NLL News: All-Star Game Fan Voting Now Underway Online

The 2007 All-Star Game will take place on Saturday, March 10th at Rose Garden in Portland, home of the Portland LumberJax.

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PORTLAND - Fan balloting for the 2007 NLL All-Star Game is now underway. All ballots will be cast online via the league's official website, NLL.com.

Fan balloting will remain open until February 20th, 2007.

Fans will be able to vote for the starting lineups for both the East and West Division teams.

The East team will consist of All-Stars from the seven teams of the Eastern Division (Buffalo Bandits, Chicago Shamrox, Minnesota Swarm, New York Titans, Philadelphia Wings, Rochester Knighthawks and Toronto Rock).

The West team will consist of All-Stars from the six teams of the Western Division (Arizona Sting, Calgary Roughnecks, Colorado Mammoth, Edmonton Rush, Portland LumberJax and San Jose Stealth).

The online ballot will include players from all 13 NLL clubs.

The fan vote will combine with the vote of league media and votes of the team General Managers/Head Coaches to determine the starting lineups.

Each will account for one-third of the total vote for the starting lineups.

The head coaches for the All-Star Game were determined by the finishing order of the 2006 Champion's Cup Playoffs.

Colorado Mammoth Head Coach Gary Gait will coach the West Division squad and Arizona Sting Head Coach Bob Hamley will be the Assistant Coach.

Buffalo Bandits Head Coach Darris Kilgour will coach the East Division squad and Rochester Knighthawks Head Coach Ed Comeau will serve as the Assistant Coach.

The head coaches and assistant coaches from each division will select the All-Star Game reserves.

Each of the league's thirteen member clubs will be represented by at least one of their players in the All-Star Game.

The 2007 All-Star Game will take place on Saturday, March 10th at Rose Garden in Portland, home of the Portland LumberJax.

Faceoff is at 10:00 PM EST -- 7:00 PM PST.

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