2012 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
The fourth edition of the All-Star Game of the Kontinental Hockey League (Russian Матч Всех Звёзд Континентальной Хоккейной Лиги ) was held on January 21, 2012 in Arena Riga in Riga instead. Team Fedorov sat 15:11 by opposite team Ozoliòš.
Format
The All -Star Game in 2012 met as last year a selection of players from the Western Conference to a selection of players from the Eastern Conference. The team captains were the Latvian Sandis Ozoliòš Dinamo Riga ( for the selection of the Western Conference ) and the Russian Sergei Fedorov from HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk ( for the selection of the Eastern Conference ).
Before the actual All- Star Game, the KHL All-Star Skills Competition was held, in which the players competed against each other in various categories, and presented their skills. A day before the actual All-Star Game a game former hockey stars took place.
Selection of participants
Each of the two teams consisted of two goalkeepers, six defenders and nine strikers. The six players, each of which formed the starting lineup of its teams were selected via the website of the KHL by the fans themselves. The remaining players on each team were chosen by media representatives and the leagues head of the KHL.
Squad
The team captains:
- Latvia F - Sandis Ozoliòš (Dinamo Riga) C
- Russia F - Sergei Fedorov ( Metallurg Magnitogorsk HK ) C
The fans selected the following starting line- of:
- Latvia F - Miķelis Redlihs (Dinamo Riga)
- Russia F - Vadim Schipatschow ( Severstal Cherepovets )
- Czech Republic F - Zbynek Irgl (HK Dinamo Minsk)
- Finland D - Jere Karalahti (HK Dinamo Minsk)
- Russia D - Maxim Tschudinow ( Severstal Cherepovets )
- Russia G - Konstantin Barulin ( Atlant Mytischtschi )
- Russia F - Yevgeny Kuznetsov ( HC Traktor Chelyabinsk)
- Czech Republic F - Jakub Petružálek ( Amur Khabarovsk )
- Russia D - Ilya Nikulin ( Ak Bars Kazan )
- Finland D - Mikko Mäenpää ( Amur Khabarovsk )
- Russia G - Mikhail Biryukov (HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk )
Through the media and the KHL leagues line following players have been nominated:
- Canada G - Chris Holt (Dinamo Riga)
- Russia D - Dmitri Kalinin ( SKA St. Petersburg )
- Finland D - Janne Niskala ( Atlant Mytischtschi )
- Russia D - Kirill Koltzov ( SKA St. Petersburg )
- Czech Republic D - Karel Pilař (HC Lev Poprad )
- Russia F - Sergei Shirokov (HK CSKA Moscow )
- Sweden F - Tony Mårtensson ( SKA St. Petersburg )
- Russia F - Mikhail Anissin ( Vityaz Chekhov )
- Russia F - Nikolai Scherdew ( Atlant Mytischtschi )
- Latvia F - Mārtiņš Karsums (Dinamo Riga)
- Russia F - Vyacheslav Kozlov ( OHK Dynamo )
Coach:
- Czech Republic Miloš Říha ( SKA St. Petersburg )
- Latvia Oļegs Znaroks ( OHK Dynamo )
- Canada G - Michael Garnett ( HC Traktor Chelyabinsk)
- Canada D - Kevin Dallman ( Barys Astana )
- Russia D - Alexander Rjasanzew ( HC Traktor Chelyabinsk)
- Russia D - Vitaly Proshkin ( Salavat Yulaev Ufa )
- Russia D - Yevgeny Medvedev ( Ak Bars Kazan )
- Russia F - Alexander Radulow ( Salavat Yulaev Ufa )
- Russia F - Vladimir Tarasenko ( Sibir Novosibirsk HK )
- Czech Republic F - Roman Červenka (HK Avangard Omsk )
- Russia F - Sergei Mosjakin (HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk )
- United States F - Brandon Bochenski ( Barys Astana )
- Russia F - Alexander Frolov (HK Avangard Omsk )
Coach:
- Russia Valeri Belousov ( HC Traktor Chelyabinsk )
- Finland Hannu Jortikka ( Amur Khabarovsk )
Game Stats
The fourth KHL All-Star Game took place on January 21, 2012 in Arena Riga in Riga instead. The game saw a total of 10,950 spectators. The selection of the Eastern Conference by Sergei Fyodorov defeated the US-led Sandis Ozoliòš selection of the Western Conference in a very high-scoring game with 15:11.