While they may not have taken home major trophies tonight, Nashville Predators Shea Weber and Pekka Rinne achieved franchise firsts by being named to the post-season NHL All-Star Teams. When a player is referred to as an "NHL All-Star", this is the honor they're talking about (not just having made it to an All-Star Game). Shea Weber made the 1st All-Star team alongside Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom on defense (interestingly, Weber got more 1st-place votes than Lidstrom, 67-60), and Pekka Rinne was named goalie on the 2nd All-Star team.
These honors are voted upon by the hockey writers, and Weber's partner Ryan Suter also placed 10th in the defense voting.
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From the NHL:
Twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks added to their 2010-11 honor roll tonight as they became the first brothers voted to the NHL First All-Star Team since Hockey Hall of Famers Phil and Tony Esposito, representing the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks, respectively, took First Team honors in 1969-70.
Joining the Sedins is Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom, who garnered his 10th career berth on the First Team. Lidstrom joins Ray Bourque (13) and Doug Harvey (10) as the only defensemen in League history with 10 or more First Team selections.
Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas is a First-Team choice for the second time in three seasons, while right wing Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks and defenseman Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators are first-time selections.
Among those named to the Second Team is Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, who earned a place on a post-season All-Star Team for the sixth time. Ovechkin made NHL history in 2009-10 by capturing First Team honors in each of his first five NHL seasons.
Joining Ovechkin on the Second Team are two members of the Tampa Bay Lightning, center Steven Stamkos and right wing Martin St. Louis, plus goaltender Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators and defensemen Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins and Lubomir Visnovsky of the Anaheim Ducks.
Voting for the All-Star Team is conducted among representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association at the end of the regular season.
2010-2011 NHL First All-Star TeamGP W L OT GAA SV% SOG Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins 57 35 11 9 2.00 .938 9GP Mins. G A PtsD Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings 82 23:28 16 46 62D Shea Weber, Nashville Predators 82 25:19 16 32 48C Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks 82 19:15 19 75 94RW Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks 82 22:18 50 48 98LW Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks 82 18:33 41 63 1042010-2011 NHL Second All-Star TeamGP W L OT GAA SV% SOG Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators 64 33 22 9 2.12 .930 6GP Mins. G A PtsD Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins 81 25:26 14 30 44D Lubomir Visnovsky, Anaheim Ducks 81 24:17 18 50 68C Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning 82 20:11 45 46 91RW Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning 82 20:58 31 68 99LW Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals 79 21:21 32 53 852010-2011 NHL ALL-STAR TEAM VOTING RESULTSCENTERPts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections1. HENRIK SEDIN, VAN 532 (92-23-3) 2 First Team, 0 Second Team2. Steven Stamkos, T.B. 294 (18-58-30) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team3. Jonathan Toews, CHI 170 (7-29-48)4. Ryan Kesler, VAN 71 (6-9-14)5. Sidney Crosby, PIT 26 (3-2-5)6. Brad Richards, DAL 22 (0-4-10)7. Ryan Getzlaf, ANA 15 (1-1-7)8. Anze Kopitar, L.A. 6 (0-1-3)9. Eric Staal, CAR 4 (0-0-4)10. Jeff Carter, PHI 2 (0-0-2)11. Claude Giroux, PHI 1 (0-0-1)LEFT WINGPts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections1. DANIEL SEDIN, VAN 629 (124-3-0) 1 First Team, 1 Second Team2. Alex Ovechkin, WSH 309 (1-92-28) 5 First Team, 1 Second Team3. Henrik Zetterberg, DET 126 (2-21-53)4. Patrick Marleau, S.J. 23 (0-4-11)5. Patrick Sharp, CHI 20 (0-3-11)6. Thomas Vanek, BUF 19 (0-1-16)7. Loui Eriksson, DAL 4 (0-0-4)8. Martin St. Louis, T.B. 3 (0-1-0)Henrik Sedin, VAN 3 (0-1-0)Steven Stamkos, T.B. 3 (0-1-0)11. Milan Lucic, BOS 3 (0-0-3)12. Bobby Ryan, ANA 1 (0-0-1)
RIGHT WINGPts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections1. COREY PERRY, ANA 598 (111-14-1) 1 First Team, 0 Second Team2. Martin St. Louis, T.B. 363 (15-91-15) 1 First Team, 3 Second Team3. Jarome Iginla, CGY 132 (0-17-81)4. Teemu Selanne, ANA 24 (0-1-21)5. Claude Giroux, PHI 16 (1-1-8)6. Ryan Kesler, VAN 3 (0-1-0)Steven Stamkos, T.B. 3 (0-1-0)Chris Stewart, STL 3 (0-1-0)9. Patrick Kane, CHI 1 (0-0-1)DEFENSEPts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections1. NICKLAS LIDSTROM, DET 464 (60-51-11) 10 First Team, 2 Second Team2. SHEA WEBER, NSH 445 (67-32-14) 1 First Team, 0 Second Team3. Zdeno Chara, BOS 413 (54-40-23) 2 First Team, 3 Second Team4. Lubomir Visnovsky, ANA 406 (47-48-27) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team5. Keith Yandle, PHX 253 (16-41-50)6. Kris Letang, PIT 150 (6-22-54)7. Christian Ehrhoff, VAN 40 (0-6-22)8. Dustin Byfuglien, ATL 38 (1-5-18)9. Duncan Keith, CHI 23 (1-4-6)10. Ryan Suter, NSH 11 (0-2-5)11. Dan Boyle, S.J. 8 (0-0-8)12. Drew Doughty, L.A. 7 (1-0-2)13. Marc Staal, NYR 7 (0-1-4)14. Matt Carle, PHI 6 (1-0-1)15. Toni Lydman, ANA 3 (0-1-0)Brent Seabrook, CHI 3 (0-1-0)17. Andrej Meszaros, PHI 3 (0-0-3)18. Tobias Enstrom, ATL 2 (0-0-2)Chris Pronger, PHI 2 (0-0-2)20. Kevin Bieksa, VAN 1 (0-0-1)Dan Hamhuis, VAN 1 (0-0-1)GOALTENDERPts. (1st-2nd-3rd) Career All-Star Selections1. TIM THOMAS, BOS 536 (92-23-7) 2 First Team, 0 Second Team2. Pekka Rinne, NSH 270 (15-57-24) 0 First Team, 1 Second Team3. Roberto Luongo, VAN 118 (7-15-38)4. Carey Price, MTL 82 (5-13-18)5. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 77 (4-12-21)6. Ilya Bryzgalov, PHX 19 (1-3-5)7. Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT 16 (1-1-8)8. Ryan Miller, BUF 3 (0-1-0)9. Cam Ward, CAR 3 (0-0-3)10. Antti Niemi, S.J. 1 (0-0-1)