Kopitar bo še drugič zaigral na tekmi vseh zvezd NHL

All Stars NHL bo na programu 30. januarja v Raleighu v Severni Karolini. Anže Kopitar je na lestvici strelcev v tej sezoni na 10. mestu (45 točk, 15 golov in 30 podaj).

Šesterico igralcev so izbrali gledalci, med njimi so kar štirje hokejisti Pittsburgh Penguins, preostala pa sta člana ekipe Chicago Blackhawks. Največ glasov je prejel prvi strelec lige Sidney Crosby (635.509), sledili so branilec Kris Letang (477.960), vratar Marc-Andre Fleury (462.305), napadalec Jonathan Toews (407.676), obrambni igralec Duncan Keith (382.162) in napadalec Jevgenij Malkin (376.887). NHL je nato določila in danes objavila še preostalih 36 igralcev, med katerimi bo na tekmi zvezd kar 21 debitantov.

- Seznam igralcev:
- napadalci: Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins), Jevgenij Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins), Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks), Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks), Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames), Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes), Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks), Patrick Sharp (Chicago Blackhawks), Matt Duchene (Colorado Avalanche), Rick Nash (Columbus Blue Jackets), Loui Eriksson (Dallas Stars), Brad Richards (Dallas Stars), Ales Hemsky (Edmonton Oilers), Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings), Patrik Elias (New Jersey Devils), Claude Giroux (Philadelphia Flyers), David Backes (St. Louis Blues), Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning), Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning), Phil Kessel (Toronto Maple Leafs), Ryan Kesler (Vancouver Canucks), Henrik Sedin (Vancouver Canucks), Daniel Sedin (Vancouver Canucks), Aleksander Ovečkin (Washington Capitals),

- branilci: Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks), Kris Letang (Pittsburgh Penguins), Dustin Byfuglien (Atlanta Thrashers), Tobias Enstrom (Atlanta Thrashers), Zdeno Chara (Boston Bruins), Niklas Lidstrom (Detroit Red Wings), Brent Burns (Minnesota Wild), Shea Weber (Nashville Predators), Marc Staal (New York Rangers), Erik Karlsson (Ottawa Senators), Dan Boyle (San Jose Sharks), Mike Green (Washington Capitals),

- vratarji: Marc-Andre Fleury (Pittsburgh Penguins), Jonas Hiller (Anaheim Ducks), Tim Thomas (Boston Bruins), Cam Ward (Carolina Hurricanes), Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens), Henrik Lundqvist (New York Rangers).