All-Star Game Fan Balloting Begins
Published on January 15, 2004 under National Lacrosse League (NLL) News Release
The National Lacrosse League has announced the start of fan balloting for the 2004 All-Star Game. All ballots will be cast online via the league's official website, www.nll.com. Fan balloting will remain open until 12pm Eastern Time on February 9th. The 2004 All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, February 22nd at Pepsi Center in Denver, home of the Colorado Mammoth. Faceoff is at 6pm Eastern/4pm Mountain Time.
Fans will be able to vote for the starting lineups for both the East and West teams. The East team will consist of All-Stars from the four teams of the Eastern Division (Buffalo Bandits, Philadelphia Wings, Rochester Knighthawks and Toronto Rock). The West team will consist of All-Stars from the six teams of the Western Division (Anaheim Storm, Arizona Sting, Calgary Roughnecks, Colorado Mammoth, San Jose Stealth and Vancouver Ravens). The online ballot will include each team's entire 23-man roster (as of January 13th). Fans will select a starting lineup for the East and West teams consisting of three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender. The fan vote will combine with the vote of league media and the team General Managers/Head Coaches vote to determine the East and West starting lineups. Each will account for one-third of the total vote for the starting lineups.
The head coaches for the All-Star Game will be determined by the Eastern and Western Division Standings following the conclusion of all games during Week #7, which covers the games of February 6th-8th. The head coach of the first place team in each division at that time will serve as the coach the All-Star Team of his respective division. The head coach of the second place team in each division following the games of Week #7 will serve as the assistant head coach of the team of their division. The head coach and the assistant head coach will select the All-Star reserves. Each All-Star team will have seventeen players, which includes fifteen runners (forwards/defensemen) and two goaltenders. Each of the league's ten member clubs will be represented by at least one of their players in the All-Star Game.
The direct link to the voting page is: http://www.nll.com/allstarballot.htm
Further information regarding the All-Star Game and surrounding events will be released shortly.
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