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

Team Foligno Head Coach : Darryl Sutter ( Los Angeles Kings ) # Nat. player Item team goalkeeper 31 Carey Price Canadiens de Montréal 29 Marc-André Fleury * Pittsburgh Penguins 1 Brian Elliott * St. Louis Blues defender 8th Drew Doughty - A. Los Angeles Kings 2 Duncan Keith Chicago Blackhawks 33 Dustin Byfuglien Winnipeg Jets 88 Brent Burns San Jose Sharks 22nd Kevin Shattenkirk St. Louis Blues 23 Oliver Ekman Larsson Arizona Coyotes attacker 71 Nick Foligno - C. LW Columbus Blue Jackets 88 Patrick Kane - A RW Chicago Blackhawks 19th Ryan Johansen C. Columbus Blue Jackets 11 Anže Kopitar C. Los Angeles Kings 91 Steven Stamkos LW Tampa Bay Lightning 81 Phil Kessel RW Toronto Maple Leafs 28 Claude Giroux C. Philadelphia Flyers 6th Bobby Ryan RW Ottawa Senators 17th Radim Vrbata RW Vancouver Canucks 28 Zemgus Girgensons C. Buffalo Sabers 8th Alexander Ovechkin LW Washington Capitals 93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C. Edmonton Oilers

Team Toews Head Coach : Peter Laviolette ( Nashville Predators ) # Nat. player Item team goalkeeper 50 Corey Crawford Chicago Blackhawks 1 Roberto Luongo Florida panthers 41 Jaroslav Halák * New York Islanders defender 6th Shea Weber Nashville Predators 7th Brent Seabrook Chicago Blackhawks 5 Aaron Ekblad * (R) Florida panthers 20th Ryan Suter Minnesota Wild 5 Mark Giordano Calgary Flames 27 Justin Faulk Carolina Hurricanes attacker 19th Jonathan Toews - C C. Chicago Blackhawks 15th Ryan Getzlaf - A C. Anaheim Ducks 61 Rick Nash - A LW New York Rangers 91 Tyler Seguin C. Dallas Stars 93 Jakub Voráček RW Philadelphia Flyers 91 John Tavares C. New York Islanders 91 Vladimir Tarassenko RW St. Louis Blues 37 Patrice Bergeron C. Boston Bruins 26th Patrik Eliáš C. New Jersey Devils 9 Filip Forsberg * (R) C. Nashville Predators 13 Johnny Gaudreau (R) LW Calgary Flames

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 # Nat. player Item team 9 Filip Forsberg C. Nashville Predators 27 Jonathan Drouin LW Tampa Bay Lightning 26th Jiří Sekáč * C. Canadiens de Montréal

Team Toews # Nat. player Item team 5 Aaron Ekblad D. Florida panthers 13 Johnny Gaudreau LW Calgary Flames 68 Mike Hoffman LW Ottawa Senators

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

• Official website of the 2015 NHL All-Star Game

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nhl.com: "Girgensons, five Blackhawks named first 6 All-Stars" (English, January 3, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015)
2. ↑ espn.com: "Just who does All-Star Game voting sensation Zemgus Girgensons think he is, anyway?" (English, January 7, 2015, accessed January 20, 2015)
3. ↑ nhl.com: "Predators 'Laviolette, Kings' Sutter named head coaches for 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Game" (English, January 9, 2015, accessed January 20, 2015)
4. ↑ NHL: nhl.com: "Three Blue Jackets highlight 2015 All-Star selections" (English, January 10, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015)
5. ↑ nhl.com: "Foligno, Toews named NHL All-Star Game captains" (English, January 14, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015)
6. ↑ nhl.com: "Record set for most goals in All-Star Game" (English, January 25, 2015, accessed on January 26, 2015)
7. ↑ nhl.com: "2015 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition results" (English, January 24, 2015, accessed on January 26, 2015)
8. ↑ sportsnet.ca: "Canadiens' Sekac to replace Pearson as all-star" (English, January 13, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2015)
9. ↑ ^{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)
10. ↑ nhl.com: "Blues goalie Elliott to replace Blue Jackets' Bobrovsky" (English, January 22, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2015)
11. ↑ nhl.com: "Predators' Forsberg added to All-Star Game roster" (English, January 22, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2015)
12. ↑ nhl.com: "Flames forward Gaudreau to play in All-Star Game" (English, January 24, 2015, accessed on January 25, 2015)
13. ↑ sportsnet.ca: "Ekblad, Gaudreau replace Crosby, Johnson in ASG" (English, January 23, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2015)
14. ↑ nhl.com: "Lightning center Johnson to miss All-Star Game" (English, January 25, 2015, accessed on January 26, 2015)