The Sidelines : Kings’ Sandstrom, 27 Others Added to NHL All-Star Teams

Wing Tomas Sandstrom of the Kings was one of 28 players added today to the Wales and Campbell conference All-Star teams. Sixteen of the players named are first-time All-Stars, including Edmonton goaltender Bill Ranford, the Stanley Cup playoffs’ MVP last year.

Also added to the team from the Oilers were defenseman Steve Smith and center Mark Messier, the NHL’s most valuable player last season.

Others named to the Campbell team by Oilers Coach John Muckler were defensemen Scott Stevens of St. Louis, Phil Housley of Winnipeg and Gary Suter of Calgary; centers Theoren Fleury of Calgary, Steve Yzerman of Detroit, Jeremy Roenick of Chicago and Dave Gagner of Minnesota; and wings Vincent Damphousse of Toronto, Trevor Linden of Vancouver, Steve Larmer of Chicago, and Sandstrom.

The Campbell starters, named last week, include Wayne Gretzky and Luc Robitaille of the Kings.

Wales Coach Mike Milbury of the Boston Bruins picked nine new All-Stars in his 14 additions.

From his team, Milbury chose defenseman Garry Galley and right wing Chris Nilan. The other first-timers were defenseman Uwe Krupp of Buffalo; centers Brian Skrudland of Montreal, Darren Turcotte of the New York Rangers and John Cullen of Pittsburgh; right wing Mark Recchi of Pittsburgh; and left wings Kevin Stevens of Pittsburgh and Pat Verbeek of Hartford.

The other five additions to the Wales squad were Boston goalie Andy Moog; defensemen Kevin Hatcher of Washington and Brian Leetch of the Rangers; center Pat LaFontaine of the New York Islanders; and right wing John MacLean of New Jersey.