Eight Russians listed as nominees for NHL All-Star Game

Eight Russian players: goaltenders Ilya Bryzgalov (Philadelphia Flyers) and Nikolay Khabibulin (Edmonton Oilers), defenceman Sergey Gonchar (Ottawa Senators), as well as forwards Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings), Ilya Kovalchuk (New Jersey Devils) , Yevgeny Malkin (Pittsburgh Peguins), Alexander Ovechkin and Alexander Semin (Washington Capitals) appear on the list of nominees for the NHL All-Star Game, the league’s official website reported.

The voting list includes a total of 127 players, each team being represented by at least three hockey players.

The voting shall begin on November 14 on a specially created page of the NHL official site and will run until January 4. In addition to the players suggested for voting the fans may add the surnames of any other players they want.

Full list of candidates suggested for voting is available here.

The All-Star Game will be held in Ottawa on January 29.