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The NHL announced it's 2015-16 All Star rosters. Flames sophomore winger Johnny Gaudreau and blue line stalwart Mark Giordano both will make their second consecutive trip to the mid season showcase. Here's the rosters for the 4 teams that will comprise the new 3 on 3 tournament format:
| Atlantic Division | Central Division |
| Patrice Bergeron (F) Boston | Jaime Benn (F) Dallas |
| (C) Jaromir Jagr (F) Florida | Matt Duchene (F) Colorado |
| Leo Komarov (F) Toronto | (C) Patrick Kane (F) Chicago |
| Dylan Larkin (F) Dertoit | Tyler Seguin (F) Dallas |
| Ryan O'Reilly (F) Buffalo | Vladimir Terasenko (F) St. Louis |
| Steven Stamkos (F) Tampa | Jonathan Toews (F) Chicago |
| Aaron Ekblad (D) Florida | Dustin Byfuglien (D) Winnipeg |
| Erik Karlsson (D) Ottawa | Roman Josi (D) Nashville |
| P.K. Subban (D) Montreal | Shea Weber (D) Nashville |
| Ben Bishop (G) Tampa | Devan Dubnyk (G) Minnesota |
| Roberto Luongo (G) Florida | Pekka Rinne (G) Nashville |
| Metropolitan Division | Pacific Division |
| Niklas Backstrom (F) Washington | Johnny Gaudreau (F) Calgary |
| Claude Giroux (F) Philadelphia | Taylor Hall (F) Edmonton |
| Evgeni Malkin (F) Pittsburgh | Joe Pavelski (F) San Jose |
| (C) Alex Ovechkin (Washington) | Corey Perry (F) Anaheim |
| Brandon Saad (F) Columbus | (C) John Scott (F) Phoenix |
| Jonathan Tavares (F) NY Islanders | Daniel Sedin (F) Vancouver |
| Justin Faulk (D) Carolina | Brent Burns (D) San Jose |
| Kris Letang (D) Pittsburgh | Drew Doughty (D) LA |
| Ryan McDonagh (D) NY Rangers | Mark Giordano (D) Calgary |
| Braden Holtby (G) Washington | John Gibson (G) Anaheim |
| Cory Schneider (G) NJ | Jonathan Quick (G) LA |
Coaches:
Atlantic: Gerard Gallant (Florida), Metropolitan: Barry Trotz (Washington) Central: Lindy Ruff (Dallas), Pacific: Darryl Sutter (LA)
The NHL is experimenting with a new All Star Game, 3 on 3 format this season. Here are the rules for play from NHL.com:
"In the new format, each division has a roster of six forwards, three defensemen and two goalies. One player from each division was voted onto the team by the fans and will serve as captain. Each All-Star team will have at least one player from every team in its division.The game, to be played Sunday, Jan. 31 (5 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports), will be a 3-on-3 tournament pitting the four divisions against one another in a winner-take-all format. The Atlantic Division will face the Metropolitan Division in one semifinal and the Central Division will face the Pacific Division in the other semifinal. The winners play in the championship game.
Games will be 20 minutes in length and will be decided by a shootout if tied after the 20 minutes.
The 44 players will also be involved in the Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports)."