I know a lot of people don't like all-star games or are pissed about Rory not getting in or whatever, but there are plenty of reasons to watch this. And there is one reason that should be enough: Crosby and Ovechkin playing together for an entire game.

From the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Tuesday, 7:30 PM - Young Stars Game (Vs.)
Tuesday, 8:30 PM - Skills Competition (Vs.)
Wednesday, 8:00 PM - NHL All-Star Game (Vs.)

EASTERN CONFERENCE YOUNG STARS ROSTER:
G - Kari Lehtonen (Thrashers)
D - Mike Green (Capitals)
D - Paul Ranger (Lightning)
D - Andrej Meszaros (Senators)
D - Ryan Whitney (Penguins)
F - Patrick Eaves (Senators)
F - Phil Kessel (Bruins)
F - Evgeni Malkin (Penguins)
F - Zach Parise (Devils)
F - Jordan Staal (Penguins)
F - Alex Steen (Leafs)
F - Thomas Vanek (Sabres)

WESTERN CONFERENCE YOUNG STARS ROSTER:
G - Peter Budaj (Avalanche)
D - Matt Carle (Sharks)
D - Brent Seabrook (Blackhawks)
D - Ladislav Smid (Oilers)
D - Shea Weber (Predators)
F - Ryan Getzlaf (Ducks)
F - Jussi Jokinen (Stars)
F - Anze Kopitar (Kings)
F - Alexander Radulov (Predators)
F - Lee Stempniak (Blues)
F - Wojtek Wolski (Avalanche)

EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS ROSTER:
*G - Ryan Miller (Sabres)
G - Martin Brodeur (Devils)
G - Cristobal Huet (Canadiens)
*D - Brian Campbell (Sabres)
*D - Sheldon Souray (Canadiens)
D - Jay Bouwmeester (Panthers)
D - Zdeno Chara (Bruins)
D - Tomas Kaberle (Leafs)
D - Brian Rafalski (Devils)
*F - Sidney Crosby (Penguins)
*F - Alex Ovechkin (Capitals)
*F - Daniel Briere (Sabres)
F - Jason Blake (Islanders)
F - Simon Gagne (Flyers)
F - Dany Heatley (Senators)
F - Marian Hossa (Thrashers)
F - Vincent Lecavalier (Lightning)
F - Martin St. Louis (Lightning)
F - Brendan Shanahan (Rangers)
F - Eric Staal (Hurricanes)
F - Justin Williams (Hurricanes)

WESTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS ROSTER:
*G - Roberto Luongo (Canucks)
G - Mikka Kiprusoff (Flames)
G - Marty Turco (Stars)
*D - Nicklas Lidstrom (Red Wings)
D - Philippe Boucher (Stars)
D - Ed Jovanovski (Coyotes)
D - Dion Phaneuf (Flames)
D - Kimmo Timonen (Predators)
D - Lubomir Visnovsky (Kings)
*F - Joe Thornton (Sharks)
*F - Joe Sakic (Avalanche)
*F - Jonathan Cheechoo (Sharks)
F - Bill Guerin (Blues)
F - Martin Havlat (Blackhawks)
F - Patrick Marleau (Sharks)
F - Andy McDonald (Ducks)
F - Rick Nash (Blue Jackets)
F - Yanic Perreault (Coyotes)
F - Brian Rolston (Wild)
F - Teemu Selanne (Ducks)
F - Ryan Smyth (Oilers)
F - Henrik Zetterberg (Red Wings)

Scott Niedermayer was the other West defensive starter but he is out due to injury (Rory should be given the spot!) and has been replaced by Boucher. Zetterberg is injured and being replaced by McDonald.

1/22/2007 11:39:49 PM

im pissed about the skills competition/young stars game not being on inhd tommorow. supposedly inhd had the choice of showing either this or some shitty nba game and they chose to show the basketball game (in this market, im not sure about every other market.) oh well, at least the all-star game will be on inhd.

1/22/2007 11:42:27 PM

Versus has their own HD channel now. Of course the brilliance of this is that hardly anyone carries it yet so it's actually BAD for us because now inHD won't carry as much.

1/22/2007 11:43:28 PM

rick nash, justin williams, yanic perreault, jordan cheechoo...

overrrraattted

1/23/2007 12:09:41 AM

Eastern Conference lines for tomorrow night:

Forwards:
Crosby/Ovechkin/Shanahan
Briere/Hossa/Heatley
Staal/Williams/Blake
LeCavalier/St. Louis/Gagne

Defense:
Campbell/Souray
Bouwmeester/Kaberle
Chara/Rafalski

1/23/2007 4:21:24 PM

3rd line eh?

1/23/2007 4:22:08 PM

On the Tuesday events..as of the other day InHD was listing as tape delaying their broadcast till like 10:30 or 11 - but yeah, I was pissed about that too.

[Edited on January 23, 2007 at 5:23 PM. Reason : .]

1/23/2007 5:22:20 PM

^yep, the guide says it will be on inHD at 11 tonight

1/23/2007 5:41:47 PM

heard they are going to be wearing some new NHL jerseys, supposed to be tighter, dont know how i feel about that.

