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Canucks' Fitzpatrick won't be named starter for All-Star Game

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Two Rory Fitzpatrick fans show their support for the Vancouver Canucks defenseman on Dec. 2.

There reportedly will be no Rory in the NHL All-Star Game.

A league source told The Vancouver Sun that journeyman Rory Fitzpatrick will not be among the two starting Western Conference defensemen for the Jan. 24 game in Dallas. The starting lineups for each conference will be announced Tuesday night.

Fitzpatrick, who rose to as high as second after a write-in campaign was launched by a fan, was third when the last results were made public before balloting closed on Jan. 2.

"I've said all along I don't think I'll get in that top two," Fitzpatrick told the Sun on Monday. "We'll wait and see what happens [today]."

Fitzpatrick, a nine-year veteran, doesn't have a point in 22 games this season.

The Associated Press contributed to this story

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