Twenty Canadians in the 2020 NHL All-Star Game in St. Louis

Connor McDavid (Connor Mah, Wikimedia Commons)

There will be 20 Canadians playing in the 2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday. Three of the Canadians are captains as Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang of Montreal, Quebec is captaining the Metropolitan Division, Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid of Richmond Hill, Ontario is captaining the Pacific Division and Nathan MacKinnon of Springhill, Nova Scotia is captaining the Central Division.

There are also three Canadian Olympic gold medalists who are NHL all-stars in 2020. They are Montreal Canadiens defenseman Shea Weber of Sicamous, British Columbia, Minnesota Wild centre Eric Staal of Thunder Bay, Ontario and St. Louis Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo of King City, Ontario. Weber won the Olympic gold medal for Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Staal won an Olympic gold medal for Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Pietrangelo won an Olympic gold medal for Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

There are 14 other Canadian all-stars. They are Detroit Red Wings left winger Tyler Bertuzzi of Sudbury, Ontario, Ottawa Senators left winger Anthony Duclair of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Toronto Maple Leafs right winger Mitch Marner of Markham, Ontario, New York Islanders centre Mathew Barzal of Coquitlam, British Columbia, Philadelphia Flyers right winger Travis Konecny of London, Ontario, Washington Capitals goaltender Brayden Holtby of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry of Surrey, British Columbia, Calgary Flames defenseman Mark Giordano of Toronto, Ontario, St. Louis Blues centre Ryan O’Reilly of Clinton, Ontario, Blues left winger David Perron of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele of Kitchener, Ontario, Dallas Stars centre Tyler Seguin of Brampton, Ontario and Florida Panthers left winger Jonathan Huberdeau of Saint-Jerome, Quebec.

There are also nine other all-stars who play on Canadian teams but do not represent Canada internationally. They are Ottawa Senators left winger Brady Tkachuk of Scottsdale, Arizona, Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen of Herning, Denmark, Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck of Commerce, Michigan, Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl of Cologne, Germany, Calgary Flames goaltender David Rittich of Jihlava, Czech Republic, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom of Gavle, Sweden, Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes of Orlando, Florida, Canucks centre Elias Pettersson of Sundsvall, Sweden and Flames left winger Matthew Tkachuk of Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

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