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January 22, 2021

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AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE SELECTS FIRST AND SECOND ALL-STAR TEAMS

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the 2022-23 AHL First and Second All-Star Teams, as voted by AHL coaches, players, and media in each of the league’s 32 member cities. 2022-23 AHL First All-Star Team Goaltender ― Dustin Wolf, Calgary Wranglers (53 GP, 41-9-2, 2.08 GAA, .932 SV%, 7 SO) Defenseman ― Darren Raddysh, Syracuse Crunch (50 GP, 13-38-51, +19, 1 PPG) Defenseman ― Christian Wolanin, Abbotsford Canucks (49 GP, 6-49-55, +12, 24 PPA) Forward ― Alex Barré-Boulet, Syracuse Crunch (67 GP, 23-59-82, +25, 7 PPG) Forward ― Michael Carcone, Tucson Roadrunners (63 GP, 31-53-84, +5, 14 PPG, 5 GWG) Forward ― Matthew Phillips, Calgary Wranglers (64 GP, 36-39-75, +17, 10 PPG, 15 GWG) 2022-23 AHL Second All-Star Team Goaltender ― Joel Hofer, Springfield Thunderbirds (45 GP, 25-15-5, 2.57 GAA, .918 SV%, 4 SO) Defenseman ― Lucas Carlsson, Charlotte Checkers (60 GP, 19-33-52, +24, 3 PPG, 1 SHG) Defenseman ― Brogan Rafferty, Coachella Valley Firebirds (70 GP, 9-42-51, +31, 2 PPG) Forward ― Trey Fix-Wolansky, Cleveland Monsters (58 GP, 29-41-70, 11 PPG, 2 GWG) Forward ― Max McCormick, Coachella Valley Firebirds (69 GP, 28-39-67, +17, 11 PPG, 2 SHG) Forward ― T.J. Tynan, Ontario Reign (70 GP, 8-71-79, 3 PPG, 35 PPA) Each All-Star Team member will receive a custom-designed crystal award in recognition of his selection to the 2022-23 AHL First and Second All-Star Teams. Recent AHL All-Star Team selections include P.K. Subban (2010), Jonathan Bernier (2010), Kyle Palmieri (2012), Tyler Johnson (2013), Jonathan Marchessault (2013), Justin Schultz (2013), Gustav Nyquist (2013), Jake Allen (2014), Mike Hoffman (2014), Petr Mrazek (2014), Matt Murray (2015, 2016), Jacob Markstrom (2015), Colin Miller (2015), Brandon Montour (2016), Frank Vatrano (2016), Mikko Rantanen (2016), Travis Boyd (2017), Mason Appleton (2018), Carter Verhaeghe (2019), Alex Nedeljkovic (2019), Kaapo Kahkonen (2020), Jake Bean (2020), Josh Norris (2020), Drake Batherson (2020), Jeremy Swayman (2021), Morgan Barron (2021), Taylor Raddysh (2021), Calen Addison (2021), Logan Thompson (2021), Josh Mahura (2021) and Stefan Noesen (2022). The winner of the 2022-23 Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award (sportsmanship, determination, dedication to hockey) will be announced Friday. 2022-23 AHL First All-Star Team

Dustin Wolf, Goaltender (Calgary Wranglers): Winner of the Baz Bastien Award as the AHL’s top goaltender as a rookie in 2021-22, Dustin Wolf has followed up with another remarkable season, leading the AHL in wins (41), goals-against average (2.08), save percentage (.932), shutouts (7), minutes played (3,120), shots faced (1,594) and saves (1,486). Wolf, a 21-year-old native of Gilroy, Calif., also earned co-MVP honors at the 2023 AHL All-Star Challenge in Laval back in February, and picked up a victory in his NHL debut with the Calgary Flames on Apr. 12. He becomes the first AHL goaltender to garner back-to-back First Team All-Star nods since Bob Janecyk in 1981-82 and 1982-83, and the first ever to do so in his first two pro seasons. Darren Raddysh, Defenseman (Syracuse Crunch): Sixth-year pro Darren Raddysh has had a breakout season in 2022-23, shattering his previous career highs with 13 goals, 38 assists and 51 points in just 50 games played with Syracuse. Raddysh is tied for third in scoring among AHL defensemen despite spending most of the second half of the season in the NHL, where he has skated in 16 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Toronto native also represented the Crunch at the 2023 AHL All-Star Classic. Christian Wolanin, Defenseman (Abbotsford Canucks): Christian Wolanin leads all AHL defensemen with 49 assists and 55 points this season while skating in 49 games for Abbotsford in his first campaign in the Canucks organization. Wolanin, who has also played 16 games in the NHL with Vancouver this year, had a 13-game scoring streak from Nov. 10 to Dec. 9, and participated in the 2023 AHL All-Star Classic in Laval, his second career All-Star nod. Originally a fourth-round pick by Ottawa in the 2015 NHL Draft, Wolanin signed a two-year extension with Vancouver on Mar. 23. Alex Barré-Boulet, Forward (Syracuse Crunch): Alex Barré-Boulet earns his second career postseason All-Star berth with a First Team selection as he ranks second in the AHL in assists (59) and points (82) – both career highs – over 67 games with Syracuse. The fifth-year pro is also tied for third in plus/minus among AHL forwards with a plus-25 rating, and he became the Crunch franchise’s all-time leader in goals, assists and points over the course of this season. A native of Montmagny, Que., Barré-Boulet was previously a Second Team All-Star in 2019-20, and was named the league’s outstanding rookie in 2018-19. Michael Carcone, Forward (Tucson Roadrunners): The AHL’s leading scorer heading into the final weekend of the regular season, Michael Carcone has nearly doubled his previous career high with 84 points (31 goals, 53 assists) in 63 games for Tucson in 2022-23. Carcone also leads the league with 263 shots on goal, and ranks second with his 14 power-play tallies. The seventh-year pro from Ajax, Ont., recorded 30 points during a 15-game scoring streak from Dec. 17 to Jan. 31, the longest in the league this season. Matthew Phillips, Forward (Calgary Wranglers): A 2016 draft pick by his hometown Calgary Flames, Matthew Phillips has set career highs across the board for the second year in a row, recording 36 goals (tied for the AHL lead), 39 assists, 75 points and a plus-17 rating in 64 games for the Wranglers. The fifth-year pro has also tied an all-time AHL mark with 15 game-winning tallies, helping Calgary to a league-best 50 victories and the best record ever for a Flames AHL affiliate. The AHL Player of the Month for November also skated in his first AHL All-Star Classic. 2022-23 AHL Second All-Star Team

