After a fan vote to set the starting lineup, and a media vote to set the second lines, the Kontinental Hockey League today announced the rosters for the 2016 KHL All Star Game in Moscow, Russia on 23 January.
After last season’s spectacle in Sochi, the All Star Game will return to the KHL’s home base in Moscow, where the top players in the league will face off. Despite yet another year of uncertainty, as some teams are sitting out the season amidst speculation of KHL expansion into China, the league will host its seventh All-Star showcase.
From the perspective of the IHLC, there are players from eleven different countries playing in the game, 14 of whom have held the IHLC at least once in their careers. Russia naturally leads the pack with sixteen players, including star players (both professionally and internationally) Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexander Radulov and Sergei Mozyakin.
| TEAM WEST | TEAM EAST |
| GOALTENDERS | |
| ๐ท๐บ Alexei Muryginย (Lokomotiv) | ๐ซ๐ฎ Juha Metsola (Amur) |
| ๐ท๐บย Ilya Sorokin (CSKA) | ๐จ๐ฟ Alexanderย Salรกk*ย (Sibir) |
| DEFENCEMEN | |
| ๐จ๐ฆ Cam Barkerย (Slovan) | ๐ฑ๐ป Oskars Bฤrtulis (Admiral) |
| ๐ธ๐ฐ Milan Jurฤina* (Medvescak) | ๐บ๐ธ Jonathon Blum (Admiral) |
| ๐ฉ๐ฐ Philip Larsen*ย (Jokerit) | ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kevin Dallman (Barys) |
| ๐ท๐บย Ziyat Paigin (HC Sochi) | ๐ง๐พ Vladimir Denisov* (Traktor) |
| ๐จ๐ฆ Mat Robinson (Dynamo) | ๐ท๐บ Alexander Loginov (Salavat) |
| ๐ท๐บ Nikita Zaitsev*ย (CSKA) | ๐ธ๐ช Tobias Viklund* (Lada) |
| FORWARDS | |
| ๐ท๐บ Danil Apalkov (Lokomotiv) | ๐จ๐ฆ Nigel Dawes (Barys) |
| ๐ฑ๐ป Kaspars Daugaviลลก (Torpedo) | ๐ท๐บย Anatoly Golyshev (Avtomobilist) |
| ๐จ๐ฆ Matt Ellison (Dinamo) | ๐ท๐บ Kirill Kaprizov (Metallurg Nov.) |
| ๐ท๐บ Nikita Gusev (SKA) | ๐จ๐ฟ Jan Kovรกล*ย (Metallurg Mag.) |
| ๐ท๐บ Dmitri Kagarlitsky (Severstal) | ๐ท๐บ Sergei Mozyakin* (Metallurg Mag.) |
| ๐ท๐บ Ilya Kovalchuk* (SKA) | ๐ธ๐ช Linus Omark (Salavat) |
| ๐จ๐ฆ Brandon Kozunย (Jokerit) | ๐จ๐ฟ Vladimรญr Sobotka* (Avangard) |
| ๐ท๐บ Alexander Radulov*ย (CSKA) | ๐ท๐บ Mikhail Varnakov* (Ak Bars) |
| ๐ท๐บ Vadim Shipachyov*ย (SKA) | ๐ท๐บย Danis Zaripov*ย (Metallurg Mag.) |
Bold denotes a player in starting lineup. A star (*)ย denotes players that have held the International Hockey Lineal Championship at least once.ย A strikethrough (example) through the playerโs name denotes the player is injured and will be unable to play, replacements are listed below original selection.
Photo Credit: KHL All Star Gameย โ IIHF โ HHOF โ IOC
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