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Laviolette won selection by clinching the highest points
percentage this season in games played through Jan. 10 -- the
halfway point of the regular season.
Sutter, as coach of the defending Stanley Cup champion Kings,
will direct the other All-Star team.
The All-Star Game will be played Jan. 25 in Columbus, Ohio, home
of the Blue Jackets.
Laviolette's Predators have recorded a league-leading points
percentage of .725 (27-9-4) and are assured of retaining that
top spot through Saturday's games.
Sutter will be accompanied by members of his Kings staff, and
Laviolette will be assisted by his Nashville colleagues.
All-Stars are named through fan ballotting and the NHL Hockey
Operations Department, with teams determined by a player draft
with opposing captains take turns selecting players.
Laviolette will be making his second career NHL All-Star
appearance, having shared coaching duties with Vancouver's Alain
Vigneault for Team Nicklas Lidstrom in their 11-10 win over Team
Eric Staal at the 2011 NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh.
Sutter will be making his All-Star coaching debut.
(Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Gene Cherry)
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