OTHL -- The voting for the 2005 all-star starters have begun. And the early favorites are Markus Näslund (RW) and Mats Sundin (C) both from Phoenix and Sergei Gonchar (D) from Boston. Among the goalies New Jersey's Martin Brodeur and Detroit's Nikolai Khabibulin has taken the most votes.
The Devils winger Simon Gagne who is a point per game player this season, and leading the league in scoring (29), is so far the biggest vote getter with 11 votes to his name out of 13 voting so far. However, its still early days in the voting and everything could change before the game.
The 2005 All-Star game will be played in Atlanta in the Philips Arena. The game is set to take place in mid february and will attract fans and media pundits from all around the world.