The 2014

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

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took place on January 11, 2014, at the

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, home of Slovan Bratislava, during the

2013–14 KHL season The 2013–14 KHL season was the sixth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The league's 28 teams played a 54-game balanced schedule. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow an ...

. Before the game, the players will compete in various events designed to test their speed, technique and creative skills. The day before the All-Star Game, on 10 January 2013, several legendary veterans of Russian and Czechoslovak hockey played against each other in a friendly game.

Rosters

Fan balloting

Final roster

On November 29, 2013, was the final day of the fans’ vote to select the starting line-ups for the Eastern and Western Conference teams. The best five's selected as the first lines and goalies. In December 10, accredited journalists selected 2nd lines and goalies. On December 12, 2013, the league selected the coaches for teams East and West. The brigade of bosses in charge of Team West were

Oleg Znarok Oleg Valerievich Znarok (russian: Олег Валерьевич Знарок, lv, Oļegs Znaroks; born 2 January 1963) is a Soviet-Latvian professional ice hockey player. In 2022, he was the head coach of Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey L ...

Jukka Jalonen Jukka Pertti Juhani Jalonen (born November 2, 1962 in Riihimäki, Finland) is a Finland, Finnish professional ice hockey coach (sport), coach and former player. In 2011 IIHF World Championship, 2011, 2019 IIHF World Champion ...

and Fedor Kanareikin.

Mike Keenan Michael Edward Keenan (born October 21, 1949) is a Canadian professional hockey coach who most recently coached the Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League. Previously, he served as head coach and/or general manager with several NHL teams ...

, Valery Belov and

Dmitri Kvartalnov Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Kvartalnov (Дмитрий Вячеславович Квартальнов; born March 25, 1966 in Voskresensk, Soviet Union) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 112 games in the National Hockey League, all ...

selected to head the Team East. Following the fans’ vote to select the starting line-ups and the journalists’ ballot to choose the second lines and goalies, the Kontinental Hockey League has added the remaining players to complete the rosters for teams East and West. On December 27, 2013, In response to the wishes of many fans and the sound arguments put forward by professional hockey journalists, the Kontinental Hockey League has agreed to add four attackers to the rosters. Team West's offense will be strengthened by the arrival of

Jakub Klepiš Jakub Klepiš (born June 5, 1984) is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for BK Mladá Boleslav of the Czech Extraliga (EHL). Playing career Klepiš was drafted in the first round, 16th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2 ...

Lev Prague Hockey Club Lev Praha (stylized as HC LEV Praha) was a professional ice hockey team located in Prague, Czech Republic, which played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in the 2012–13 KHL season, 2012–13 and 2013–14 KHL season, 2013–14 ...

and Geoff Platt of Dinamo Minsk, while

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (russian: Торпедо Нижний Новгород) is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. The team's home arena is Trade ...

’s Denis Parshin and

Traktor Chelyabinsk Traktor Chelyabinsk, also known as Traktor (russian: Трактор), is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). F ...

’s

Evgeny Kuznetsov Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Kuznetsov (russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Кузнецов; born 19 May 1992) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He p ...

have been chosen to reinforce Team East. Source: Official website. ;Withdrawn Prior to the draft several players withdrew due to injury:

Game summary

References

External links

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