Russian Players will take part in NHL All-Star Game

The event will take place on the 24th and 25th of January.

13.Jan.15 12:30 PM
By Irina Klyachina
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Russian Players will take part in NHL All-Star Game

NHL All-Star game includes players from 30 different hockey clubs of the National Hockey League. This event will take place on 24th and 25th of January in Columbus. It is always rather spectacular and attracts a lot of fans as well as professionals.

The starting line-ups of the teams will be determined on the 23rd of January during traditional All-Star draft. The names of team captains will be announced during next week.

It is already known that 4 Russian players will also take part in this event which is considered to be the main hockey holiday in the USA. They are Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals), Evgeny Malkin (Pittsburg Penguins), Vladimir Tarasenko (St Louis Blues) and goalie Sergey Bobrovsky (Columbus). It should be noted that Ovechkin will play in NHL All-Star game for 6th time already. At the same time this will be the third time for Malkin.

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