Sergei Zubov News and Interviews

Team Jagr won the KHL All-Star game in Minsk with a 11-8 score, repeating last year's victory in the Red Square. The match was played in front of more than 15,000 spectators, including Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.

Sergei Zubov, Andrei Mezin and Alexei Yashin have been named Team Yashin's players of the game, while for Team Jagr the honors went to Karri Ramo, Marcel Hossa and Ville Peltonen.

Team Yashin - Team Jagr - 8:11 (1:4, 5:3, 2:4)
1:0 - Zaripov (Babchuk), 02:05
1:1 - Hossa (Strbak), 07:32
1:2 - Thoresen (Kukkonen, Peltonen), 11:59
1:3 - Hudler (Jagr, Weinhandl), 13:32
1:4 - Weinhandl (Jagr, Hudler), 14:52
2:4 - Yashin, 21:00
2:5 - Hudler (Weinhandl), 26:14
2:6 - Strbak (Jagr), 31:15
3:6 - Fedorov (Radulov), 31:59
4:6 - Sushinsky (Yashin), 34:52
4:7 - Hossa (Stumpel, Radivojevic), 35:10
5:7 - Zubov (Babchuk, Tereshchenko), 38:33
6:7 - Sushinsky (Yashin), 39:34
6:8 - Vasicek (Peltonen), 40:33
6:9 - Peltonen (Hossa, Kukkonen), 44:27
6:10 - Thoresen (Rachunek), 45:04
6:11 - Jagr (Gudler, Kukkonen), 49:51
7:11 - Babchuk (Sushinsky), 51:47
8:11 - Morozov, 54:30

Before the gala match, Team Yashin secured the Skills Competitions relay with a 5-3 score.

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All-Star Game rosters released

The complete KHL All-Star Game rosters have been released today. The event will be held in Minsk, Belarus, on January 30th.

This is how the rosters look like:

Team Yashin (Russian stars)

Goalkeepers: Georgy Gelashvili (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl); Andrei Mezin (Dynamo Minsk)

Defenders: Sergei Zubov (SKA St. Petersburg); Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan); Dmitriy Kalinin (Salavat Yulaev Ufa); Anton Babchuk (Avangard Omsk); Konstantin Korneev (CSKA Moscow); Vitaly Atyushov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)

Forwards: Alexei Yashin (SKA St. Petersburg); Alexander Radulov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa); Alexei Morozov (Ak Bars Kazan); Danis Zaripov (Ak Bars Kazan); Sergei Fedorov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk); Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant Mytischi); Alexei Tereschenko (Ak Bars Kazan); Sergei Zinoviev (Salavat Yulaev Ufa); Denis Parshin (CSKA Moscow)

Team Jagr (International Stars)

Goalkeepers: Karri Ramo (Avangard Omsk); Michael Garnett (HC MVD)

Defenders: Kevin Dallman (Barys Astana); Sandis Ozolinsh (Dinamo Riga);Martin Strbak (HC MVD); Lasse Kukkonen (Avangard Omsk); Karel Rachunek (Dynamo Moscow); Jaroslav Obsut (Spartak Moscow)

Forwards: Jaromir Jagr (Avangard Omsk); Marcel Hossa (Dinamo Riga); Mattias Weinhandl (Dynamo Moscow); Patrick Thoresen (Salavat Yulaev Ufa); Josef Vasicek (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl); Chris Simon (Vityaz Chekhov); Jiri Hudler (Dynamo Moscow); Ville Peltonen (Dinamo Minsk); Jozef Stumpel (Barys Astana)

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Sergei Zubov, who spent 17 years in the NHL and decided to play in the KHL past summer, commented on his inclusion in the list of substitute players for the Olympics.

RussianHockeyFans offers you a translation of Zubov's interview to Sport-Express.

Sergei Zubov: "I've just been called by the national team's administrator and informed that I'd been included in the list of substitute players for the Olympic Games. Honestly, I didn't even know what to answer. This situation was really, really surprising.

