Although Sidney Crosby originally did not have a replacement named, it was later decided that skills competition rookie Johnny Gaudreau would take his spot in the game. Ultimately, it was Team Toews who had one less player after the draft. Only six of seven withdrawn players were replaced by the beginning of the All-Star weekend, leaving an uneven number of players to compete in the All-Star Game. Prior to the draft, seven players withdrew due to injuries. Ī lower-body injury led Sidney Crosby to miss a fifth-straight All-Star Game. The rules during the draft required all goaltenders to have been selected by the end of the 10th round and all defensemen by the end of the 15th. In past years, the last player picked would receive a new car during this draft, the final two picks Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Filip Forsberg were voted onto their teams by online fan voting and as a result, both players received 2015 Honda Accords. The captains and alternate captains from each team sat together and selected players throughout 18 rounds. Ī draft to select teams was held two days prior to the game, on January 23, 2015. Drew Doughty and Patrick Kane served as alternate captains for Team Foligno while Ryan Getzlaf and Rick Nash served the same role for Team Toews. Being a player for the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets, Foligno's team was the home team. On January 14, 2015, the league announced the captains for the game would be Jonathan Toews and Nick Foligno. Peter Laviolette of the Nashville Predators and Darryl Sutter of the Los Angeles Kings were named coaches for the game on January 9, 2015. The only player voted in as a member of a different team was forward Zemgus Girgensons of the Buffalo Sabres, who was the most voted overall due to a campaign in his native Latvia. Five Chicago Blackhawks players were voted in: forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook and goaltender Corey Crawford. On January 1, 2015, six players were voted into the All-Star Game over seven weeks of online voting. Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks was voted into the All-Star Game and eventually selected to be a team captain. The game was postponed two years, first because of the 2012–13 NHL lockout and then due to the league's participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics tournament.
Team Toews won the game 17–12, as the teams and players broke a variety of All-Star Game scoring records.Ĭolumbus was originally scheduled to host the All-Star Game on January 27, 2013.
The team captains were chosen by NHL Hockey Operations: Nick Foligno of the All-Star Game-hosting Blue Jackets served as captain for the home team, and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks served for the away team. The game was held in Columbus, Ohio, for the first time, at Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 2015 National Hockey League All-Star Game was an exhibition ice hockey game played on January 25, 2015.
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