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| 9th January, 2007 - 11:24 pm |  NHL.com - With Tuesday night?s announcement of the starting lineups of the 2007 NHL All-star Game, it is clear that the NHL?s blinding future is on a collision course with its storied present.
Six of the 12 starters, selected by fan voting in the recently concluded COLD-fX/NHL All-Star Fan Balloting presented by 2K Sports, are making their inaugural All-star appearance and another two players are making their first start.
The parade of newcomers is led by Pittsburgh wunderkind Sidney Crosby, who received a League-leading 825,783 votes. In this case, Crosby is, indeed, living up to his ?Sid the Kid? moniker as he becomes the youngest player voted to start the All-Star Game since fan balloting began in 1986. Five months past his 19th birthday, Crosby beats out Jaromir Jagr, who at 19 years, 11 months, was elected to the Prince of Wales Conference lineup for the 1992 All-Star Game in Philadelphia.
Crosby, the League?s leading scorer with 64 points in 37 games, is joined by five other first-time starters in the Eastern Conference starting lineup.
Washington?s Alexander Ovechkin, who nipped Crosby for the Calder Trophy last season, will play one of the wings. Ovechkin, who earned the most votes by a Russian since fan balloting began, has a League-high 26 goals this season and scored 100 points last season, the first rookie to turn that trick in 13 years. [READ] |
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