2014 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game

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.

2014 KHL All-Star Game
123 Total
Team East 556 16
Team West 666 18
Date11 January 2013
ArenaSlovnaft Arena
CityBratislava, Slovakia
Attendance10,055
 2013 2015 

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

Rosters

Fan balloting

# Name Pos. Team Votes[2]
17Ilya KovalchukLWSKA Saint Petersburg18,638
47Alexander RadulovRWCSKA Moscow15,510
10Sergei MozyakinLWMetallurg Magnitogorsk14,964
25Danis ZaripovRWMetallurg Magnitogorsk12,715
8Sandis OzoliņšDDinamo Riga11,205
2Deron 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]

Source: Official website.[8]

Withdrawn

Prior to the draft several players withdrew due to injury:

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

Game summary

January 11, 2014
19:00
Team West18 – 16
(6 – 5, 6 – 5, 6 – 6)
Team EastSlovnaft 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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