On Friday, the NHL released its 100-player ballot for fan voting in the 2011 All-Star Game.
Starting on Nov. 15 through Jan. 3, fans can vote for three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender, regardless of conference, and the top vote-getters will be the starters. The NHL All-Star Game is on Jan. 30 in Raleigh, N.C. The remaining 36 All-Star players will be named by the NHL hockey ops department, as per the new format and rules released by the league this past Wednesday.
Each team has at least two players on the 100-player ballot, with the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks leading the way with six. Here is the complete list:
Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan, Teemu Selanne
Dustin Byfuglien, Tobias Enstrom
Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, David Krejci, Tim Thomas
Ryan Miller, Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek
Jay Bouwmeester, Jarome Iginla, Miikka Kiprusoff
Joni Pitkanen, Eric Staal, Cam Ward
Brian Campbell, Marian Hossa, Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook, Jonathan Toews
Craig Anderson, Milan Hejduk, Paul Stastny
Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards, Stephane Robidas
Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzen, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski, Henrik Zetterberg
Ales Hemsky, Nikolai Khabibulin
David Booth, Bryan McCabe, Tomas Vokoun
Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar, Jonathan Quick, Ryan Smyth
Niklas Backstrom, Mikko Koivu, Marek Zidlicky
Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, Andrei Markov
Pekka Rinne, Ryan Suter, Shea Weber
Martin Brodeur, Ilya Kovalchuk, Zach Parise
Marian Gaborik, Henrik Lundqvist, Marc Staal
Daniel Alfredsson, Sergei Gonchar, Jason Spezza
Jeff Carter, Danny Briere, Chris Pronger, Mike Richards, Kimmo Timonen
Ilya Bryzgalov, Shane Doan, Ed Jovanovski
Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury, Evgeni Malkin, Paul Martin
Antti Niemi, Dan Boyle, Dany Heatley, Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton
Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos
Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Tomas Kaberle, Phil Kessel, Dion Phaneuf