This will be Keller's third NHL All-Star Game appearance which will tie Keith Tkachuk and Teppo Numminen for the most All-Star game appearances in Coyotes history. The Chesterfield, MO native was named to his first NHL All-Star Game in 2019 when he represented the Coyotes in San Jose. He also represented the team in Las Vegas last season (2022).
The 24-year-old Keller leads the team in scoring with 14-22-36 in 36 games this season, while sharing the team-lead in goals and leading outright in assists. He's also second on the team in shots (79) and is tied for the team lead in PPGs (4) and GWGs (2). Keller claimed the team-lead in multi-point games (8) after registering a goal and an assist at Florida on Tuesday night.
The 5-foot-10, 178-pound forward also leads Arizona in home scoring with 7-6-13 in 12 games which includes recording his first career NHL hat trick versus the Philadelphia Flyers on December 11. Additionally, he became the second player in franchise history to register six different 10+ goal seasons before turning 25.
Keller has totaled 110-182-292 in 396 career regular season games with the team and recently scored his 100th career NHL goal at Buffalo on November 8, requiring the third-fewest games to reach the milestone with the Coyotes since the franchise relocated to the Valley in 1996. The Coyotes' forward was drafted by the team in the first round (seventh overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft.
Coyotes NHL All-Star Game Representatives
1997: Defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky, Left Wing Keith Tkachuk
1998: Left Wing Keith Tkachuk, Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin
1999: Center Jeremy Roenick, Left Wing Keith Tkachuk, Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, Defenseman Teppo Numminen and Head Coach Jim Schoenfeld
2000: Center Jeremy Roenick, Defenseman Teppo Numminen
2001: Goaltender Sean Burke, Defenseman Teppo Numminen
2002: Goaltender Sean Burke
2004: Right Wing Shane Doan
2007: Center Yanic Perreault, Defenseman Ed Jovanovski
2008: Defenseman Ed Jovanovski
2009: Right Wing Shane Doan
2011: Defenseman Keith Yandle
2012: Defenseman Keith Yandle
2015: Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson
2017: Goaltender Mike Smith
2018: Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson
2019: Right Wing Clayton Keller
2020: Goaltender Darcy Kuemper and Head Coach Rick Tocchet
2022: Left Wing Clayton Keller
2023: Left Wing Clayton Keller