Also I was astonished and I'd even say offended by the words of Vladislav Tretyak, the president of the Russia Hockey Federation, and the head coach Vyacheslav Bykov. They said something like that to make the team every player should do his best and that no one will be in the team for previous achievements. I was really disappointed by all these words. That's a complete humiliation of me as a person and a sportsman. I don't have to prove anything to anyone. I honestly earned my reputation in hockey. I'm not a 25-year-old guy. I proved by 17 seasons in the NHL that I play at high level. I'm not going to prove anything to anyone anymore!

If they found a spot for me among substitute players then I think its a spit in my face. I really wanted to play for the national team but, unfortunately, it won't happen. I want to tell the fans I'm sorry. I think they will understand me. I wish good luck to our guys in Vancouver."

Alexei Kovalev, Alexander Frolov, Sergei Zubov and Nikolai Kulemin are going to the Olympic Games in Vancouver as substitutes for the Russian team.

It is not officially announced yet but according to Russian site infox.ru Kovalev, Frolov, Zubov and Kulemin have received the Olympics equipment as well as other players from the official Team Russia roster. It means they are going to the Olympics in the status of substitute players.

Overall Russia will have 9 substitute players, three from the NHL and six from the KHL.

The list of Russian Olympics substitute players

NHL
1. Alexei Kovalev, Ottawa Senators
2. Alexander Frolov, Los Angeles Kings
3. Nikolai Kulemin, Toronto Maple Leafs

KHL
4. Vasiliy Koschechkin, Metallurg Magnitogorsk
5. Alexander Eremenko, Salavat Yulaev
6. Sergei Zubov, SKA St. Petersburg
7. Vitaliy Proshkin, Salavat Yulaev
8. Oleg Tverdovskiy, Salavat Yulaev
9. Alexei Tereschenko, Ak Bars

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The starting lineup for KHL All Star Game has been announced today as the fan voting has been closed today.

The most voted player has been Kevin Dallman of Barys Astana, with 114,957 votes. Dallman will play for Team Jagr, the International Stars team that will face Team Yashin, Russian Stars.

The second most voted player was Team Jagr's Sandis Ozolinsh, with 113,167 votes, while Alexei Morozov has been Team Yashin's fan favorite, with 105,433 fans' selections.

This is how the lineups look like:

Team Yashin (Russian stars)
Goalkeepers: Georgy Gelashvili (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) – 55,048 votes
Defenders: Sergei Zubov (SKA St. Petersburg) – 103,136; Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan) – 101,261
Forwards: Alexei Morozov (Ak Bars Kazan) – 105,433; Alexander Radulov ( Salavat Yulayev Ufa) – 104,004; Maxim Sushinsky (SKA St. Petersburg) – 99,344

Team Jagr (International Stars)
Goaltender: Karri Ramo (Avangard Omsk) – 104,649 votes
Defenders: Kevin Dallman (Barys Astana) – 114,957; Sandis Ozolinsh (Dinamo Riga) – 113,167
Forwards: Marcel Hossa (Dinamo Riga) – 112,681; Mattias Weinhandl (Dynamo Moscow) – 105,000; Branko Radivojevic (Spartak Moscow) – 98,949

The rest of the lineup will be voted by hockey journalists. The KHL All-Star game is scheduled for January 30th in the brand new Minsk-Arena.

Former NHL players Sergei Zubov, Robert Esche, Oleg Saprykin and Kevin Dallman took part in a massive brawl in a Sunday game between KHL's Barys Astana and SKA St. Petersburg.

The game flared up in the end of the 3rd period when SKA scored a powerplay goal to make the score 5-1 to their advantage.

The fans didn't get a chance to witness a goalie fight but instead they saw a goalie-defenceman fight, as Barys keeper Alexei Kuznetsov faced defenceman Alexei Petrov of SKA.

In the interview posted on KHL official site, SKA St. Petersburg's Sergei Zubov talks about the differences between the NHL and the KHL, gives his opinion on personal awards and compares veterans' and youngsters' contribution to a team's success.

RussianHockeyFans.com offers you a translation of the interview.

Former NHL defenceman Sergei Zubov, currently playing for SKA St. Petersburgh of the KHL, answered to fans' questions on Russian site sportbox.ru.

He talked about his moving from Dallas to St. Petersburg, differences between NHL and KHL, what would his dream team look like and his chances to play on the Olympics in Vancouver.

RussianHockeyFans.com offers you a translation of the most interesting questions and answers.