JT Miller could join Demko at the 2022 NHL All-Star event if he wins the fan vote in the coming days.
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Thatcher Demko’s breakout season is drawing attention beyond that of the Vancouver Canucks.
The goalie has been selected to play for the Pacific Division at NHL All-Star Weekend next month in Las Vegas, the NHL announced Thursday.
It is Demko’s first career All-Star selection.
Due to the pandemic, there was no All-Star Weekend in 2021. The Canucks sent Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes and Jacob Markstrom to All-Star Weekend 2020, the first time more than one Canuck was named an All-Star since 2012, when Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin and Alex Edler were selected.
In 28 games this season, Demko posted a .917 save percentage and the Canucks are 15-12-1 in his 27 starts this season.
Demko made 806 saves for the season, second-most in the league.
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Demko was named the NHL’s third Star of the Month for December after winning seven of his eight starts and posting a .946 save percentage and has been a huge factor in head coach Bruce Boudreau’s standout debut behind the bench. the Canucks.
Demko was also named the first NHL Star of the Week for the week of December 6-12, Boudreau’s first week on the job, and posted a 4-0 shutout in Boudreau’s first game in charge of the NHL. Canucks on December 6.
Demko is the seventh Canucks goaltender to be named to an All-Star list, following Gary Smith in 1975, Richard Brodeur and his injured replacement John Garrett in 1983, Kirk McLean in 1990 and 1992, Roberto Luongo in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and Markstrom, who was injured replacement for Marc-Andre Fleury in 2020.
The Canucks could see a second player named for All-Star Weekend, as JT Miller is in the mix for the Last Men In fan vote, which picks the final player on each division’s team. Hughes’ selection in 2020 went through this final pick.
Fans can vote on NHL.com/Vote until midnight on January 17.
The 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend begins on February 4 at 4:30 p.m. (SN, CBC) with the NHL All-Star Skills competition followed by the Honda NHL All-Star Game on February 5 at noon (SN, CBC). CBC).
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