Three Philadelphia Wings will start for the Eastern Division All Stars at the 2007 NLL All Star Game next month in Portland.

Defenseman Thomas Hajek, transition player Geoff Snider and goaltender Matt Roik were selected in balloting among fans, team general managers, and league media.

They are joined on the East team by forwards John Grant (Rochester Knighthawks) and John Tavares (Buffalo Bandits) and by defenseman Cam Woods (Chicago Shamrox).

The Western Division All Stars will feature Portland LumberJax defenseman Brodie Merrill as the starting transition player. The reigning NLL Rookie of the Year is the only hometown player starting in the All Star Game, to be held on Saturday, 10 March.

Also starting for the West will be forwards Dan Dawson (Arizona Sting) and Dan Carey (Colorado Mammoth), defensemen Taylor Wray (Calgary Roughnecks) and Andrew Turner (Edmonton Rush) and goaltender Rob Blasdell (Arizona).

The teams will be coached by Darris Kilgour and Gary Gait, head coaches of Buffalo and Colorado, respectively. They were chosen by virtue of leading their teams to last season's NLL Championship Game. The coaches of the 2006 Division Final losers -- Rochester's Ed Comeau and Arizona's Bob Hamley -- will serve as assistant coaches.

The All Star Game reserves -- eleven more runners and another goaltender per division -- could be announced as soon as Thursday. Each team is guaranteed at least one player in the All Star Game.

The All Star Game starting lineups:

EASTERN DIVISION

John Grant is second in the league in points, with 53, and ranks fourth in both goals (23) and assists (30).

John Tavares is third among NLLers with 52 points and is third in assists, 31.

Thomas Hajek has three assists and 42 loose ball recoveries this season.

Cam Woods has a goal and six assists this season, and has scooped up 48 loose balls.

Geoff Snider is second among all NLL defensemen in goals (eight) and points (16), and is the leading faceoff man at 77-30 (72.0 percent).

Matt Roik leads the league in goals-against average (9.57) and is third in winning percentage (.800).

WESTERN DIVISION

Dan Carey ranks fourth in the league in scoring, with 51 points and is tied for fourth with 23 goals.

Dan Dawson is tied for second in the NLL with 24 goals and his 46 points is ninth-best across the league.

Andrew Turner has four assists this season, as well as 27 loose ball recoveries.

Taylor Wray has dished out three assists and gathered 54 loose balls this season.

Brodie Merrill has four goals, eight assists, and a league-best 114 loose balls this season.

Rob Blasdell trails only Roik with a 10.10 goals-against average and is fifth in save percentage (78.0 percent).