NHL All-Star Game

I am so excited because Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will be at the All-Star Game (well, the
Skills Competition, anyway). Other rookies invited include centre Luke Adam from the Buffalo Sabres, centre Sean Couturier from the Philadelphia Flyers, left winger Colin Greening from the Ottawa Senators, defenceman Justin Faulk, centre Adam Henrique from New Jersey, centre Cody Hodgson, left-winger Gabriel Landeskog from Colorado, defenceman Adam Larsson, and centre Craig Smith from the Nashville Predators, and right-winger Matt Read from the Edmonton Oilers.

- The top six members of the NHL All-star team are: right-winger Daniel Alfredsson from the Ottawa Senators, centre Jason Spezza from the Ottawa Senators, left-winger Milam Michalek from the Ottawa Senators, defenceman Erik Karlsson, also from the Ottawa Senators, defenceman Dion Phaneuf from the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Goalie Tim Thomas from the Boston Bruins.

- The other NHL All-Star Forwards are: left-winger Jamie Benn from the Dallas Stars, centre Logan Couture from the San Jose Sharks, centre Pavel Datsyuk from the Detroit Red Wings, right winger Marian Gaborik from the New York Rangers, centre Claude Giroux from the Philadelphia Flyers, right-winger Marian Hossa from the Chicago Blackhawks, right-winger Jarome Iginla from the Calgary Flames, right-winger Patrick Kane from the Chicago Blackhawks, right-winger Phil Kessel from the Toronto Maple Leafs, centre Mikko Koivu from the Minnesota Wild, right-winger Joffrey Lupul from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Centre Evgeni Malkin, Left-winger Alex Ovechkin, right winger Corey Perry from the Anaheim Ducks, right-winger Jason Pominville from the Buffalo Sabres, left-winger Daniel Sedin and centre Henrik Sedin, both from the Vancouver Canucks, Centre Tyler Seguin from the Boston Bruins, Centre Steven Stamkos from the Tampa Bay Lightning, centre John Tavares from the New York Islanders, and centre Jonathan Toews from the Chicago Blackhawks.

-The other NHL All-star defenceman are: Dustin Byfuglien from the Winnipeg Jets, Brian Campbell from the Florida Panthers, Zdeno Chara from the Boston Bruins, Alex Edler from the Vancouver Canucks, Dan Girardi from the New York Rangers, Ryan Suter from the Nashville Predators, Kimmo Timonen from the Philadelphia Flyers, Shea Weber from the Nashville Predators, Dennis Wideman from the Washington Capitals, and Keith Yandle from the Phoenix Coyotes.

-The other NHL All-star goalies are: Brian Elliott from the St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Howard from the Detroit Red Wings, Henrik Lundqvist from the New York Rangers, Carey Price from the Montreal Canadiens, and Jonathan Quick from the Los Angeles Kings.

-List obtained from: http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=76666