1/23/2007 5:45:27 PM

http://www.rbkedgeuniform.com/

The uniforms will be used for all 30 teams starting next season. There will be no third jerseys for next year (Minnesota for example is getting rid of their green home jerseys and going with the red those bastards), and I'm just hoping the uniform art designs stay very similar.

1/23/2007 6:00:53 PM

neeed... hd...

[Edited on January 23, 2007 at 7:44 PM. Reason : i like this camera view though]

1/23/2007 7:35:01 PM

Malkin is cherry picking like a mother fucker just waiting at the blue line while 3 guys play defense

1/23/2007 7:50:12 PM

hahahahaha

1/23/2007 7:53:44 PM

The new sweaters are AWFUL. From the elbow down they're so tight they bind up on the elbow pads, and they're princess cut. AWFUL.



[Edited on January 23, 2007 at 8:23 PM. Reason : 7]

1/23/2007 8:21:28 PM

that was nice

1/23/2007 8:26:20 PM

Hey they actually decided to play for the last minute or so

[Edited on January 23, 2007 at 8:29 PM. Reason : .]

1/23/2007 8:29:19 PM

I'm digging the rail cam for rushes up and down the ice

1/23/2007 8:59:25 PM

Eric Staal in the fastest skater contest...

1/23/2007 9:04:57 PM

Quote :

"Malkin is cherry picking like a mother fucker just waiting at the blue line while 3 guys play defense"

the ovechkin position?

1/23/2007 9:08:51 PM

14.5s for Staal

[Edited on January 23, 2007 at 9:12 PM. Reason : 14.08 is the time to beat poor staal]

1/23/2007 9:10:38 PM

they need the electronic shit

1/23/2007 9:14:17 PM

Ahahaha Ovechkin the SLOWEST skater. Why the hell are they timing this manually?

1/23/2007 9:14:22 PM

they used all the computers on the new uniforms

1/23/2007 9:15:01 PM

this is some boring crap to watch. it's like they are in an empty arena.

1/23/2007 9:15:26 PM

its only like half-3/4 full it looked like, but it doesn't look that bad now

1/23/2007 9:18:17 PM

A Hurricane just scored in a shootout?!?!?!

1/23/2007 9:35:40 PM

WHY CANT HE DO THAT IN A NORMAL SHOOTOUT

1/23/2007 9:35:46 PM

LET ME SEE YOU DO THAT SHIT IN A GAME WILLIAMS

1/23/2007 9:35:57 PM

I think I'm happier than St. Louis didn't score with that little sideways move of his.

1/23/2007 9:38:20 PM

Yeah, but at least he tried something creative. The shootout in the skills competition isn't as fresh as in the past because we have it in the regular season now. Therefore, I want to see crazy shit. I want to see guys lying down on the ice trying to hit the puck in with their helmet.

I do hear that Ovechkin has something wild planned.
EDIT: Well that wasn't wild at all

[Edited on January 23, 2007 at 10:01 PM. Reason : I had a feeling Staal would be good at the accuracy contest - 4/5]

1/23/2007 9:39:30 PM

haha they have fucking cameras in the target?

1/23/2007 9:42:14 PM

I thought they did the pass competition while moving down the ice?

1/23/2007 9:50:25 PM

Martin Havlat is the best baby!

1/24/2007 12:48:30 AM

bttt

1/24/2007 8:11:02 PM

well the skills competition was disappointing but this game might be entertaining

1/24/2007 8:24:45 PM

HAHAHAHA

\/ me too

did nobody see her fall?

[Edited on January 24, 2007 at 8:26 PM. Reason : ]

1/24/2007 8:25:10 PM

I hope she switched to french during o canada because I understood maybe 5 words outta that

I wasn't sure if she fell or not (only half paying attention), but I heard lukewarm applause (especially from a crowd that seemed kinda into it) then a wave of laughter, so I figured something like that happened

[Edited on January 24, 2007 at 8:30 PM. Reason : I wasn't sure...]

1/24/2007 8:26:32 PM

the canesvision guys are obviously a ton faster blowing the horn or something

sometimes even faster than the goal judge

1/24/2007 8:40:00 PM

what channel is the HD on?

1/24/2007 8:40:56 PM

inHD

its 291 in the fay. area dunno about raleigh

1/24/2007 8:41:33 PM

^spot on, thanks!

I dunno, I don't think these new uniforms look quite as terrible as I thought they would. We'll have to see if they can keep the individual team ones somewhat decent

1/24/2007 8:42:44 PM

STAAAAAAAAAAAL!

1/24/2007 8:53:49 PM

yay for staal

1/24/2007 8:54:54 PM

2 career goals? Do they count the Young Stars game or something? The AHL All-Star game?

1/24/2007 8:55:11 PM

Did he get one in the shootout lastnight? I fell asleep during the skills competition

1/24/2007 9:14:50 PM

JUSTIN WILLIAMS FOR MVP

1/24/2007 9:32:56 PM

Aha Turco

1/24/2007 10:30:59 PM

hahaha the guys talking to him caught him off guard

turn his mic off before that happens

1/24/2007 10:42:27 PM

keep chatting him up

I want the east to sweep

1/24/2007 10:44:59 PM

would it be wrong for the announcers to start chanting

Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurco....




Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurco.....





Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurcooooooo...












YOU SUCK!

1/24/2007 10:47:50 PM