Sudbury native Todd Bertuzzi of the Vancouver Canucks is leading all Western Conference players in the Best Buy/ NHL All-Star Fan Balloting Program presented by Playstation2 with 49,627 votes.
Second in voting is teammate Markus Naslund with 38,922 votes. The voting will determine the starting lineups for the 2004 NHL All-Star Game in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Voting is being conducted through an electronic ballot at nhl.com, through kiosks at Best Buy stores, all30 NHL arenas and through Nextel phones in the United States.
Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers leads all players with 58,139.
These results were official as of Thursday.
