2014 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game

2014 KHL All-Star Game
123 Total
Team East 556 16
Team West 666 18
Date 11 January 2013
Arena Slovnaft Arena
City Bratislava, Slovakia
Attendance 10,055
 2013 2015 

The 2014 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 11, 2014 at the Slovnaft Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia, home of Slovan Bratislava, during the 2013–14 KHL season. Before the game, the players will compete in various events designed to test their speed, technique and creative skills.

The day before the All-Stars Game, on 10 January 2013, the legendary veterans of Russian and Czechoslovak hockey will play against each other in a friendly game.[1]

Rosters

Fan balloting

# Name Pos. Team Votes[2]
17Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya KovalchukLWSKA Saint Petersburg18,638
47Radulov, AlexanderAlexander RadulovRWCSKA Moscow15,510
10Mozyakin, SergeiSergei MozyakinLWMetallurg Magnitogorsk14,964
25Zaripov, DanisDanis ZaripovRWMetallurg Magnitogorsk12,715
8Ozoliņš, SandisSandis OzoliņšDDinamo Riga11,205
2Quint, DeronDeron QuintDSpartak Moscow10,356

Final roster

In November 29, 2013, was the final day of the fans’ vote to select the starting line-ups for the Eastern and Western Conference teams. The best five's selected as the first lines and goalies.[3] In December 10, accredited journalists selected 2nd lines and goalies.[4] In December 12, 2013, the league selected the coaches for teams East and West. The brigade of bosses in charge of Team West were Oleg Znarok, Jukka Jalonen and Fedor Kanareikin. Mike Keenan, Valery Belov and Dmitri Kvartalnov selected to head the Team East.[5] Following the fans’ vote to select the starting line-ups and the journalists’ ballot to choose the second lines and goalies, the Kontinental Hockey League has added the remaining players to complete the rosters for teams East and West.[6] In December 27, 2013, In response to the wishes of many fans and the sound arguments put forward by professional hockey journalists, the Kontinental Hockey League has agreed to add four attackers to the rosters. Team West’s offense will be strengthened by the arrival of Jakub Klepiš of Lev Prague and Geoff Platt of Dinamo Minsk, while Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod’s Denis Parshin and Traktor Chelyabinsk’s Evgeny Kuznetsov have been chosen to reinforce Team East.[7]

Team West
Nat. Player Team Pos. Num.
Slovakia Jaroslav Janus Slovan Bratislava G 32
Latvia Sandis Ozoliņš Dinamo Riga D 8
United States Deron Quint Spartak Moscow D 2
Russia Ilya Kovalchuk (C) SKA Saint Petersburg LW 17
Russia Alexander Radulov CSKA Moscow RW 47
Canada Jonathan Cheechoo Medveščak Zagreb RW 18
Russia Ivan Lisutin Vityaz Podolsk G 48
Canada Kurtis Foster Medveščak Zagreb D 55
Russia Maxim Chudinov SKA Saint Petersburg D 73
Russia Nikolai Prokhorkin CSKA Moscow LW 74
Russia Viktor Tikhonov SKA Saint Petersburg RW 10
Finland Leo Komarov Dynamo Moscow RW 87
Russia Bogdan Kiselevich Severstal Cherepovets D 55
Russia Ilya Gorokhov Lokomotiv Yaroslavl D 77
Russia Denis Denisov CSKA Moscow D 6
Slovakia Milan Bartovič Slovan Bratislava LW 61
Slovakia Miroslav Šatan Slovan Bratislava RW 18
Slovakia Marcel Hossa Dinamo Riga LW 81
Russia Maxim Afinogenov Vityaz Podolsk RW 61
Belarus Geoff Platt Dinamo Minsk C 16
Czech Republic Jakub Klepiš Lev Prague C 21
Co-Head Coaches: Oleg Znarok, Jukka Jalonen, Fedor Kanareikin

Team East
Nat. Player Team Pos. Num.
Finland Mikko Koskinen Sibir Novosibirsk G 19
Russia Kirill Koltsov Salavat Yulaev Ufa D 4
Canada Shaun Heshka Ak Bars Kazan D 26
Russia Sergei Mozyakin (C) Metallurg Magnitogorsk LW 10
Russia Danis Zaripov Metallurg Magnitogorsk LW 25
United States Brandon Bochenski Barys Astana RW 27
Russia Konstantin Barulin Ak Bars Kazan G 30
Canada Chris Lee Metallurg Magnitogorsk D 4
Finland Juuso Hietanen Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod D 11
Russia Fyodor Malykhin Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg C 98
Russia Enver Lisin Admiral Vladivostok RW 7
Finland Jori Lehterä Sibir Novosibirsk C 12
Russia Evgeny Medvedev Ak Bars Kazan D 82
Russia Andrei Zubarev Salavat Yulaev Ufa D 3
Russia Denis Kulyash Avangard Omsk D 28
Russia Alexander Popov Avangard Omsk LW 24
Russia Egor Milovzorov Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk RW 70
Czech Republic Jakub Petružálek Amur Khabarovsk C 88
Kazakhstan Talgat Zhailauov Barys Astana C 8
Russia Denis Parshin Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod LW 16
Czech Republic Jan Kovář Metallurg Magnitogorsk LW 43
Co-Head Coaches: Mike Keenan, Dmitri Kvartalnov, Valery Belov

Source: Official website.[8]

Withdrawn

Prior to the draft several players withdrew due to injury:

Nat. Name Team Pos. Reason and replacement
Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov Traktor Chelyabinsk RW Injury, replaced by Jan Kovář[9]
Russia Alexander Eremenko Dynamo Moscow G Injury, replaced by Petri Vehanen[10]
Finland Petri Vehanen Lev Prague G Injury, replaced by Jaroslav Janus[11]

Game summary

January 11, 2014
19:00
Team West 18 – 16
(6 – 5, 6 – 5, 6 – 6)
Team East Slovnaft Arena
Attendance: 10,055

See also

References

  1. "Bratislava greets the stars". Kontinental Hockey League. January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  2. "2014 KHL All-Star Game: Voting". KHLAllStars.ru. January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  3. "All-Star Game first lines and goalies announced". Kontinental Hockey League. November 29, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  4. "All-star Game 2nd lines and goalies chosen". Kontinental Hockey League. December 10, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  5. "All-Star coaches chosen". Kontinental Hockey League. December 12, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  6. "All-Star Game rosters complete". Kontinental Hockey League. December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  7. "Four more All-Star forwards". Kontinental Hockey League. December 27, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  8. "2014 KHL All-Star Game rosters". KHLAllStars.ru. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  9. "Kovar to replace Kuznetsov". Kontinental Hockey League. December 30, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  10. "Vehanen joins Team West". Kontinental Hockey League. January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  11. "Janus joins Team West". Kontinental Hockey League. January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.

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