TORONTO — Fans have helped the Col­orado Avalanche triple their rep­re­sen­ta­tion at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game.

Cale Makar and Alexan­dar Georgiev will join Nathan MacK­in­non at the NHL’s all-star week­end here, the league announced Sat­ur­day short­ly after the team’s morn­ing skate at Sco­tia­bank Arena.

This is the third con­sec­u­tive appear­ance for Makar, which ties Rob Blake (2001–04) for the longest in fran­chise his­to­ry among defensemen.

“I’d just be hon­ored to be picked,” Makar said ear­li­er Sat­ur­day. “To be able to go with Nate would be pret­ty spe­cial. I guess we’d come back here in a cou­ple weeks, so Toron­to is a great spot.”

This is Georgiev’s first All-Star appear­ance. He leads all NHL goalies in wins, games played and starts.

MacK­in­non was one of the first 32 play­ers select­ed, one for each team. The final 12 are being added Sat­ur­day after the results of a fan vote. Makar and Georgiev were two of the five play­ers announced in the after­noon, with sev­en more com­ing just before the Avalanche and Maple Leafs play.

There will be a four-team draft on Feb. 1, the first night of all-star week­end. The game is Feb. 3 at Sco­tia­bank Are­na, with a 12-play­er skills com­pe­ti­tion slat­ed for Feb. 2. The win­ner of the com­pe­ti­tion will earn $1 million.

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