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by Michael Dell, Editor-in-Chief

Zippy is apparently too woozy from the beat down he took at the Happy Birthday Baby Jesus Tournament to write a news column, so I'll just do what I can...

ALL-STAR TEAMS
Here are the All-Star Teams as selected by the NHL. The game will be played on Sunday, January 24, in Tampa Bay.

North America All-Star Team
Player         Pos. NHL Club
Amonte, Tony      W Chicago
Belfour, Ed       G Dallas
Blake, Rob        D Los Angeles
Bourque, Ray      D Boston
Brodeur, Martin   G New Jersey
Clark, Wendel     W Tampa Bay
Fleury, Theoren   W Calgary
Gretzky, Wayne    C NY Rangers
Joseph, Curtis    G Toronto
Kariya, Paul      W Anaheim
LeClair, John     W Philadelphia
Lindros, Eric     C Philadelphia
MacInnis, Al      D St. Louis
Modano, Mike      C Dallas
Murphy, Larry     D Detroit
Primeau, Keith    C Carolina
Pronger, Chris    D St. Louis
Recchi, Mark      W Montreal
Roenick, Jeremy   C Phoenix
Stevens, Scott    D New Jersey
Shanahan, Brendan W  Detroit
Sydor, Darryl     D Dallas
Tkachuk, Keith    W Phoenix
Yzerman, Steve    C Detroit

Head Coach: Ken Hitchcock, Dallas
Asst. Coach: Jim Schoenfeld, Phoenix

World All-Star Team
Player         Pos. NHL Club
Bondra, Peter    W  Washington
Demitra, Pavol   W  St. Louis
Forsberg, Peter  C  Colorado
Hamrlik, Roman   D  Edmonton
Hasek, Dominik   G  Buffalo
Holik, Bobby     C  New Jersey
Irbe, Arturs     G  Carolina
Jagr, Jaromir    W  Pittsburgh
Jonsson, Kenny   D  NY Islanders
Khabibulin, N.   G  Phoenix
Khristich, D.    W  Boston
Kozlov, Viktor   C  Florida
Krivokrasov, S.  W  Nashville
Krupp, Uwe       D  Detroit
Lidstrom, N.     D  Detroit
Naslund, Markus  W  Vancouver
Numminen, Teppo  D  Phoenix
Selanne, Teemu   W  Anaheim
Straka, Martin   C  Pittsburgh
Sturm, Marco     C  San Jose
Sundin, Mats     C  Toronto
Yashin, Alexei   C  Ottawa
Zhitnik, Alexei  D  Buffalo
Zubov, Sergei    D  Dallas

Head Coach: Lindy Ruff, Buffalo
Asst. Coach: Robbie Ftorek, New Jersey

ALL-STAR NOTES
* Wayne Gretzky, or as I like to call him - Wayne Gretzky, will be making his 18th consecutive All-Star appearance. Ray Bourque isn't far behind, appearing in his 17th consecutive mid-season sissy boy slap shot contest. Both are the two longest such streaks in NHL history. Gretzky's first All-Star Game was in 1980 at the Joe, while Bourque made his debut in 1981 at the LA Forum. Neither one has missed an All-Star Game since.

* The All-Star Weekend will also feature the Heroes of Hockey game and POWERaDE NHL SuperSkills on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7:00 p.m. EST. The All-Star Game itself is Sunday, Jan. 24 at 4:00 p.m. EST. Television coverage of the All-Star Game will be provided by FOX in the United States and CBC/SRC in Canada at 4:00 p.m. EST, while All-Star Saturday will be broadcast in the United States by ESPN (7:00 p.m. EST) and in Canada by CBC (6:30 p.m. EST) and SRC (8:00 p.m. EST). Television coverage of "Columbo" remains every Monday on A&E at 8 a.m. EST and 2 p.m. EST.