Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexander Radulov headline KHL All-Star rosters
The KHL All-Star Game is generally a much more interesting event than its stodgy NHL counterpart.
That's mostly due to the KHL All-Star Game's relentless strangeness - fish head shootout goals! Mascot line brawls! - rather than the quality of the players involved.
Still, for fans of hockey comedy, it's a can't-miss event.
The KHL announced Thursday its rosters for the East and West All-Star teams, highlighted by former NHL stars Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexander Radulov, Sergei Kostitsyn and Jonathan Cheecho.
Also participating in the game are former NHL non-stars like Wojtek Wolski, Mike Lundin, Erik Gustafsson and Matt Gilroy.
Here are the full rosters:
Team West
G Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow)
G Stanislav Galimov (CSKA)
D Nick Bailen (Dinamo Minsk)
D Ryan Gunderson (Jokerit)
D Nikita Zaitsev (CSKA)
D Andrei Mironov (Dynamo Moscow)
D Matt Gilroy (Atlant)
D Nikita Shchitov (HC Sochi)
F Alexander Radulov (CSKA)
F Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA)
F Steve Moses (Jokerit)
F Artemy Panarin (SKA)
F Jonathan Cheechoo (Dinamo Minsk)
F Wojtek Wolski (Torpedo)
F Dmitry Kagarlitsky (Severstal)
F Sergei Plotnikov (Lokomotiv)
F Andre Petersson (HC Sochi)
Team East
G Konstantin Barulin (Avangard)
G Jakub Kovar (Avtomobilist)
D Kirill Koltsov (Salavat Yulaev)
D Chris Lee (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
D Patrik Hersley (Sibir)
D Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars)
D Erik Gustafsson (Avangard)
D Mike Lundin (Barys)
F Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
F Danis Zaripov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
F Sergei Kostitsyn (Ak Bars).
F Denis Parshin (Avangard)
F Nigel Dawes (Barys)
F Dmitry Kugryshev (Sibir).
F Justin Azevedo (Ak Bars)
F Nikita Gusev (Ugra)
F Yury Petrov (Lada).
The 2015 KHL All-Star Game will be played Jan. 25 at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia.