The roster for the 2016 All Star Game in Nashville is set! The game will be played on January 31st at 5 pm ET (NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports). This year, the game includes a 3-on-3 tournament and the Eastern Conference teams and the Western Conference teams will also play each other in 20 minute games before the best of the East and the West faces off in the final game. The new format is designed to get fans more involved and excited for the game this year. Here are the teams that were decided today:
Metropolitan Forwards: Nicklas Backstrom (Washington) Claude Giroux (Philadelphia) Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh) Alex Ovechkin (Washington) Brandon Saad (Columbus) John Tavares (New York Islanders) Defencemen: Justin Faulk (Carolina) Kris Letang (Pittsburgh) Ryan McDonagh (New York Rangers) Goalies: Braden Holtby (Washington) Cory Schneider (New Jersey) Coach: Barry Trotz (Washington) Atlantic Forwards: Patrice Bergeron (Boston) Jaromir Jagr (Florida) Leo Komarov (Toronto) Dylan Larkin (Detroit) Ryan O’Reilly (Buffalo) Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay) Defencemen: Aaron Ekblad (Florida) Erik Karlsson (Ottawa) P.K. Subban (Montréal) Goalies: Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay) Roberto Luongo (Florida) Coach: Gerald Gallant (Florida) Central Forwards: Jamie Benn (Dallas) Matt Duchene (Colorado) Patrick Kane (Chicago) Tyler Seguin (Dallas) Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis) Jonathan Toews (Chicago) Defencemen: Dustin Byfuglien (Winnipeg) Roman Josi (Nashville) Shea Weber (Nashville) Goalies: Devan Dubnyk (Minnesota) Pekka Rinne (Nashville) Coach: Lindy Ruff Pacific Forwards: Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary) Taylor Hall (Edmonton) Joe Pavelski (San Jose) Corey Perry (Anaheim) John Scott (Arizona) Daniel Sedin (Vancouver) Defencemen: Brent Burns (San Jose) Drew Doughty (Los Angeles) Mark Giordano (Calgary) Goalies: John Gibson (Anaheim) Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles) Coach: Darryl Sutter (Los Angeles) Leave a Reply. |
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