Tim Thomas Wins Spot As Goalie on 2012 All-Star Fan Ballot In Ottawa

Tim Thomas has had a magical ride over the last year and he has accumulated many honors and accolades, all of which could fill up a trophy case.

With the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa approaching later this month (January 29), the league has released the winners of their fan voting contest. You guessed it, Thomas has been named as one of the six fan ballot winners. The remaining players on the teams will be selected by the NHL Hockey Operations Staff.

Thomas is 17-6 this season in 24 starts, while putting up a 1.90 goals against average as well as a .940 save percentage.

He has had one of the best seasons by a goaltender in NHL history last season and this honor shows that the fans across the world are appreciative of his effort. Thomas is also the only player from an American club to grab a starting spot in the fan ballots.

Joining Thomas will be Dion Phaneuf from the Maple Leafs as well as leading vote getter Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek and Daniel Alfredsson, all from the host and ballot-stuffing Ottawa Senators.

Thomas led all goaltenders in votes with an amazing 626,540 total fan votes, over 128,000 more votes than the second-place finisher, James Reimer of the Maple Leafs.

Other Bruins skaters were not well represented on the fan ballot: Patrice Bergeron, (138,580), Tyler Seguin-who was inexplicably a write-in (121,135), Milan Lucic, (118,015) and Zdeno Chara, who was fifth in fan voting for defensemen with 463,650 votes.

UPDATE 1/6: Claude Julien along with his assistants Doug Houda and Geoff Ward will coach one of the All-Star teams.



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