IIHF Centennial All-Star Team

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rdf:langString The IIHF Centennial All-Star Team is an all-star team of hockey players from international ice hockey tournaments. The team was chosen based on the players' "impact in international ice hockey over a period of at least a decade," with a requirement that they must have performed "at the highest possible level (Olympics, the IIHF World Championship or the Canada Cup/World Cup tournaments)." The selection was organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation and named in 2008. The panel comprised 56 ice hockey experts from 16 countries representing a balance between North American and European countries, and included people who have worked in the game for an extended period and whose opinions are widely respected. One of the 56 votes represented the collective opinion of the staff of The Hockey News. No single voter's entire selection was the same as the final team. All six players were already members of the IIHF Hall of Fame at the time of the All-Star team's creation, and all team members, including Sergei Makarov, are now enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. All four Soviets selected to the team played league hockey with CSKA Moscow, including three years (1978 to 1981) as teammates.