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The Toronto Maple Leafs forward will make his second-ever appearance after being among the first group of players selected by the NHL department of hockey operations.

The Toronto Maple Leafs forward elected to skate after missing practice on Wednesday.

Mitch Marner was selected to his second-ever NHL All-Star Game, the league announced on Thursday.

The 25-year-old has 14 goals and 43 points through the first 38 games of the 2022-23 regular season. He set a franchise record for consecutive games with at least one point at 23, smashing the record of 18 that was jointly held by Darryl Sittler and Ed Olczyk.

"It's cool, a couple of things you dream of in this league (is) winning that Stanley Cup and trying to get to the All-Star Game," Marner said after his team's 5-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. "It's a cool accomplishment, but it wouldn't have happened without a lot of these guys in this room."

The NHL announced an initial list of 32 players headed to next month's All-Star game to be played in South Florida during the first intermission of ESPN's broadcast of the Washington Capitals game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Under a new format, the NHL department of hockey operations selected one player per team in each division (including one goalie), making up the initial eight-man rosters for each division.

The three remaining players per division (two skaters, one goalie), will be selected as part of an online vote, which also includes a Twitter component where people can tweet in their selection. Voting begins at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday and runs through Jan.17