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Monday, January 5, 2015

Fans Elect Girgensons, Five Blackhawks Teammates the First Six All-Stars for 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Game #NHLAllStar

FANS ELECT GIRGENSONS, FIVE BLACKHAWKS TEAMMATES THE FIRST SIX ALL-STARS

FOR 2015 HONDA NHL ALL-STAR GAME


Chicago’s Kane, Toews, Keith, Crawford and Seabrook Earn Berths 
Buffalo’s Girgensons Sits Atop the Final Leaderboard with More than 1.5M Votes

Forwards Kane and Toews collected 1,232,201 and 1,217,210 votes, respectively, to earn the second and third spots overall. Keith was fourth overall and tops among defensemen with 1,198,173 votes. Seabrook tallied 1,016,992 for the second defenseman spot and sixth overall. Crawford topped all goaltenders and ranked fifth overall with 1,099,504 votes.

The remaining All-Star roster will be determined by the National Hockey League and announced on Saturday, Jan. 10.

Fans cast more than 35 million votes in the 2015 NHL All-Star Fan Vote presented by SiriusXM, up 52 percent from the 2012 campaign. Nearly 27 percent of those votes were garnered by fans outside of North America, up seven thousand percent from 2012.

The Columbus Blue Jackets and city of Columbus will host the 2015 NHL All-Star festivities, Jan. 24-25, marking a first for the city and Club. The League’s midseason showcase will include the Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition™ on Saturday, Jan. 24 (7 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports) and the Honda NHL All-Star Game® on Sunday, Jan. 25 (5 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports).

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