

NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft Powered By Cisco

A coin toss will decide first pick with Staal and Lidstrom, joined by their alternate captains, alternately drafting the 36 remaining All-Stars through 18 rounds. Each team will consist of three goalies, six defensemen and 12 forwards total. To ensure that the final draft picks are true selections and not simply predetermined due to position requirements, each team’s three goalies must be picked by the end of Round 10 and each team’s six defensemen must be picked by the conclusion of Round 15.Below are the 40 All-Stars available to Team Staal and Team Lidstrom:Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks Jeff Skinner – Carolina HurricanesPatrick Kane – Chicago BlackhawksPatrick Sharp – Chicago BlackhawksJonathan Toews – Chicago BlackhawksMatt Duchene – Colorado AvalanchePaul Stastny - Colorado AvalancheRick Nash – Columbus Blue JacketsLoui Eriksson – Dallas StarsBrad Richards – Dallas StarsAnze Kopitar – Los Angeles KingsMartin Havlat – Minnesota WildPatrik Elias – New Jersey DevilsDaniel Briere – Philadelphia FlyersClaude Giroux – Philadelphia FlyersDavid Backes – St. Louis BluesSteven Stamkos – Tampa Bay LightningMartin St. Louis – Tampa Bay LightningPhil Kessel – Toronto Maple LeafsRyan Kesler – Vancouver CanucksDaniel Sedin – Vancouver CanucksHenrik Sedin – Vancouver CanucksAlex Ovechkin – Washington CapitalsDustin Byfuglien – Atlanta ThrashersZdeno Chara – Boston BruinsDuncan Keith – Chicago BlackhawksBrent Burns – Minnesota WildShea Weber – Nashville PredatorsMarc Staal – New York RangersErik Karlsson – Ottawa SenatorsKeith Yandle – Phoenix CoyotesKris Letang – Pittsburgh PenguinsDan Boyle – San Jose SharksMike Green – Washington CapitalsJonas Hiller – Anaheim DucksTim Thomas – Boston Bruins Cam Ward – Carolina HurricanesCarey Price – Montreal CanadiensHenrik Lundqvist – New York RangersMarc-Andre Fleury – Pittsburgh PenguinsThe 12 Rookies participating in the Honda NHL SuperSkills® will be divided by the NHL into two groups of six. At the completion of the 15th round of the NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft enabled by Cisco, one NHL Rookie will be selected to choose which All-Star team his group will join for the skills competition.Cam Fowler – Anaheim DucksTyler Seguin – Boston BruinsTyler Ennis – Buffalo Sabres Jamie McBain – Carolina HurricanesKevin Shattenkirk – Colorado AvalancheTaylor Hall – Edmonton OilersEvgeny Dadonov – Florida PanthersP.K. Subban – Montreal CanadiensMichael Grabner – New York IslandersDerek Stepan – New York RangersOliver Ekman-Larsson – Phoenix CoyotesLogan Couture – San Jose SharksThe coaching staffs will be designated to each Captain via coin toss before the NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft powered by Cisco.By virtue of winning the 2010 Stanley Cup, Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville will be the head coach of one of the All-Star teams. He will be assisted on the bench by Mike Haviland, his current assistant in Chicago.Head coaches Alain Vigneault of the Vancouver Canucks and Peter Laviolette of the Philadelphia Flyers earned the honor of co-coaching the other NHL All-Star Team. Under the All-Star Game selection process, the head coaches of the teams with the highest points percentage (points earned divided by total possible points) in the Eastern and Western Conference through games of Saturday, Jan. 8 earned the right to co-lead one of the All-Star teams.The 2011 NHL All-Star Game presented by Discover will mark the first time Carolina has hosted NHL All-Star activities. The excitement begins on Friday, Jan. 28 with the NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft powered by Cisco and televised live nationwide on TSN in Canada and VERSUS in the U.S. at 8 p.m. ET from NHL Fan Fair™ at the Raleigh Convention Center. On Saturday, Jan. 29, the players will take the ice in the Honda NHL SuperSkills® at the RBC Center. The League’s mid-season spectacular concludes with the 58th NHL All-Star Game presented by Discover at the RBC Center on Sunday, Jan. 30. Live television coverage of both nights will be provided by VERSUS in the U.S. and CBC and RDS in Canada, with the Honda NHL SuperSkills at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday and the 2011 NHL All-Star Game presented by Discover at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday. Fans in Raleigh are encouraged to take part in the festivities at NHL Fan Fair™, a three-day fan festival at the Raleigh Convention Center, January 28-30.