The National Lacrosse League today announced the rosters for the 2002 All-Star Game, to be played on Sunday, 21 April at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, with the Toronto Rock and Washington Power the big winners among the starting twelve.

Among full rosters, the Rock, Albany Attack and Rochester Knighthawks fared best, placing five players each.

For the postseason exhibition, the league has been divided into teams from the North (Rochester, Toronto, Calgary Roughnecks, Montreal Express, Ottawa Rebel and Vancouver Ravens) and the South (Albany, Washington, Buffalo Bandits, Columbus Landsharks, New Jersey Storm, New York Saints and Philadelphia Wings).

Online fan balloting comprised one-third of the selection of the starting lineups, with the league's coaches and general managers and its media providing the other two-thirds. The league, in collaboration with North coach Les Bartley (Toronto) and South coach Bob McMahon (Albany), selected the reserves.

The North's starters will be forwards Chris Gill (Vancouver - 53G, 37A), John Grant (Rochester - 52G, 53A) and Colin Doyle (Toronto - 47G, 33A); defensemen Pat Coyle (Toronto - 4G, 12A) and Jim Veltman (Toronto - 16G, 37A); and goaltender Bob Watson (9-3, 76.44%, 11.54 GAA).

Gill is a former member of the Rock, leaving Grant as the only starter who has never played for Bartley.

The South team counters with three Washington players -- forwards Paul Gait (Washington - 54G, 60A) and Gary Gait (Washington - 50G, 61A), and defenseman Paul Cantabene (Washington - 18G, 40A). Forward Josh Sanderson (Albany - 35G, 68A), defenseman Cam Woods (Albany - 8G, 15A) and goaltender Rob Blasdell (13-2, 77.50%, 12.01 GAA) fill out the starting six.

Each side boasts a roster of ten forwards, five defensemen and three goaltender, with every NLL team represented. Ten clubs are represented by at least two, and seven clubs send at least three.

Toronto and Rochester lead the North with five representatives, Vancouver sends four players, Montreal two, and Calgary and Ottawa one each.

The North roster contains five Albany players; three each from Buffalo, Philadelphia and Washington; two from New York and one from New Jersey.

The All-Star Game will be televised live at 2:00 PM Eastern in the United States on CNN/Sports Illustrated, and on a delayed basis in Canada on Rogers Sportsnet (time and day to be announced).

Rosters for the All-Star Game follow (starters in bold):

NORTH TEAM
Goaltenders
Bob Watson, Toronto
Dwight Maetche, Vancouver
Pat O’Toole, Rochester

Defensemen
Pat Coyle, Toronto
Jim Veltman, Toronto
Bruce Codd, Montreal
Darren Reisig, Vancouver
Mike Hasen, Rochester

Forwards
John Grant, Rochester
Colin Doyle, Toronto
Chris Gill, Vancouver
Tracey Kelusky, Montreal
Ryan Painter, Ottawa
Peter Morgan, Vancouver
Steve Toll, Toronto
Kaleb Toth, Calgary
Shawn Williams, Rochester
Derek Malawsky, Rochester

Coaches
Les Bartley, Toronto (head coach)
Paul Day, Rochester
Paul Dal Monte, Vancouver

SOUTH TEAM
Goaltenders
Rob Blasdell, Albany
Steve Dietrich, Buffalo
Dallas Eliuk, Philadelphia

Defensemen
Cam Woods, Albany
Paul Cantabene, Washington
Jim Moss, Albany
Jamie Hanford, New Jersey
Pat McCabe, New York

Forwards
Paul Gait, Washington
Gary Gait, Washington
Josh Sanderson, Albany
Gary Rosyski, Albany
Roy Colsey, Buffalo
John Tavares, Buffalo
Gewas Schindler, Columbus
Gavin Prout, New York
Kevin Finneran, Philadelphia
Tom Marechek, Philadelphia

Coaches
Bob McMahon, Albany (head coach)
Darris Kilgour, Washington
Adam Mueller, Philadelphia