Leafs' Auston Matthews selected for 2017 NHL All-Star Game
Jan 11 2017, 2:03 am
Auston Matthews will be the Toronto Maple Leafs’ lone representative in the 2017 NHL All-Star Game in Los Angeles later this month. The 19-year-old star rookie was the second youngest player selected for the game.
Matthews is the youngest Leafs All-Star since Wendel Clark in 1986.
Matthews leads the Leafs in points (35) and goals (21) through 39 games and was an obvious selection.
The first-year pro will play on the Atlantic Division team, as once again the NHL goes with a four-team 3-on-3 tournament format.
See also
- Leafs' Auston Matthews named NHL rookie of the month for December
- Subban, Price, Crosby, McDavid voted 2017 NHL All-Star captains
- Auston Matthews takes on Jonathan Toews in call-your-shot showdown (VIDEO)
Here are the rest of the All-Star selections:
| Atlantic Division | Central Division |
| Nikita Kucherov (TBL) | Patrick Kane (CHI) |
| Brad Marchand (BOS) | Patrik Laine (WPG) |
| Auston Matthews (TOR) | Nathan MacKinnon (COL) |
| Frans Nielsen (DET) | Tyler Seguin (DAL) |
| Kyle Okposo (BUF) | Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) |
| Vincent Trocheck (FLA) | Jonathan Toews (CHI) |
| Victor Hedman (TBL) | Duncan Keith (CHI) |
| Erik Karlsson (OTT) | P.K. Subban (NSH) |
| Shea Weber (MTL) | Ryan Suter (MIN) |
| Carey Price (MTL) | Corey Crawford (CHI) |
| Tuukka Rask (BOS) | Devan Dubnyk (MIN) |
| Metropolitan Division | Pacific Division |
| Sidney Crosby (PIT) | Jeff Carter (LAK) |
| Taylor Hall (NJD) | Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) |
| Evgeni Malkin (PIT) | Bo Horvat (VAN) |
| Alex Ovechkin (WSH) | Ryan Kesler (ANA) |
| Wayne Simmonds (PHI) | Connor McDavid (EDM) |
| John Tavares (NYI) | Joe Pavelski (SJS) |
| Justin Faulk (CAR) | Brent Burns (SJS) |
| Seth Jones (CBJ) | Drew Doughty (LAK) |
| Ryan McDonagh (NYR) | Cam Fowler (ANA) |
| Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ) | Martin Jones (SJS) |
| Braden Holtby (WSH) | Mike Smith (ARI) |