2007 AHL All-Star
rosters announced
AHL
The American Hockey League today
announced the Canadian and PlanetUSA AHL All-Star
team rosters for the 2007 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star
Classic, to be played later this month at Ricoh Coliseum
in Toronto.
The Canadian team comprises players
born in Canada, while the PlanetUSA team is made of
players born outside of Canada. AHL fans determined
the starting lineups via on-line balloting at theahl.com,
while a committee of AHL coaches selected the remainder
of the rosters.
AHL President and CEO David Andrews
made the announcement as part of a press event at
the Air Canada Centre this morning. He was joined
by Andy Bathgate, Hockey Hall of Fame AHL All-Star
Classic Honoree; Steve Thomas, AHL All-Star Classic
honorary captain; former AHL All-Stars Peter Laviolette
and Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes and Kyle
Wellwood of the Toronto Maple Leafs; and current Leafs
and former Marlies head coach Paul Maurice.
Thirty-four of the 48 selections are
heading to their first AHL All-Star Classic, including
team captains Mike Keane of the Manitoba Moose (Canada)
and Kip Miller of the Grand Rapids Griffins (PlanetUSA),
and standout rookies including Brett Sterling of the
Chicago Wolves, Ryan Callahan of the Hartford Wolf
Pack, Dustin Boyd of the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights,
Drew Stafford of the Rochester Americans, Matt Lashoff
of the Providence Bruins and Marek Schwarz of the
Peoria Rivermen.
The head coach of the Canadian All-Star
team will be Bruce Boudreau, by virtue of his leading
the Hershey Bears to the 2006 Calder Cup championship.
Boudreau, a Toronto native and former AHL MVP who
also played for the junior Marlies and the NHL Maple
Leafs, will be making his second appearance behind
an AHL All-Star bench. The head coach of the PlanetUSA
team will come from the AHL club with the best points
percentage after play on Jan. 14.
The 2007 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic
will take place at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, home
of the AHL’s Marlies. The event features the 2007
CCM AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday, January
28 (7:00 ET) and the 2007 AHL All-Star Game on Monday,
January 29 (7:00 ET), and will be televised live on
Rogers Sportsnet in Canada and on a network of regional
broadcast partners in the United States.
Of the 394 players to take part in
the AHL All-Star Classic since 1995, more than 93
percent have competed in the National Hockey League,
including Patrice Bergeron, Brad Boyes, Daniel Briere,
Jonathan Cheechoo, Pavol Demitra, Rick DiPietro, Patrik
Elias, Ray Emery, Miikka Kiprusoff, Kari Lehtonen,
Ryan Miller, Dwayne Roloson, Marc Savard, Martin St.
Louis, Jason Spezza, Eric Staal, Steve Sullivan and
Kyle Wellwood.
2007 Canadian AHL All-Star Team
x-Starters
Forwards
Dustin Boyd, Omaha
Troy Brouwer, Norfolk
Mathieu Darche, Worcester
Jonathan Filewich, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
x-Alexandre Giroux, Hershey
x-Darren Haydar, Chicago
Mike Keane, Manitoba (“C”)
x-Zenon Konopka, Portland
Jason Krog, Chicago
Clarke MacArthur, Rochester
Brad Moran, Manitoba
Kris Newbury, Toronto
Martin St. Pierre, Norfolk
Defensemen
Nolan Baumgartner, Philadelphia
Sheldon Brookbank, Milwaukee
x-Daniel Girardi, Hartford
T.J. Kemp, Manchester
Derek Meech, Grand Rapids
Curtis Murphy, Houston
x-Lawrence Nycholat, Hershey
Mathieu Roy, Hamilton
Goaltenders
Wade Dubielewicz, Bridgeport
x-Jason LaBarbera, Manchester
Curtis McElhinney, Omaha
Head Coach: Bruce Boudreau, Hershey
Bears
Assistant Coach: Bob Woods, Hershey Bears
Athletic Therapist: Steve Dias, Toronto Marlies
Equipment Manager: Brad Harrison, Toronto Marlies
2007 PlanetUSA AHL All-Star Team
x-Starters
Forwards
Keith Aucoin, Albany
x-Brandon Bochenski, Norfolk
Ryan Callahan, Hartford
Tomas Fleischmann, Hershey
Josh Hennessy, Binghamton
Andrei Kostitsyn, Hamilton
Joel Lundqvist, Iowa
Kip Miller, Grand Rapids (“C”)
Patrick O'Sullivan, Manchester
Drew Stafford, Rochester
x-Brett Sterling, Chicago
Bill Thomas, San Antonio
x-Erik Westrum, Toronto
Defensemen
Dustin Byfuglien, Norfolk
Andy Greene, Lowell
Peter Harrold, Manchester
Ville Koistinen, Milwaukee
Matt Lashoff, Providence
Filip Novak, Syracuse
x-Richie Regehr, Omaha
x-Noah Welch, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Goaltenders
x-Jaroslav Halak, Hamilton
Karri Ramo, Springfield
Marek Schwarz, Peoria
Head Coach: TBD
Assistant Coach: TBD
Athletic Trainer: Dan "Beaker" Stuck, Hershey
Bears
Equipment Manager: Justin Kullman, Hershey Bears
