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Alfredsson, Chara pick All-Star skills lineup

2012 All-Star Game logo

All-Star Game captains Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara have selected their participants for the 2012 Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Skills competition (Saturday, 7 p.m. ET, NBCSN).

There are six events -- fastest skater, breakaway challenge, accuracy shooting, challenge relay, hardest shot and elimination shootout -- in which both All-Stars and rookies will compete.

Bridgestone Fastest Skater

Team Chara: Brian Campbell, Jimmy Howard, Colin Greening, Phil Kessel, Marian Hossa

Team Alfredsson: Kris Letang, Jonathan Quick, Carl Hagelin, Keith Yandle, Erik Karlsson

Allstate Insurance Breakaway Challenge

Team Chara: Ryan Johansen, Patrick Kane, Corey Perry, Carey Price

Team Alfredsson: Sean Couturier, John Tavares, Logan Couture, Brian Elliott

Canadian Tire Accuracy Shooting

Team Chara: Cody Hodgson, Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn, Marian Hossa, Phil Kessel, Ryan Suter, Jordan Eberle, Brian Campbell

Team Alfredsson: Matt Read, Jason Spezza, Steve Stamkos, Daniel Sedin, Alex Edler, Dan Girardi, Claude Giroux, Henrik Sedin

G Series Skills Challenge Relay

Team Chara: Ryan Suter, Dennis Wideman, Jarome Iginla, Joffrey Lupul, Patrick Kane, Pavel Datsyuk, Gabriel Landeskog, Marian Gaborik, Jordan Eberle, Dion Phaneuf, Zdeno Chara, Jamie Benn, Kimmo Timonen, Raphael Diaz, Evegni Malkin, Phil Kessel

Team Alfredsson: Nick Johnson, Shea Weber, Kris Letang, Steve Stamkos, Henrik Sedin, Milan Michalek, Logan Couture, James Neal, Alex Edler, Keith Yandle, Scott Hartnell, John Tavares, Daniel Sedin, Craig Smith, Claude Giroux, Jason Pominville

Blackberry Hardest Shot

Team Chara: Luke Adam, Dennis Wideman, Dion Phaneuf, Zdeno Chara

Team Alfredsson: Justin Faulk, Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza, Shea Weber

Tim Hortons Elimination Shootout

Team Chara: Colin Greening, Pavel Datsyuk, Evgeni Malkin, Corey Perry, Tyler Seguin, Marian Gaborik, Patrick Kane, Jarome Iginla, Jamie Benn, Joffrey Lupul, Kimmo Timonen, Ryan Suter, Carey Price, Tim Thomas, Jimmy Howard

Team Alfredsson: Carl Hagelin, Steve Stamkos, John Tavares, Jason Spezza, Claude Giroux, Daniel Alfredsson, James Neal, Milan Michalek, Jason Pominville, Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Lundqvist, Brian Elliott, Jonathan Quick

Of note

-- Chara set the hardest shot record last year with a 105.9 mph blast.

-- Daniel Sedin won the accuracy shootout last year, hitting all four targets in 7.3 seconds (took him five shots).

-- The fastest skater record is still held by Mike Gartner, with a time of 13.386 seconds in 1996.