60th National Hockey League All-Star Game
The 60th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 25, 2015 at the Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena in Columbus , Ohio . The game was postponed two years in a row, in 2013 because of the lockout and in 2014 because of the Winter Olympics in Sochi . It was also the first time that Columbus played an NHL All-Star Game.
The Team Foligno lost the team Toews with 12:17, with a new record for the most goals in an All-Star Game was set up.
Choice of participants
Nat. | Surname | team | Item | be right |
Zemgus Girgensons | Buffalo Sabers | C. | 1,574,896 | |
Patrick Kane | Chicago Blackhawks | RW | 1,232,201 | |
Jonathan Toews | Chicago Blackhawks | C. | 1,217,210 | |
Duncan Keith | Chicago Blackhawks | D. | 1,198,173 | |
Corey Crawford | Chicago Blackhawks | G | 1,099,504 | |
Brent Seabrook | Chicago Blackhawks | D. | 1,016,992 |
The first six participating players in the All-Star Game were chosen by fans. With Patrick Kane , Jonathan Toews , Duncan Keith , Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford , five players from the Chicago Blackhawks were selected. Most of the votes, however, received Zemgus Girgensons , the attacker of the Buffalo Sabers . The Latvian owes this fact to an extensive campaign in his home country. He received 79% of his votes from Latvia.
On January 9, 2015, the NHL announced the coaches in charge. Peter Laviolette , the head coach of the Nashville Predators , reached 72.5% of all possible points with his team in the previous games of the NHL season 2014/15 and led a team. His opposite number was Darryl Sutter , who won the Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings last season .
The other 36 players for the All-Star Game were determined by the National Hockey League and announced on January 10, 2015 together with six rookies who took part in the Skills Competition on January 24, 2015 . Each NHL franchise was represented by at least one player, but due to some rejections, the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche did not provide a player. A few days later, Nick Foligno of the hosting Blue Jackets and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks were designated as team captains , so that the pairing of the All-Star Game Team Foligno was against Team Toews . For Foligno Patrick Kane and Drew Doughty were appointed as assistant captains; Ryan Getzlaf and Rick Nash took on the same role for Jonathan Toews. At the so-called “NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft” on January 23, 2015, the two captains and assistant captains put together the teams from the remaining eligible players.
Teams
Abbreviations:
Nat. = Nationality; Pos. = Position with C = center , LW = left wing , RW = right wing , D = defender , G = goalkeeper
Legend:
* - players who were subsequently nominated as replacements
(R) - rookies
All-star game
January 25, 2015 4:00 p.m. (local time) |
Team Foligno Radim Vrbata (3:09) Ryan Johansen (11:05) Kevin Shattenkirk (14:48) Ryan Johansen (16:24) Claude Giroux (20:32) Steven Stamkos (22:27) Nick Foligno (31:59 ) Steven Stamkos (36:35) Patrick Kane (42:15) Bobby Ryan (48:23) Patrick Kane (53:09) Brent Burns (58:20) |
12:17 (4: 4, 4: 7, 4: 6) game report |
Team Toews Ryan Getzlaf (6:33) Jakub Voráček (9:51) Patrice Bergeron (12:17) John Tavares (19:03) Ryan Suter (20:24) Tyler Seguin (21:22) Rick Nash (24:08 ) Filip Forsberg (25:56) John Tavares (28:16) Jakub Voráček (29:22) John Tavares (39:00) Rick Nash (41:29) John Tavares (46:13) Jakub Voráček (47:30) Tyler Seguin (49:26) Jonathan Toews (54:21) Filip Forsberg (56:40) |
Nationwide Arena , Columbus , Ohio Spectators: 18,901 |
A new record was set with 29 goals scored, previously held by the All-Star Game 2001 with 26 goals . An online vote of fans chose Ryan Johansen of the host Columbus Blue Jackets for MVP .
Skills Competition
The Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition , which also included the four rookies who were not in the squad for the game, took place on January 24, 2015. Both teams competed against each other in several small competitions; Team Foligno won with 25:19. Among other things, Shea Weber fired the hardest shot (approx. 175 km / h), Jonathan Drouin was the fastest runner and Patrick Kane had the most precise shot .
Rookies
The rookies traditionally only took part in the Skills Competition, but Aaron Ekblad, Filip Forsberg and Johnny Gaudreau were nominated for the All-Star Game due to injuries.
Team Foligno
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Team Toews
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Subsequent nominees
Some players were originally nominated for the All-Star Game or for the Skills Competition, but subsequently did not participate. For Tyler Johnson , who canceled due to an injury on the day of the game, no replacement was nominated, so the Toews team started with one player less.
Nat. | Surname | team | Item | replacement |
Tanner Pearson | Los Angeles Kings | LW | Jiří Sekáč | |
Jimmy Howard | Detroit Red Wings | G | Marc-André Fleury | |
Pekka gutter | Nashville Predators | G | Jaroslav Halák | |
Sergei Bobrovsky | Columbus Blue Jackets | G | Brian Elliott | |
Yevgeny Malkin | Pittsburgh Penguins | C. | Filip Forsberg | |
Sidney Crosby | Pittsburgh Penguins | C. | Johnny Gaudreau | |
Erik Johnson | Colorado Avalanche | D. | Aaron Ekblad | |
Tyler Johnson | Tampa Bay Lightning | C. | no replacement |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ nhl.com: "Girgensons, five Blackhawks named first 6 All-Stars" (English, January 3, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015)
- ↑ espn.com: "Just who does All-Star Game voting sensation Zemgus Girgensons think he is, anyway?" (English, January 7, 2015, accessed January 20, 2015)
- ↑ nhl.com: "Predators 'Laviolette, Kings' Sutter named head coaches for 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Game" (English, January 9, 2015, accessed January 20, 2015)
- ↑ NHL: nhl.com: "Three Blue Jackets highlight 2015 All-Star selections" (English, January 10, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015)
- ↑ nhl.com: "Foligno, Toews named NHL All-Star Game captains" (English, January 14, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015)
- ↑ nhl.com: "Record set for most goals in All-Star Game" (English, January 25, 2015, accessed on January 26, 2015)
- ↑ nhl.com: "2015 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition results" (English, January 24, 2015, accessed on January 26, 2015)
- ↑ sportsnet.ca: "Canadiens' Sekac to replace Pearson as all-star" (English, January 13, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015)
- ↑ a b nhl.com: "Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak chosen as injury replacement for NHL All-Star game" (English, January 15, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015)
- ↑ nhl.com: "Blues goalie Elliott to replace Blue Jackets' Bobrovsky" (English, January 22, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2015)
- ↑ nhl.com: "Predators' Forsberg added to All-Star Game roster" (English, January 22, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2015)
- ↑ nhl.com: "Flames forward Gaudreau to play in All-Star Game" (English, January 24, 2015, accessed on January 25, 2015)
- ↑ sportsnet.ca: "Ekblad, Gaudreau replace Crosby, Johnson in ASG" (English, January 23, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2015)
- ↑ nhl.com: "Lightning center Johnson to miss All-Star Game" (English, January 25, 2015, accessed on January 26, 2015)