All-Star Rick DiPietro

Newsday reports that Rick DiPietro will be representing the Islanders in the Eastern Conference team as a reserve for the All-Star game scheduled Jan. 27 at Philips Arena in Atlanta. This will be 26-year-old Ricky's first All-Star game..and it is gonna be so cool. Rick is just starting to get his props throughout the league. A hyper-competitive guy like Rick is going to be fired up during the skills competition.

Also, Jeff Tambellini will represent Canada in the American League All-Star Game later this month in Bighamton. Tambellini is also putting up Kyle Okposo in his home now that Okposo has made it to the Bridge. That's what I call a fun fact.

And yes, I stole that picture from our good friends at nhl.com. I have it on good authority that the NHL is not litigious in any way and understands that the internet is the freaking wild frontier!