Mike Thompson selected for NLL East All-Stars Game

The National Lacrosse League has announced the starting lineups for the 2012 NLL All-Star Game to be held at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo on Saturday, February 25. NLL fans, the league’s General Managers & Head Coaches, as well as members of the media selected the All-Star Team from the East and West.

Lineup for East All-Stars:

Forward - John Tavares (Buffalo Bandits)

Forward - Cody Jamieson (Rochester Knighthawks)

Transition - Brodie Merrill (Philadelphia Wings)

Defenseman - Billy Dee Smith (Buffalo Bandits)

Defenseman - Pat McCready (Rochester Knighthawks)

Goaltender - Mike Thompson (Buffalo Bandits)

Lineup for West All-Stars:

Forward - John Grant Jr. (Colorado Mammoth)

Forward - Adam Jones (Colorado Mammoth)

Transition - Andrew Suitor (Minnesota Swarm)

Defenseman - Rory Smith (Colorado Mammoth)

Defenseman - Kyle Rubisch (Edmonton Rush)

Goaltender - Chris Levis (Colorado Mammoth)

For Bandits forward John Tavares it will be his 10th career All-Star Game, becoming the first player in league history to reach double digits in this category. 

Toronto Rock head coach Troy Cordingley will be head coach of the East team, assisted by Buffalo Bandits head coach Darris Kilgour.

The are still 24 more players who will be named to the All-Star teams.  The 12 remaining players on each team will be announced later this week

The 2012 NLL All-Star Game takes place on Saturday, February 25 at First Niagara Center in Buffalo, home of the Buffalo Bandits.  Game time is 7pm Eastern.   Fans can watch the game on ESPN3 in the US and The NLL Network at NLL.com in Canada and worldwide.

Congratulations to Mike Thompson. He is the son of Leslie and Elaine Thompson and husband of Danielle, His children are Sakaronhiotane, Takaronhiotakie and Ieronhioronkwas.