Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville will coach Team Staal in the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, while Peter Laviolette of the Flyers and Alain Vigneault will co-coach Team Lidstrom.
NHL All-Star Game 2011: Start Time, TV Information, Rosters And More
Do you, like many sports fans, have no idea where to find good hockey like the 2011 NHL All-Star Game on TV? Well, we can fix that, and explain what’s new about the NHL All-Star Game this year.
Time: 4 p.m. Eastern.
TV broadcast: Versus if you live in the United States or CBC if you live in Canada.
Broadcasters: Doc Emrick and Ed Olczyk in booth. Charissa Thompson and Bob Harwood on the ice.
Location: RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, home of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Teams: Team Lidstrom and Team Staal. The NHL used a fantasy draft system to create its teams, and Eric Staal and Nicklas Lidstrom served as captains.
Rosters: Both teams’ rosters are here.
Notable name missing: Sidney Crosby will not participate in the All-Star Game thanks to a concussion that has kept him out of games for almost a month.
For further reading: Check out this StoryStream for live updates from the game.
Read Article >NHL All-Star Game 2011: Joel Quenneville To Coach Team Staal; Peter Laviolette, Alain Vigneault To Coach Team Lidstrom
RALEIGH -- The coaches have been assigned to teams for the 2011 NHL All-Star Game.
Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville will be in charge of Team Staal, the hometown team led by Hurricanes captain Eric Staal, in Sunday’s game, Saturday’s skills competition and Friday’s All-Star Fantasy Draft. He’ll be joined by his assistant, Mike Haviland.
Read Article >NHL All-Star Game 2011: Jeff Skinner, Paul Stastny Added To Roster
The final injury replacements have been named, and the 2011 NHL All-Star Game will feature one more hometown boy. Rookie Jeff Skinner of the Carolina Hurricanes will replace one of the injured forwards at the game, as will Colorado forward Paul Stastny. The NHL announced the news on Wednesday afternoon.
Injured All-Stars Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Ales Hemsky and Tobias Enstrom all have replacements now.
Read Article >2011 NHL All-Star Game: Keith Yandle Named Injury Replacement
Add Keith Yandle of the Phoenix Coyotes to the list of 2011 NHL All-Stars. The NHL named Yandle an injury replacement on Tuesday afternoon.
Yandle replaces Atlanta’s Tobias Enstrom, the only defenseman that will miss the game with injury, after he broke a finger on his right hand on Sunday vs. New York.
Read Article >Tobias Enstrom Injury Will Keep Him Out Of 2011 NHL All-Star Game, Too
Add Tobias Enstrom of the Atlanta Thrashers to the ever-growing list of players who will miss the 2011 NHL All-Star Game with an injury. Enstrom broke his his finger on Sunday in the Thrashers’ game against the New York Rangers. This would have been his first All-Star experience.
Read Article >Evgeni Malkin Injury Will Officially Keep Him Out Of 2011 NHL All-Star Game
It was speculated for the better part of the last week, but now we know for sure that Evgeni Malkin’s knee injury will keep him from attending the All-Star festivities in Raleigh, N.C. this weekend.
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma announced the news after practice today.
Read Article >2011 NHL All-Star Game: Patrick Kane, Martin St. Louis, Ryan Kesler, Mike Green Named Alternate Captains
The alternate captains of Team Eric Staal and Team Nicklas Lidstrom at the 2011 NHL All-Star Game have been named, and there will be a rivalry feel to each team.
Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks and Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning will join Lidstrom of the Red Wings, while Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks and Mike Green of the Washington Capitals will join Staal of the Hurricanes.
Read Article >2011 NHL All-Star Game: Danny Briere Replaces Jarome Iginla On All-Star Roster
Jarome Iginla’s grandmother is ill, and as a result, he’s been excused from participating in the NHL All-Star Game next week in Raleigh, N.C. The Calgary Flames released a statement from Iginla.
Danny Briere of the Philadelphia Flyers will replace Iginla at the game. Briere will join teammate (and housemate) Claude Giroux and coach Peter Laviolette at the event. He told the media after practice on Wednesday that his kids wanted him to participate in the game, and that the best part of making the Game is that his children get to come along with him.
Read Article >Alex Hemsky Suffers Concussion, May Miss NHL All-Star Game; Who Will Replace Him?
The second word came out that Ales Hemsky suffered a concussion in last night’s Oilers game, the speculation began. Who will replace the All-Star in Raleigh next week? Before we jump to that talk, though, an update on Hemsky’s condition from the Edmonton Journal:
The leading candidate to replace Hemsky on the All-Star roster seems to be Philadelphia Flyers forward Danny Briere. Locally, Flyers fans were outraged that Briere, the best offensive player on the East’s best team, wasn’t named to the team at the start.
Read Article >NHL All-Star Game: Players Name Eric Staal, Nicklas Lidstrom All-Star Captains
Now, officially, Team Staal will take on Team Lidstrom on Sunday, January 30th at RBC Center. First, though, the teams need to be selected, and that’ll happen on the Friday night prior to the game in a Draft that will be broadcast on VERSUS and TSN at 7 p.m. Eastern. Staal and Lidstrom will each pick two alternate captains, and the remaining players will be selected in a playground-style format.
NHL.com has a little bit more information:
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