KHL all-star voting: Where Clymer's a star

by James Mirtle on Dec 11, 2008 2:21 PM CST Comment 13 comments

Looking for an all-star vote process that doesn't have any Canadiens players in the mix?

It'll be Russia versus the world in the KHL's all-star game, and so far, the support has been big for the likes of Alex Radulov, Ray Emery and, yes, Ben Clymer. The inaugural KHL all-star game will take place Jan. 10, 2009, outdoors in Red Square in Moscow.

Current vote leaders, by position, for each team:

Team Yashin

Goalies
Alexander Eremenko (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 10,973
Georgi Gelashvili (Traktor Chelyabinsk) – 3,934
Maksim Sokolov (Metallurg Chelyabinsk) – 2,915

Defensemen
Konstantin Korneev (CSKA Moscow) – 9,177
Igor Schadilov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 8,932
Vitaly Proshkin (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 5,978
Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan) – 5,964

Forwards
Alexander Radulov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 16,060
Alexei Morozov (Ak Bars Kazan) – 14,781
Alexander Perezhogin (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) – 12,913
Daris Zaripov (Ak Bars Kazan) – 8,132

Team Jagr

Goalies
Ray Emery (Atlant Mytishchi) – 11,370
Robert Esche (SKA St. Petersburg) – 10,237
Rostislav Stana (Severstal Cherepovets) 2,928

Defensemen
Ben Clymer (Dynamo Minsk) – 11,594
Kevin Dallman (Barys Astana) – 10,604
Raymond Giroux (SKA St. Petersburg) – 7,653
Magnus Johansson (Atlant Mytishchi) 6,915

Forwards
Alexei Kalyuzhny (Dynamo Moscow) – 14,929
Jan Marek (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) – 13,958
Oleg Antonenko (HC MVD) — 11,850
Pavel Brendl (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) – 11,850

Believe it or not, Kevin Dallman is one of the KHL's leading scorers. Clymer must just be a fan favourite in Minsk because his numbers aren't all that impressive so far.

I blame those damn Belarussian auto-voters.

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Emery

Anyone know how Emery is playing in the KHL this year (number of votes aside)? Has he regained his game?

by CJM23 on Dec 11, 2008 3:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yes, he’s played pretty well — although he’s playing in a tandem with the other goaltender, whose numbers are slightly better.

by James Mirtle on Dec 11, 2008 4:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Canadiens players

Actually, there are some Canadiens players in the mix. Konstantin Korneev and Alexander Perezhogin are both Habs property!

by SteveBonus on Dec 11, 2008 5:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hah — good point.

by James Mirtle on Dec 11, 2008 6:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Why isn’t Alexei Emelin, Pavel Valentenko, or Maxim Trunev on the list? Come on Habs fans, let’s rock the vote!

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by saskhab on Dec 11, 2008 10:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Say it ain't so

Are the nicknames really “Team Jagr” and “Team Yashin”?

Heard these mentioned over the past few weeks but assumed it was a joke (how could one not come to that conclusion???).

Admittedly, I haven’t been following the KHL too closely…

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by Donny Rivette on Dec 11, 2008 5:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I wondered about that too. So, I guess they also have a bye to the game or something? They would, after all, get lots of votes there, especially Jagr, but aren’t on the list. Oh well, I guess that’s one way to market the stars.

by Malurous on Dec 11, 2008 6:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs