Brown, Kopitar on All-Star ballot
This is from the Kings:
KINGS FORWARDS DUSTIN BROWN AND ANZE KOPITAR
REPRESENT KINGS ON 2009 NHL ALL-STAR BALLOT
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Kings forwards Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar will represent the Kings on the XM/NHL All-Star Fan Balloting presented by 2K Sports, the NHL announced today.
The 104-player ballot features 23 players under the age of 25, including Brown (who turns 24 today) and Kopitar (21). Brown is the Kings' captain and Kopitar, who is a Kings assistant captain, played in his first NHL All-Star Game last year.
Voting opens on November 12, and in a first for all major professional sports leagues, the NHL will provide real-time All-Star fan balloting results online at NHL.com. From November 12 through January 2, NHL fans will be able to vote as often as they like to select the starting lineups for the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal. Fans around the world can vote online via interactive English and French ballots at Vote.NHL.com. Those in the U.S. and Canada also will be able to cast their votes via text message using any wireless carrier. During the voting period, real-time results will be available exclusively on Vote.NHL.com/results. This marks the third consecutive year the All-Star Balloting process is entirely digital.
The 2009 NHL All-Star Weekend in Montreal will celebrate the Montreal Canadiens' Centennial season with live national broadcasts of the Honda/NHL SuperSkills event on Saturday, January 24, and the NHL All-Star Game on Sunday, January 25, on VERSUS in the United States and CBC and RDS in Canada. NHL Radio will provide exclusive, national radio coverage which can be heard on stations around the United States and Canada as well as on Sirius XM Radio's NHL Home Ice, located at XM channel 204 and on SIRIUS channel 208 with the "Best of XM" programming package.
The Kings continue their season-high seven-game homestand tonight (Tuesday) against Anaheim at 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on FS West, KLAC AM 570 and along the Kings Radio Network.
Following the game against the Ducks, the Kings will have three more games remaining on their homestand (all games will begin at 7:30 p.m.): Thursday vs. Florida; Saturday vs. St. Louis - Salute to Heroes Night, Law Enforcement; and Tuesday, November 11, vs. Dallas.
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already? lame. and the stupid side view camera is so lame.
our best player (frolov) is not on the ballot? figures...
Frolov best today 100%.
@ Anom
All Star games have very little to do with talent and performance and a lot more to do with reputation and fan interest.
Now, performance and talent can help build reputation and interest but is not required.
The all-star game will continue to be a complete waste of time until someone has the balls to throw a real check.
I like how the all-star voting results are available online. Only makes sense to do it like that.
Perhaps Kopitar will now start playing like an all star.
Oh, that's right.
It's his linemates' fault.
I mean, it's Murray's fault for not "getting him going."
Maybe it's just that he is a very average hockey player and we've all bought into the delusion that he is something bigger and better.....