All Star Game Voting

With fan balloting well under way for this season's All Star Game, it is becoming clear that a few Soviets are popular around the league. As of right now, three of the top five players in votes are Red Army players.

Pat King leads all voting with 324,383 votes. Second is Kevin Durkin with 300,009 and injured defenseman Ryan Odell garnered the fifth highest total with 243,490 votes. The Shockers Steve Loges and Cosby Sweaters Kevin Ahearn are third and fourth respectively.

"It's a big honor," King told reporters after practice on Wednesday. "Obviously Ryan and my aggressive marketing campaign worked."

King was referring to the ad he and Odell ran during the SuperBowl two weeks ago. The ad, which was 30 seconds long, featured King and Odell jumping out of a plane. On their descent to the Earth, the two are seated at a table and eat a four course meal while a waiter, who appears out of no where, serves them. Just before hitting the ground, Odell opens his parachute and disappears off screen while the camera follows King, who is still seated at the table drinking wine. The table and King hit the ground, but both remain completely unharmed, as King continues sipping his wine, seemingly unfazed by the impact. Moments later, Odell floats down on his parachute, holding with him two beautiful women as he lands perfectly in his chair. King then turns to the camera and says, "Real man don't panic. Real men use Irish Spring deodorant." The commercial then ends with Odell asking Billingsly, the waiter, for "two more chairs... and a lot more wine."

Durkin was voted in for his performance in net.

Other Comrades receiving votes:

8: Jamie Simek (103,293)

12: Aaron Duda (99,938)

13: Mike D'Ignazio (99, 219)

32: Jason White (64, 202)

49: Tony Horton (47, 291)*

64: Steve Hand (24, 306)

88: Mark Hendricks (18, 118)

95: Pete Collis (1)

* Tony Horton actually earned another 101,293 votes as a member of the Cosby Sweaters