TEAM FOLIGNO VS. TEAM TOEWS: 'TALE OF THE TAPE'
| team foligno | category | team toews |
| 6-1 | avg. height | 6-1 |
| 206 | avg. weight | 205 |
| 27.1 | avg. age | 27.5 |
| 45 | Career All-Star Games (incl. today) | 35 |
| 9 | First-Time All-Stars | 11 |
| 10 | Stanley Cups | 10 |
| 9,012 | Career Games (skaters) | 8,275 |
| 2,607 | Career Goals | 2,204 |
| 3,860 | Career Assists | 3,676 |
| 6,467 | Career Points | 5,880 |
| 264 | 2014-15 Goals | 235 |
| 388 | 2014-15 Assists | 398 |
| 652 | 2014-15 Points | 633 |
| Team FOLIGNO | Goaltender statistics | team toews |
| 642-407-142 | career w-l-ot | 692-485-179 |
| 89 | career shutouts | 113 |
| 59-29-9 | 2014-15 w-l-ot | 60-29-10 |
| 11 | 2014-15 shutouts | 7 |
* Team Foligno has 21 players on its roster, Team Toews has 20.
NHL CLUB AND ALL-STAR GAME TEAMMATES
Team Foligno
Chicago Blackhawks: D Duncan Keith and RW Patrick Kane
Columbus Blue Jackets: LW Nick Foligno and C Ryan Johansen
Los Angeles Kings: D Drew Doughty, C Anze Kopitar and head coach Darryl Sutter
St. Louis Blues: G Brian Elliott and D Kevin Shattenkirk
Team Toews
Calgary Flames: D Mark Giordano and LW Johnny Gaudreau
Chicago Blackhawks: G Corey Crawford, D Brent Seabrook and C Jonathan Toews
Florida Panthers: G Roberto Luongo and D Aaron Ekblad
Nashville Predators: D Shea Weber, C Filip Forsberg and head coach Peter Laviolette
New York Islanders: G Jaroslav Halak and C John Tavares
NHL CLUB TEAMMATES WHO ARE ALL-STAR GAME OPPONENTS
D Duncan Keith and RW Patrick Kane (Team Foligno) vs. G Corey Crawford, D Brent
Seabrook and C Jonathan Toews (Team Toews)
St. Louis Blues: G Brian Elliott and D Kevin Shattenkirk (Team Foligno) vs. RW Vladimir
Tarasenko (Team Toews)
C Claude Giroux (Team Foligno) vs. RW Jakub Voracek (Team Toews)
ALL-STAR GAME OFFICIALS
The referees for today's game are Chris Lee (#28) and Chris Rooney (#5). Lee, who hails from
Saint John, N.B., made his NHL debut in 1999-2000 while Rooney, a Boston native, has worked
NHL games since 2000-01. They are joined by linesmen Steve Miller (#89) and Tony Sericolo
(#84). Miller, from Stratford, Ont., also started officiating NHL games in 2000-01. Sericolo a
native of Troy, N.Y., is the senior member of the crew, having made his League debut on Oct.
21, 1998 (Edmonton at NY Islanders). All four officials are making their All-Star Game debut.
ALL-STAR ENTERTAINMENT
The 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Game will feature performances from Grammy Award-nominated
and multi-platinum selling recording artist Fall Out Boy, rock band O.A.R. and power-pop band
Locksley.
Fall Out Boy will perform during the first intermission followed by a performance from Ohio State
alumni O.A.R. during the second intermission.
Locksley will perform "The Whip," its hit single and the song performed after every Columbus
Blue Jackets goal, during the NHL All-Star player introductions. Twelve local boys and girls,
between the ages of eight and 13 years old, will take part in the player introductions as part of
McDonald's "In the Lineup" program.
NHL SCORING LEADERS AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK
Goals
1. (tie) Rick Nash, NYR (Team Toews) and Tyler Seguin, DAL (Team Toews), 28;
3. Alex Ovechkin, WSH (Team Foligno), 27.
Assists
1. Jakub Voracek, PHI (Team Toews), 39; 2. Sidney Crosby, PIT, 36;
3. (tie) Ryan Getzlaf, ANA (Team Toews) and Claude Giroux, PHI (Team Foligno), 35.
Points
1. Jakub Voracek, PHI (Team Toews), 17-39--56; 2. Tyler Seguin, DAL (Team Toews), 28-24--52;
3. Patrick Kane, CHI (Team Foligno), 22-29--51.
ALL-STAR GAME QUICK HITS
* Twelve players in the 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Game are under age 25. Thirty-two of the 41
players on both rosters have yet to celebrate their 30th birthday. The youngest 2015 NHL All-
Stars are 18-year-old Aaron Ekblad (Florida Panthers/Team Toews, born 2/7/96) and 20-year-old Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators/Team Toews, born 8/13/94). Ekblad will be the second 18-year-old to skate in the past three NHL All-Star Games, following Jeff Skinner in 2011 in Raleigh, N.C.
* The oldest player among the 2015 NHL All-Stars is 38-year-old Patrik Elias (New Jersey
Devils/Team Toews, 4/13/76). Elias leads players from both rosters in career games (1,192),
assists (604) and points (1,003).
* The 2015 NHL All-Star with the most career appearances in the midseason classic is Rangers
forward Rick Nash (Team Toews) who will be skating in his sixth career game. Following Nash
is Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin (Team Foligno), who will play in his fifth NHL All-Star Game.
* Nash holds the NHL All-Star Game record for the fastest goal from the start of a game, tallying just 12 seconds into the 2008 contest in Atlanta.
* The 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Game MVP will be determined by fans in-arena via a Twitter
vote. Three finalists will be announced during the third period. The winner will receive a 2015
Honda Accord EX-L, made in Ohio.
* The last player to win NHL All-Star Game MVP honors in front of his home fans was
Canadiens forward Alex Kovalev, in 2009 in Montreal.
* It has been 19 years since a defenseman captured NHL All-Star Game MVP honors (Ray
Bourque, 1996) and 21 years since a goaltender won the award (Mike Richter, 1994).
* Penguins forward Mario Lemieux became the first rookie to earn NHL All-Star MVP honors in
1985. Lemieux, 19, notched 2-1—3 in leading the Prince of Wales Conference to a 6-4 win over
the Campbell Conference.
* Blue Jackets forward and hometown star Ryan Johansen was the first overall pick in the 2015
NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft presented by DraftKings, held on Friday at the Greater Columbus
Convention Center. Team Foligno won a 'puck toss' to pick first overall, with Nick Foligno
selecting linemate and first-time All-Star Johansen. Team Toews chose Maple Leafs forward
Phil Kessel as its first choice and the second overall selection. Kessel later was traded to Team
Foligno in exchange for Stars forward Tyler Seguin, marking the first trade in NHL All-Star
Fantasy Draft history.
* The NHL became the first professional sports league to implement an All-Star player fantasy
draft to determine team rosters, in 2011 in Raleigh. Eric Staal of the Hurricanes, one of the NHL
All-Star captains, selected Hurricanes teammate Cam Ward with the first overall selection.
Nicklas Lidstrom of the Red Wings, the other captain, nabbed Steven Stamkos of the
Lightning with the second overall pick.
* In 2012 in Ottawa, NHL All-Star captain Zdeno Chara of the Bruins made Pavel Datsyuk of
the Red Wings the first overall selection, followed by captain Daniel Alfredsson of the
hometown Senators selecting teammate Erik Karlsson with his first pick.
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