The 2009 NHL All-Star Game Rosters have been announced. There are some snubs and some surprises.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Forwards

x-Patrick Kane, Chicago; x-Jonathan Toews, Chicago; s-Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim; Jarome Iginla, Calgary; Milan Hejduk, Colorado; Rick Nash, Columbus; Mike Modano, Dallas; Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit; Dustin Brown, Los Angeles; Shane Doan, Phoenix; Keith Tkachuk, St. Louis; Joe Thornton, San Jose.

Defensemen

x-Brian Campbell, Chicago; x-Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim; Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit; Sheldon Souray, Edmonton; Shea Weber, Nashville; Dan Boyle, San Jose.

Goalies

x-Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Anaheim; Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota; Roberto Luongo, Vancouver.

Eastern Conference

Forwards

x-Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh; x-Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh; x-Alexei Kovalev, Montreal; Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta; Marc Savard, Boston; Thomas Vanek, Buffalo; Eric Staal, Carolina; Zach Parise, New Jersey; Dany Heatley, Ottawa; Jeff Carter, Philadelphia; Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay; Alex Ovechkin, Washington.

Defensemen

x-Andrei Markov, Montreal; x-Mike Komisarek, Montreal; Zdeno Chara, Boston; Jay Bouwmeester, Florida; Mark Streit, N.Y. Islanders; Tomas Kaberle, Toronto.

Goalies

x-Carey Price, Montreal; Tim Thomas, Boston; Henrik Lundqvist, N. Y. Rangers.

x=voted by the fans as a starter.

The roster is FULL of Canadians as their fans stuffed the online NHL ALL STAR game ballots. No matter who is playing, I’ll be tuning in for the skills competition on Saturday and the game on Sunday.

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