Hasek Top World Team Vote-Getter

Buffalo goaltender Dominik Hasek will make his second straight start for the World team in this year’s NHL All-Star Game.

Hasek, the league’s player of the year the last two seasons, led all World all-star vote-getters for the Jan. 24 game at the Ice Palace in Tampa, Fla.

He finished with 409,024 votes while Czech Republic countryman Jaromir Jagr had 395,683.

Jagr, along with Colorado’s Peter Forsberg and Teemu Selanne of the Ducks, also will be making their second consecutive starts.

The remaining starters for the World team will be Detroit defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom and Uwe Krupp.

The reserves for the World all-stars will be announced Monday.

Results of final balloting for the North America all-stars will be released today.

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Edmonton defenseman Roman Hamrlik suffered a broken big toe in his right foot during Tuesday’s game against the Kings.

Hamrlik was injured when hit by a shot and could be sidelined as long as three weeks. Hamrlik has four goals and 16 assists in 37 games.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins gave General Manager Craig Patrick the additional titles of president and chief executive, the team said. Patrick replaces interim president and CEO Garvin Warden, who was hired in August.