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The rosters for the 2009 AHL All Star Classic have been released and will have the Canadian All Star team go head to head with the PlanetUSA All Star team with players from the U.S. and Europe. The 2009 AHL All Star game will be played on Monday January 26th and the skills competition will be played on Sunday January 25th. Without further adieu, here are the 2009 AHL All Star rosters:

2009 Canadian AHL All Star Team

Forwards
Steve Downie, Norfolk
x-Alexandre Giroux, Hershey
x-Claude Giroux, Philadelphia
Cody Franson, Milwaukee
Mike Iggulden, Bridgeport
Jason Krog, Manitoba
Corey Locke, Houston
Brett MacLean, San Antonio
Mark Mancari, Portland
x-Chris Minard, W-B/Scranton
Cal O’Reilly, Milwaukee
Teddy Purcell, Manchester
Martin St. Pierre, Providence
Mike Santorelli, Milwaukee

Defensemen
x-Johnny Boychuk, Providence
Kyle Cumiskey, Lake Erie
Bryan Helmer, Hershey (”C”)
x-Derek Joslin, Worcester
Andrew MacDonald, Bridgeport
Brett Palin, Quad City
Danny Syvret, Philadelphia

Goaltenders
Mike Brodeur, Rochester
Barry Brust, Houston
x-Brian Elliott, Binghamton

2009 PlanetUSA AHL All Star Team

Forwards
Keith Aucoin, Hershey
x-Chris Bourque, Hershey
x-Nikita Filatov, Syracuse
x-Nathan Gerbe, Portland
Martins Karsums, Providence
Tim Kennedy, Portland
Petri Kontiola, Rockford
Drew Miller, Iowa
Joe Motzko, Chicago
Michael Ryan, Albany
Ryan Potulny, Springfield
Jeff Taffe, W-B/Scranton
Ryan Vesce, Worcester

Defensemen
Rory Fitzpatrick, Rochester (”C”)
Jonas Junland, Peoria
Mattias Karlsson, Binghamton
x-Jakub Kindl, Grand Rapids
Ben Lovejoy, W-B/Scranton
Bobby Sanguinetti, Hartford
Jaime Sifers, Toronto
x-Yannick Weber, Hamilton

Goaltenders
Jeff Frazee, Lowell
Daniel Larsson, Grand Rapids
x-Cory Schneider, Manitoba

Note: “x” means the player is a starter

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The Peter Forsberg hockey rumors are starting to get pretty heated. Peter Forsberg is skating again in Sweden and hopes to make a return to the NHL this season. Peter Forsberg returned to the Colorado Avalanche last year, but ended up missing a number of games due to injury.

Peter Forsberg is returning from the nasty ankle injury that kept him out most of last year and part of the year before. Peter Forsberg wants to return to the NHL, and it is rumored that Peter Forsberg will return to the Avalanche. Forsberg has said that if he is unable to come back this year that he will probably have to retire from the sport of hockey. Please bookmark the site so that you will receive up to the minute Peter Forsberg Comeback news.

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The 2009 Eastern Conference NHL All Star team has been released and the amount of stars on the team is unbelievable. The 2009 NHL All Star Game will be played at the Bell Centre in Montreal on January 25th. There are a number of All Star veterans on the Eastern Conference All Star Roster, including Ovechkin, Heatley and Crosby. The first timers on the 2009 Eastern Conference All Star roster include, Henrik Lundqvist, Mark Streit and Jeff Carter. Here is the entire 2009 Eastern Conference All Star Roster. Also, NHL.com is having a sale on all jerseys and apparel, including NHL All Star Jerseys.

NHL 2009 Eastern Conference All Star Team

G: Henrik Lundqvist, Rangers
G: Tim Thomas, Bruins
G: Carry Price, Canadiens (starter)

D: Mark Streit, Islanders
D: Zdeno Chara, Bruins
D: Andrei Markov, Canadiens (starter)
D: Mike Komisarek, Canadiens (starter)
D: Tomas Kaberle, Maple Leafs
D: Jay Bouwmeester, Panthers

F: Marc Savard, Bruins
F: Dany Heatley, Senators
F: Tomas Vanek, Sabers
F: Eric Staal, Hurricanes
F: Zach Parise, Devils
F: Alex Ovechkin, Capitals
F: Vincent Lecavalier, Lightning
F: Ilya Kovalchuk, Thrashers
F: Jeff Carter, Flyers
F: Alex Kovalev, Canadiens (starter)
F: Evgeni Malkin, Penguins (starter)
F: Sidney Crosby, Penguins (starter)

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The Western Conference NHL All Star team has been announced and it contains a lot of firepower. The 2009 NHL All Star Game will be played at the Bell Centre in Montreal on January 25th. The starters were for the Eastern Conference Roster and Western Conference All Star roster were announced last week. There are a number of All Star veterans on the Western Conference All Star Roster, including Iginla, Thornton and Lidstrom. The first timers on the 2009 Western Conference All Star roster include, Dan Boyle, Dustin Brown, Shea Weber, and Niklas Backstrom. The 2009 Eastern Conference All Star team will be announced Thursday.

2009 NHL Western Conference All Star Team

G: Niklas Backstrom, Wild
G: Roberto Luongo, Canucks
G: J.S. Giguere, Ducks (starter)

D: Dan Boyle, Sharks
D: Niklas Lidstrom, Red Wings
D: Bryan Campbell, Blackhawks (starter)
D: Scott Niedermayer, Ducks (starter)
D: Shea Weber, Predators
D: Sheldon Souray, Oilers

F: Jarome Iginla, Flames
F: Joe Thornton, Sharks
F: Pavel Datsyuk, Red Wings
F: Dustin Brown, Kings
F: Milan Hejduk, Avalanche
F: Shane Doan, Coyotes
F: Rick Nash, Blue Jackets
F: Mike Modano, Stars
F: Keith Tkachuk, Blues
F: Jonathan Toews, Blackhawks (starter)
F: Patrick Kane, Blackhawks (starter)
F: Ryan Getzlaf, Ducks (starter)

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The starters for the 2009 NHL All Star Game were released today and there are some familiar faces and some new guys making up the starters for the All Star Game.  Chicago and Anaheim took up all the Western Conference All Star starter spots and Montreal and Pittsburgh players made up the starters for the Eastern Conference All Star team.  The rest of the rosters should be announced within the next week, but here are the starters for the 2009 NHL All Star Game as voted by fans:

Eastern Conference

Goalie: Cary Price, MON
Defense: Mike Komisarek, MON
Defense: Andrei Markov, MON
Forward: Alexei Kovalev, MON
Forward: Evgeni Malkin, PIT
Forward: Sidney Crosby, PIT

Western Conference

Goalie: Jean-Sebastien Giguere, ANA
Defense: Scott Niedermayer, ANA
Defense: Brian Campbell, CHI
Forward: Ryan Getzlaf, ANA
Forward: Jonathan Toews, CHI
Forward: Patrick Kane, CHI

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