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NBH would like to congratulate Tim Thomas, Jeff Carter and Eric Staal for being named to the 2009 Eastern Conference All-Star team. The three players were named on Thursday as part of the Eastern Conference reserves.

Thomas, who made his first All-Star appearance last year in Atlanta, will be one of three netminders representing the East. Thomas has once again put together a great season with incredible numbers. He is 16-4-3 with a 2.13 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage. He was also recently named the NHL's co-first star for the month of December.

Jeff Carter is tied for the league league in goals with 27 and is off the best start of his young career. He has quickly become one of the leagues most deadliest scorers with his quick wrist shot leading the way. He has four multi-goal games this season, including five game winners. This will be Carter's first All-Star game appearance.

Eric Staal will be making his third straight All-Star appearance and will be looking to win his second straight All-Star MVP award. Last year in Atlanta, Eric took home the award after recording two goals and an assist in last year's Eastern Conference win. So far on the season, Eric has a team high 18 goals and 13 assists, including 16 points in his last 14 games.

All three of these players are more than deserving to make the trip up to Montreal. Congrats to all of them. These three will join fellow NBH All-Stars Evgeni Malkin, Patrick Kane, Scott Niedermayer and Dustin Brown at this year's event.

The All-Star game festivities will kick off on Saturday, Jan 24th with the NHL Skills Competition, while the 57th NHL All-Star game will take place on Sunday, January 25th.

Posted By: Luke Ventura