Ward Selected First Overall at All-Star Player Fantasy Draft

January 29, 2011

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NHLPA Staff

Rosters have been selected for Team Staal and Team Lidstrom at 2011 NHL All-Star Weekend

Ward Selected First Overall at All-Star Player Fantasy Draft

HURRICANES' WARD SELECTED FIRST OVERALL AT NHL ALL-STAR PLAYER FANTASY DRAFT POWERED BY CISCO

RALEIGH, N.C. (January 28, 2011) -- Goaltender Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes was the first overall selection at the augural NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft powered by Cisco, conducted from NHL Fan Fair™ at the Raleigh Convention Center.

The National Hockey League, working in conjunction with the National Hockey League Players' Association, created tonight's player draft to determine the team rosters for Team Staal and Team Lidstrom for the 2011 NHL All-Star Game presented by Discover as well as the Honda NHL SuperSkills®.

The selectors for Team Staal -- captain Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes and alternate captains Mike Green of the Washington Capitals and Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks -- won a coin toss to select first overall prior to the event and nabbed Ward, who teamed with Staal to capture the 2006 Stanley Cup for the hometown Hurricanes.

The Team Lidstrom executive -- captain Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings and alternate captains Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks and Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning -- chose Steven Stamkos of the Lightning as their first choice and the second overall pick. Stamkos leads all NHL players in goals (38) and points (67).

The teams alternated drafting the remaining All-Stars through 18 rounds. Each team consists of three goalies, six defensemen and 12 forwards.

The last player selected was Toronto Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel. The NHL Foundation and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) Goals & Dreams fund each will donate $10,000 on behalf of Kessel to the grassroots hockey program of his choice.

In addition, the 12 rookies participating in the Honda NHL SuperSkills® were divided into two groups of six and assigned to each All-Star Team.

The 2011 NHL All-Star Game presented by Discover marks he first time Carolina has hosted NHL All-Star activities. 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.

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ROSTERS FOR 2011 NHL ALL-STAR GAME

TEAM ERIC STAAL

#	P	Goalie	Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pick #
30	G	Henrik Lundqvist	NY Rangers	40	21	16	3	11
30	G	Cam Ward	Carolina	43	22	15	5	1
31	G	Carey Price	Montreal	45	24	16	5	19
#	P	Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	Pick #
8	L	Alex Ovechkin	Washington	51	19	32	51	3
10	R	Corey Perry	Anaheim	52	25	26	51	29
10	L	Patrick Sharp	Chicago	49	26	20	46	15
12	C	Eric Staal 'C'	Carolina	50	25	27	52	N/A
17	C	Ryan Kesler 'A'	Vancouver	50	27	20	47	N/A
18	D	Marc Staal	NY Rangers	52	6	13	19	13
22	D	Dan Boyle	San Jose	50	5	27	32	17
22	L	Daniel Sedin	Vancouver	50	27	37	64	5
26	L	Patrik Elias	New Jersey	48	13	24	37	31
26	C	Paul Stastny	Colorado	48	17	26	43	35
28	R	Claude Giroux	Philadelphia	50	19	28	47	25
33	D	Zdeno Chara	Boston	50	10	16	26	7
42	R	David Backes	St. Louis	49	16	21	37	33
52	D	Mike Green 'A'	Washington	44	8	14	22	N/A
53	C	Jeff Skinner	Carolina	50	18	22	40	21
58	D	Kris Letang	Pittsburgh	50	7	34	41	23
61	R	Rick Nash	Columbus	48	23	20	43	9
65	D	Erik Karlsson	Ottawa	48	8	20	28	27

Coaches: Joel Quenneville (Chicago), Mike Haviland (Chicago)

TEAM NICKLAS LIDSTROM

#	P	Goalie	Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pick #
1	G	Jonas Hiller	Anaheim	46	25	16	3	20
29	G	Marc-Andre Fleury	Pittsburgh	38	23	11	2	18
30	G	Tim Thomas	Boston	36	24	5	6	10
#	P	Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	Pick #
2	D	Duncan Keith	Chicago	50	3	25	28	4
3	D	Keith Yandle	Phoenix	51	8	36	44	24
5	D	Nicklas Lidstrom 'C'	Detroit	49	11	31	42	N/A
6	D	Shea Weber	Nashville	50	9	21	30	8
8	D	Brent Burns	Minnesota	47	14	17	31	26
9	C	Matt Duchene	Colorado	50	20	25	45	32
11	C	Anze Kopitar	Los Angeles	50	16	33	49	30
19	C	Jonathan Toews	Chicago	48	17	23	40	16
21	L	Loui Eriksson	Dallas	49	17	32	49	34
24	R	Martin Havlat	Minnesota	49	14	30	44	28
26	R	Martin St. Louis 'A'	Tampa Bay	51	20	40	60	N/A
33	D	Dustin Byfuglien	Atlanta	52	16	25	41	14
33	C	Henrik Sedin	Vancouver	50	11	50	61	6
48	R	Danny Briere	Philadelphia	47	26	19	45	12
81	R	Phil Kessel	Toronto	49	19	15	34	36
88	R	Patrick Kane 'A'	Chicago	41	13	24	37	N/A
91	C	Brad Richards	Dallas	50	20	37	57	22
91	C	Steven Stamkos	Tampa Bay	51	38	29	67	2

Coaches: Peter Laviolette (Philadelphia), Alain Vigneault (Vancouver)

TEAM STAAL ROOKIES

#.	P	Rookie	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
4	D	Jamie McBain	Carolina	50	3	14	17
19	C	Tyler Seguin	Boston	48	7	9	16
39	C	Logan Couture	San Jose	49	22	11	33
40	R	Michael Grabner	NY Islanders	45	15	6	21
63	L	Tyler Ennis	Buffalo	49	12	16	28
75	D	P.K. Subban	Montreal	45	5	14	19

TEAM LIDSTROM ROOKIES

#.	P	Rookie	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
4	L	Taylor Hall	Edmonton	49	16	15	31
4	D	Cam Fowler	Anaheim	46	5	21	26
8	D	Kevin Shattenkirk	Colorado	38	7	19	26
21	C	Derek Stepan	NY Rangers	52	14	16	30
23	R	Evgeny Dadonov	Florida	23	4	7	11
69	D	O. Ekman-Larsson	Phoenix	35	1	9	10

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