JORDAN SUBBAN TO REPRESENT THE COMETS AT THE 2017 ALL-STAR CLASSIC

Jan 5, 2017

Utica, NY - The American Hockey League announced today the playing rosters for the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Capital BlueCross, to be held January 29-30 at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa., home of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

Each of the AHL’s four divisions will be represented by 12 players. Rosters were determined by committees of AHL coaches, and all 30 AHL teams are represented by at least one All-Star.

The 2017 rosters feature 37 first-time AHL All-Stars, 12 rookies and seven former first-round draft choices. In addition, 27 of the All-Stars named have been recalled to the National Hockey League already this season, including standouts Jake Guentzel of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (Pittsburgh), Zane McIntyre of the Providence Bruins (Boston), Juuse Saros of the Milwaukee Admirals (Nashville) and Brendan Perlini of the Tucson Roadruners (Arizona).

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach Clark Donatelli, Syracuse Crunch head coach Benoit Groulx, Grand Rapids Griffins head coach Todd Nelson and Ontario Reign head coach Mike Stothers will serve as coaches for the event.

The 2017 AHL All-Star Skills Competition presented by Giant Food Stores and Velaspan on Jan. 29 (7:30 p.m. ET) will pit the All-Stars from the two Eastern Conference divisions against those from the two Western Conference divisions in seven skills events.

In the 2017 AHL All-Star Challenge on Jan. 30 (7 p.m. ET), the four teams will participate in a round-robin tournament featuring six games of 10 minutes each, played entirely at 3-on-3. The two teams with the best records at the end of the round-robin will face off for the championship, a six-minute game also played at 3-on-3.

Starting at just $26 each, single-event tickets are now on sale for the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Capital BlueCross, featuring the AHL All-Star Skills Competition presented by Giant Food Stores and Velaspan and the AHL All-Star Challenge. To purchase event tickets, please visit phantomshockey.com, call 610-347-TIXX or visit the PPL Center box office. The 2017 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Capital BlueCross will be preceded by a Phan Fest on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., followed by a Tailgate Party beginning at 6 p.m. Both events will take place at the PPL Center and tickets for both the Phan Fest ($5) and Tailgate Party ($10) are also available now at phantomshockey.com.

The 2017 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Capital BlueCross will feature the top young talent in the American Hockey League: since 1995, more than 93 percent of All-Star Classic participants have gone on to compete in the National Hockey League, including Jake Allen, Artem Anisimov, Patrice Bergeron, Ben Bishop, Troy Brouwer, Ryan Callahan, Zdeno Chara, Logan Couture, Braden Holtby, Tyler Johnson, Martin Jones, Chris Kunitz, Zach Parise, Tuukka Rask, Pekka Rinne, Bobby Ryan, Cory Schneider, Patrick Sharp, Jason Spezza, P.K. Subban and Mats Zuccarello, as well as former Lehigh Valley Phantoms representatives Nick Cousins, Brandon Manning and Anthony Stolarz.

In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League continues to serve as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, trainers, executives and broadcasters of all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 88 percent of NHL players last season were AHL graduates, and more than 100 honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL in their careers. In 2015-16, over 7.1 million fans attended AHL regular-season and playoff games across North America, the highest total attendance in league history.

 

 

