Stephen Murphy, Colin Shields and Jeff Szwez all made it, and rightly so, but Sean McMorrow, enforcer for the Giants and a fan favorite, has also been voted onto the team and while McMorrow is great to watch, even he would admit that he is a little out of place on an ‘all-star’ team in that sense of the word.
But then again, this is a popularity contest among EIHL fans and people want to see McMorrow and while he won’t fight or even hit, no doubt he’ll be entertaining in some capacity.

The Elite British All-Stars, coached by Sheffield’s Dave Matsos, will be back-stopped by Stephen Murphy of the Belfast Giants. Patrolling the blueline will be Coventry’s Jonathan Weaver and Stevie Lee from the Nottingham Panthers. Completing the line-up are forwards Colin Shields (Belfast Giants), David Clarke (Nottingham Panthers) and Lee Esders (Hull Stingrays).

The Overseas All-Stars, will be coached by Nottingham Panthers’ Corey Neilson. In-between the pipes will be Peter Hirsch of the Coventry Blaze, while defencemen Dominic D’Amour (Nottingham Panthers) and Adam Knight (Hull Singrays) have been selected at the back. Belfast Giants’ enforcer Sean McMorrow and team-mate Jeff Szwez will be joined by Panthers’ leading goalscorer Jade Galbraith to complete the line-up.

— eliteleague.co.uk, 6 Jan’10

Some fans will be frustrated about fan voting making a mockery out of an all-star game, but lets face it, this isn’t a serious game – it’s a gimmick – so why not have some fun with it by indeed letting fans vote. The rest of the teams will be selected by the respective coaches and I would expect the import all-stars to win pretty comfortably.

By the way, is there a skills competition?

North:
Bobby Robins (Belfast Giants) (C)
Andrew Verner (Newcastle Vipers) (NM)
Rod Sarich (Sheffield Steelers)
Kenton Smith (Manchester Phoenix)
David Phillips (Belfast Giants)
Jez Lundin (Newcastle Vipers)
Kyle Horne (Edinburgh Capitals)
David Beauregard (Manchester Phoenix)
Mark Hurtubise (Edinburgh Capitals)
Paul Deniset (Belfast Giants)
Tony Hand MBE (Manchester Phoenix)
Adam Walker (Manchester Phoenix)
Colin Shields (Belfast Giants)
Ed Courtenay (Newcastle Vipers)
Jonathan Phillips (Sheffield Steelers)

South:
Brad Voth (Cardiff Devils) (C)
Adam Calder (Coventry Blaze) (A)
Kevin Reiter (Basingstoke Bison) (NM)
Corey Neilson (Nottingham Panthers
Tyson Teplitsky (Cardiff Devils)
Jason Stone (Cardiff Devils)
Matt Myers (Nottingham Panthers)
Lee Mitchell (Hull Stingrays)
Jeff Glowa (Hull Stingrays)
Russ Cowley (Coventry Blaze)
Shaun Thompson (Basingstoke Bison)
Phil Hill (Cardiff Devils)
Bruce Richardson (Nottingham Panthers)
Greg Chambers (Basingstoke Bison)
Konstantin Kalmikov (Hull Stingrays)

Both teams have 3 more players to name and another goalie each