red Wings (27-7-5) rank second to
Western Conference roster additions making their first All-Star Game appearance in addition to Boyle are goaltender Niklas Backstrom of the Minnesota Wild, defenseman Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators and left wing Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings.
Joining Backstrom in the Western Conference goal is Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks, who will play in his third career All-Star Game. The event will mark a homecoming for Luongo, who was born and played minor hockey in
Another player named to the West roster today with connections to the All-Star host city is Edmonton Oilers defenseman Sheldon Souray, who played seven seasons on the Montreal Canadiens blueline and represented the club in two All-Star Games.
Other Western Conference forwards selected include Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Rick Nash, who set an All-Star Game record by scoring 12 seconds into last year's contest in Atlanta and went on to tally a hat trick in the 8-7 loss to the East. This year's high-scoring West attack is rounded out by Calgary Flames right wing
The players selected today join six players voted by fans to the starting lineup: defenseman Brian Campbell and forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks, and defenseman Scott Niedermayer, forward Ryan Getzlaf and goaltender J.S. Giguere of the Anaheim Ducks.
The roster additions were selected by the NHL’s Hockey Operations Department, after consultation with League General Managers. The full Eastern Conference All-Star roster will be announced tomorrow.
2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE
(statistics through games of
2008-09 Statistics All-Star
GOALTENDERS GP W L OT GAA Appearance
* J.S. Giguere,
Roberto Luongo,
2008-09 Statistics All-Star
DEFENSEMEN GP G A Pts Appearance
* Brian Campbell,
* Scott Niedermayer,
Nicklas Lidstrom,
Sheldon Souray,
Shea Weber,
Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks 38
2008-09 Statistics All-Star
FORWARDS GP G A Pts Appearance
* Patrick Kane,
* Jonathan Toews,
* Ryan Getzlaf,
Jarome Iginla,
Rick Nash,
Mike Modano, Dallas Stars 38 13 13 26 7th
Pavel Datsyuk,
Dustin Brown,
Shane Doan,
Keith Tkachuk,
Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks 39 9 37 46 6th
* players voted to the starting lineup in XM NHL All-Star Fan Balloting presented by 2K Sports
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