NHL coaches’ All Stars Game
What if the guys behind the bench suited up one more time?

By Kevin Wong

uring the 2010 Winter Olympic

in Vancouver, the NHL All-Star

Game will be cancelled. Don’t
worry; it will be back in 2011. Indeed,
the NHL All-Star Games have existed
for many years. What if there was an
NHL Coaches All-Stars Game? Let’s
assume that the first year will be hosted
by Vancouver following the Winter
Olympics. Sounds funny, doesn’t it?
The starting line-ups could be voted by
all current NHL players and the voting
result might surprise most of you.

For the Western Conference, the
top selection for left winger is Mike
Babcock of the Detroit Red Wings.
Babcock has helped his team to
advance to the Stanley Cup final in the
past two seasons consecutively, and
winning it all in 2008. His playmaker
will be number 99, Wayne Gretzky.
Although he has resigned from
his coaching job with the Phoenix
Coyotes, most of the voters would

still love to see the “Great One” on

the ice. Next, the right winger would
be Mare Crawford of the Dallas Stars.
Crawford is currently one of the best
hockey coaches in everyone’s mind. In
addition, he was a Canuck in the ‘80s,
so he would love to score again in front
of all his old Canucks fans.

Also, the defensive pair will be
Brent Sutter of the Calgary Flames and
Bryan Murray of the St. Louis Blues.
Sutter is the defensive d-man, and
Murray is the offensive d-men. Plus
the starting goalie will be Bill Ranford
of the Los Angeles Kings.

For the Eastern Conference,
the left winger, Dan Bylsma of the
Pittsburgh Penguins is the favourite.

 

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Bylsma guided the Penguins to a
Stanley Cup victory in June 2009. Paul
Maurice of the Carolina Hurricanes
will be the right winger. Maurice
coached the ‘Canes to the Stanley Cup
semi-final a few months ago.

The face-off man will be Number
66, Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh

Penguins. Lemieux isn’t a coach, but
he is the co-owner/chairman of the
team. Almost 99 per cent of the players
would request to see Super Mario to
play because they still love and respect
this legend!

At the back of the rink, the
defensemen will be Bruce Boudreau

of the Washington Capitals and John
Tortorella of the New York Rangers.
Also, the number one goalie is the
ex-Canuck Bob Essensa of the Boston
Bruins. Essensa’s fruitful experience
and skill could help his team win.

Okay, let’s drop the puck and enjoy
the game everyone!

 

 

 

 

  

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