2013 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
The fifth edition of the All-Star Game of the Kontinental Hockey League (Russian Матч Всех Звёзд Континентальной Хоккейной Лиги ) took place at the Ice Arena Traktor Chelyabinsk on 13 January 2013. Morozov team sat down with 18:11 against Team by Kovalchuk.
Format
The All -Star Game in 2013 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 Russians Ilya Kovalchuk SKA Saint Petersburg ( for the selection of the Western Conference ) and Alexei Morozov of Ak Bars Kazan ( 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.
Selection of participants
Each of the two teams consisted of two goalkeepers, six defenders and ten 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. Due to the end of the lockout in the National Hockey League numerous selected players had to return prematurely to North America and thus could not participate in the KHL All-Star Game. ( These players are marked with an *. ) Their places were filled by other candidates according to the election results.
Fanwahl
Journalists choice
Squad
- Russia G - Maxim Tschudinow ( Severstal Cherepovets )
- Slovakia G - Rastislav Staňa (HK CSKA Moscow )
- Canada D - Kevin Dallman ( SKA St. Petersburg )
- Russia D - Alexander Rjasanzew ( Severstal Cherepovets )
- Sweden D - Staffan Kronwall ( Lokomotiv Yaroslavl )
- Russia D - Ilya Gorokhov (HK Dynamo Moscow)
- Czech Republic D - Ondřej Němec (HC Lev Prague)
- Russia D - Dmitri Kalinin ( SKA St. Petersburg )
- Russia F - Ilya Kovalchuk ( SKA St. Petersburg ) C
- Russia F - Pavel Datsyuk (HK CSKA Moscow )
- Russia F - Alexander Radulow (HK CSKA Moscow )
- Russia F - Mikhail Warnakow (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod )
- United States F - Tim Stapleton (HK Dinamo Minsk)
- Russia F - Nikolai Scherdew ( Atlant Mytischtschi )
- Russia F - Alexander Koroljuk ( Vityaz Chekhov )
- Russia F - Sergei Shirokov (HK CSKA Moscow )
- Russia F - Denis Kokarew (HK Dynamo Moscow)
- Russia F - Sergei Plotnikov ( Lokomotiv Yaroslavl )
- Latvia Oļegs Znaroks (HK Dynamo Moscow)
- Finland Jukka Jalonen ( SKA St. Petersburg )
- United States Tom Rowe ( Lokomotiv Yaroslavl )
- Russia G - Konstantin Barulin ( Ak Bars Kazan )
- Canada G - Michael Garnett ( HC Traktor Chelyabinsk)
- Russia D - Renat Mamaschew ( Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk )
- Russia D - Anton Belov (HK Avangard Omsk )
- Russia D - Ilya Nikulin ( Ak Bars Kazan )
- Russia D - Viktor Antipin (HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk )
- United States D - Deron Quint ( HC Traktor Chelyabinsk)
- Russia D - Yevgeny Medvedev ( Ak Bars Kazan )
- Russia F - Alexei Morozov ( Ak Bars Kazan ) C
- Russia F - Sergei Mosjakin (HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk )
- Finland F - Jori Lehterä (HK Sibir Novosibirsk )
- Czech Republic F - Jakub Petružálek ( Amur Khabarovsk )
- Russia F - Dmitri Kagarlizki ( Metallurg Novokuznetsk )
- Russia F - Yevgeny Kuznetsov ( HC Traktor Chelyabinsk)
- Russia F - Igor Skorochodow ( Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk )
- Slovakia F - Tomáš Záborský (HK Avangard Omsk )
- Russia F - Alexander Pereschogin (HK Avangard Omsk )
- Russia Valeri Belousov ( HC Traktor Chelyabinsk )
- Canada Paul Maurice ( HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk )
- Finland Petri Matikainen (HK Avangard Omsk )
Game Stats
The fifth KHL All-Star Game was held at the Ice Arena Traktor Chelyabinsk on 13 January 2013. The game saw a total of 6,500 spectators. The selection of the Eastern Conference to Alexei Morozov defeated the US-led Ilya Kovalchuk selection of the Western Conference in a very high-scoring game with 18:11.