2017 Eastern Conference AHL All-Stars Atlantic Division All-Stars
Pos.	Player	Team	App.	2016-17 Stats
F	Chris Bourque (“C”)	Hershey Bears	5th	32gp, 8-21-29, +1
F	Travis Boyd	Hershey Bears	1st	32gp, 10-20-30, +14
D	T.J. Brennan	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	4th	31gp, 10-18-28, +10
F	Jake Guentzel	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1st	27gp, 18-16-34, +17
F	Danton Heinen	Providence Bruins	1st	21gp, 8-9-17, +1
G	Tristan Jarry	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1st	14-5-1, 2.14, .921, 1 SO
F	Nicklas Jensen	Hartford Wolf Pack	1st	29gp, 14-10-24, -8
F	Taylor Leier	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	1st	22gp, 6-14-20, +7
G	Zane McIntyre	Providence Bruins	1st	10-0-0, 1.41, .951, 0 SO
D	Devon Toews	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	1st	32gp, 4-19-23, E
F	Jordan Weal	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	2nd	29gp, 10-21-31, +4
D	Mackenzie Weegar	Springfield Thunderbirds	1st	21gp, 7-5-12, -3
Coach	Clark Donatelli	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1st	22-7-3-0 (.734)
North Division All-Stars Pos. Player Team App. 2016-17 Stats F Casey Bailey Binghamton Senators 1st 28gp, 9-5-14, -11 D Mark Barberio St. John’s IceCaps 3rd 20gp, 3-15-18, +1 F Joe Blandisi Albany Devils 1st 24gp, 6-14-20, -3 F Yanni Gourde Syracuse Crunch 1st 29gp, 10-16-26, +12 F Kasperi Kapanen Toronto Marlies 1st 29gp, 14-16-30, -2 F Brendan Leipsic Toronto Marlies 2nd 26gp, 9-21-30, -4 G Charlie Lindgren St. John’s IceCaps 1st 13-9-1, 2.79, .913, 1 SO F John Quenneville Albany Devils 1st 31gp, 10-17-27, -3 F Cole Schneider Rochester Americans 1st 28gp, 14-20-34, +8 D Jordan Subban Utica Comets 1st 29gp, 8-12-20, -6 D Matt Taormina Syracuse Crunch 3rd 26gp, 9-21-30, +11 G Linus Ullmark Rochester Americans 1st 13-12-1, 3.00, .907, 0 SO Coach Benoit Groulx Syracuse Crunch 1st 18-9-0-4 (.645)   2017 Western Conference AHL All-Stars Central Division All-Stars
Pos.	Player	Team	App.	2016-17 Stats
F	Spencer Abbott	Rockford IceHogs	1st	30gp, 8-13-21, -12
F	Kenny Agostino	Chicago Wolves	1st	35gp, 15-31-46, +13
F	Oliver Bjorkstrand	Cleveland Monsters	1st	22gp, 10-5-15, -4
D	Alexandre Carrier	Milwaukee Admirals	1st	31gp, 4-16-20, +6
F	Ryan Craig (“C”)	Cleveland Monsters	1st	31gp, 4-5-9, -5
D	Brad Hunt	Chicago Wolves	4th	23gp, 9-20-29, +9
G	Michael Leighton	Charlotte Checkers	5th	8-5-2, 2.17, .923, 2 SO
F	Matt Lorito	Grand Rapids Griffins	1st	32gp, 10-22-32, +3
F	Teemu Pulkkinen	Iowa Wild	2nd	25gp, 12-10-22, -1
F	Jack Roslovic	Manitoba Moose	1st	25gp, 8-11-19, -5
D	Robbie Russo	Grand Rapids Griffins	1st	32gp, 5-13-18, +6
G	Juuse Saros	Milwaukee Admirals	1st	11-2-0, 1.76, .938, 1 SO
Coach	Todd Nelson	Grand Rapids Griffins	2nd	21-8-1-2 (.703)
Coach	Todd Nelson	Grand Rapids Griffins	2nd	21-8-1-2 (.703)
Coach	Todd Nelson	Grand Rapids Griffins	2nd	21-8-1-2 (.703)
Pacific Division All-Stars
Pos.	Player	Team	App.	2016-17 Stats
F	Taylor Beck	Bakersfield Condors	1st	19gp, 9-21-30, +11
F	Jonny Brodzinski	Ontario Reign	1st	28gp, 9-13-22, +6
F	A.J. Greer	San Antonio Rampage	1st	30gp, 10-14-24, -3
G	Troy Grosenick	San Jose Barracuda	1st	9-5-2, 2.06, .929, 5 SO
D	Julius Honka	Texas Stars	1st	23gp, 3-13-16, -4
F	Mark Jankowski	Stockton Heat	1st	26gp, 8-15-23, +3
D	Vincent LoVerde	Ontario Reign	2nd	28gp, 5-12-17, +3
G	Spencer Martin	San Antonio Rampage	1st	14-8-0, 2.43, .920, 1 SO
D	Brandon Montour	San Diego Gulls	2nd	25gp, 7-14-21, E
F	Daniel O’Regan	San Jose Barracuda	1st	27gp, 10-21-31, +6
F	Brendan Perlini	Tucson Roadrunners	1st	16gp, 11-5-16, -1
D	Kyle Wood	Tucson Roadrunners	1st	26gp, 7-21-28, -1
Coach	Mike Stothers	Ontario Reign	5th	17-6-5-0 (.696)