Thanks to Shawn McBride once again for the latest from the KHL. Here are the announced starting lineups for the KHL All-Star game….and a little extra. Enjoy!
KHL ANNOUNCES STARTING LINE-UPS FOR INAUGURAL ALL-STAR GAME
A total of 142,636 fans cast their votes online to determine the starting line-ups for Team Alexei Yashin and Team Jaromir Jagr that will compete in the Kontintental Hockey League’s (KHL) inaugural All-Star Game on Saturday, 10 January, in Red Square in Moscow.
Goaltender Alexander Eremenko (Salavat Yulaev Ufa), defensemen Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan) and Vitaly Proshkin (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) and forwards Alexei Morozov, Danis Zaripov (both – Ak Bars Kazan) and Maksim Sushinsky (SKA St. Petersburg) have been selected to Team Yashin, which will feature the best Russian KHL players.
The starting lineup for Team Jagr, representing top non-Russian KHL players, will consist of goalie Robert Esche (SKA St. Petersburg), defensemen Ray Giroux (SKA St. Petersburg) and Kevin Dallman (Barys Astana) and forwards Pavel Brendl (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod), Tony Martensson (Ak Bars Kazan) and Jan Marek (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).
Alexei Morozov, who received 44,549 votes, was the highest voted player.
The above players join previously announced members of Team Yashin – Andrei Nikolishin (Traktor Chelyabinsk) and Alexei Kudashov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) – and Team Jagr – Marcel Hossa (Dynamo Riga) and Jakub Klepis (Avangard Omsk) – who were not subject to the fan voting process.
On December 23, the next stage of forming the All-Star teams’ rosters will commence, with media selecting six players for each team (one goalie, two defensemen and three forwards). Results of the media balloting will be announced on Friday, 26 December.
The final rosters of each team will be comprised of two goalies, six defenders and nine forwards.
KHL’s official, detailed results of fan balloting on KHL.ru:
Team Yashin
Goaltenders
1. Alexander Eremenko (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 18,738
2. Konstantin Barulin (CSKA Moscow) – 8,227
3. Georgi Gelashvili (Traktor Chelyabinsk) – 6,429
4. Maksim Sokolov (Metallurg Novokuznetsk) – 4,845
Defensemen
1. Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan) – 24,854
2. Vitaly Proshkin (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 23,026
3. Konstantin Korneev (CSKA Moscow) – 19,936
4. Igor Schadilov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 17,886
5. Kirill Koltsov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 12,369
6. Darius Kasparaitis (SKA St Petersburg) – 9,649
7. Vitaly Atyushov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) – 8,486
8. Alexei Zhitnik (Dynamo Moscow) – 7,490
9. Alexander Guskov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) – 6,778
10. Dmitri Yushkevich (Sibir Novosibirsk) – 5,461
Forwards
1. Alexei Morozov (Ak Bars Kazan) – 44,549
2. Danis Zaripov (Ak Bars Kazan) – 37,279
3. Maksim Sushinsky (SKA St Petersburg) – 25,839
4. Alexander Radulov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 23,652
5. Alexander Perezhogin (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 23,106
6. Sergei Brylin (SKA St Petersburg) – 12,806
7. Alexei Tereschenko (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 11,762
Team Jagr
Goaltenders
1. Robert Esche (SKA St Petersburg) – 32,712
2. Ray Emery (Atlant Moscow reg.) – 24,160
3. Rostislav Stana (Severstal Cherepovets) – 3,500
Defensemen
1. Ray Giroux (SKA St Petersburg) – 28,548
2. Kevin Dallman (Barys Astana) – 26,869
3. Ben Clymer (Dynamo Minsk) – 24,161
4. Magnus Johansson (Atlant Moscow reg.) – 11,353
5. Karel Rachunek (Dynamo Moscow) – 10,707
6. Mark Popovic (SKA St Petersburg) – 9,426
7. Miroslav Blatak (Salavat Yulaev) – 9,323
8. Rodrigo Lavins (Dynamo Riga) – 6,275
9. Filip Novak (Dynamo Riga) – 6,226
10. Joel Kwiatkowski (Severstal Cherepovets) – 2,197
Forwards
1. Pavel Brendl (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) – 41,570
2. Tony Martensson (Ak Bars Kazan) – 35,266
3. Jan Marek (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) – 34,032
4. Oleg Antonenko (HC MVD Moscow reg.) – 31,167
5. Alexei Kalyuzhny (Dynamo Moscow) – 30,620
6. Nils Ekman (SKA St Petersburg) – 18,159
For more information, visit www.khl.ru.
I have to admit there are some faces on there that I am surprised are still playing like Pavel Brendl and Nils Ekman at least in the voting. Morozov and Nikulin are not really surprises. I cannot wait to see this played in Moscow…..just to see the Red Square in a new way.
