Boston's Jim Montgomery will coach the Atlantic Division, Carolina's Rod Brind'Amour the Metropolitan, Dallas' Peter DeBoer the Central and Vegas' Bruce Cassidy the Pacific at NHL All-Star Weekend.

They were chosen because each of their teams is atop the division at the midway point of the season. The league announced the All-Star coaches Wednesday, less than a week after revealing the first 32 players picked for the Feb. 3-4 event in Sunrise, Florida.