Joel Hofer, Goaltender (Springfield Thunderbirds): Joel Hofer earns a Second Team AHL All-Star nod on the strength of a 25-15-5 record, a 2.57 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage in 45 appearances for Springfield this season. Hofer is also tied for second in the league with four shutouts, and ranks third in minutes played (2,660) and shots faced (1,283) while helping the Thunderbirds to their second straight trip to the Calder Cup Playoffs. A 22-year-old native of Winnipeg, Man., Hofer has also played six games this season with the St. Louis Blues, who selected him in the fourth round of the 2018 NHL Draft. Lucas Carlsson, Defenseman (Charlotte Checkers): Lucas Carlsson ranks second among AHL defensemen in scoring with 52 points (19 goals, 33 assists) in 60 games heading into the final weekend of the regular season for Charlotte. Carlsson’s goal, assist and point totals all represent career highs for the native of Gavle, Sweden, who is in his fifth season of pro hockey in North America. The 25-year-old blueliner also owns a team-best plus-24 rating, and has chipped in three power-play goals and one shorthanded marker as well. Brogan Rafferty, Defenseman (Coachella Valley Firebirds): A Second Team All-Star as a rookie in 2019-20, Brogan Rafferty secures his second career selection this season as he sits tied for third among AHL defensemen in scoring with 51 points in 70 games for Coachella Valley. The fourth-year pro from West Dundee, Ill., is also tied for second among blueliners with 42 assists, and ranks third among all AHL skaters with a plus/minus rating of plus-31. The Quinnipiac University product joined the Seattle Kraken as a free agent on July 13, 2022. Trey Fix-Wolansky, Forward (Cleveland Monsters): Trey Fix-Wolansky has carried the Cleveland offense all season, pacing the team with 29 goals and 41 assists in 58 games played to tie the franchise single-season record with 70 points. The 23-year-old native of Edmonton, Alta., has scored 11 times and added 19 assists with the man advantage, figuring in on the scoring of nearly half of Cleveland’s 61 power-play goals this season. Fix-Wolansky, a seventh-round pick by Columbus in the 2018 NHL Draft, has also skated in nine NHL games with the Blue Jackets in 2022-23. Max McCormick, Forward (Coachella Valley Firebirds): A ninth-year pro from De Pere, Wis., Max McCormick had already set career scoring highs by the All-Star break, when he represented Coachella Valley at the AHL’s midseason showcase in Laval. He has continued his standout season through the second half and has amassed 28 goals and 39 assists for 67 points along with a plus-17 rating in 69 games for the Firebirds entering the final weekend of the regular season. A 2011 draft pick by Ottawa, McCormick is in his second season with the Seattle Kraken organization. T.J. Tynan, Forward (Ontario Reign): T.J. Tynan earns his third consecutive postseason All-Star Team selection, having recorded 71 assists and 79 points in 70 games for Ontario in 2022-23. The AHL’s MVP in both 2020-21 and 2021-22, Tynan is just the fourth player in league history to record at least 70 assists in back-to-back seasons, and will join Art Stratton (four times) as the only AHL players ever to lead the league in assists on three separate occasions. The AHL Player of the Month for January also participated in his fourth career AHL All-Star Classic this winter. AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE HOME Read the full article

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The only Jonathan that matters.

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The only white hockey player who wanted to named Jamal as a child would of course be the spitfire from Quebec in Jonathan Marchessault...I love it.

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He’s never cutting the hair now 😂

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CANTLON'S CORNER: VINNI LETTIERI PLAYS BIG PIECE OF WOLF PACK PLAYOFF RUN

Vinni Lettieri BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CROMWELL, CT - Prior to his departure for the AHL All-Star Classic in Ontario, California Vinni Lettieri was in a good spot as the final 22 games of the regular season. The last stretch commences in a home and home divisional pair of games with Springfield starting Friday at 7:15 pm at the XL Center. Lettieri returns along with teammate Joey Keane and head coach Kris Knoblauch as part of Atlantic Division winners of the 2020 AHL All-Star Classics. Lettieri popped in two goals the first came on a breakaway 2:13 into the first period for the Atlantic Division squad. The second was vintage Vinni off wing slapshot on a cross-ice feed from Providence’s Jack Studnicka 26 seconds into the action against the North Division. Then Joey Keane scored the next goal a little over two minutes later en route to a 5-2 win. He would also add an assist on the night. Now that all festivities are over Lettieri gets back to the task at hand. Practice is the key to his growth and progress. A few weeks ago in Cromwell, he and Keane spent a half hour or so taking extra shots and in one sequence hit the post three times in a row and he tossed his stick up in the air in baton tossing fashion. “That was one day because it's every day. To get better you have to do it every day. Joey and I do it a half-hour or so and it's important because it helps me to know where I am now and where I wanna go, work every day. It's always good to work with someone on those one-timers and Joey has been really good at it. Our powerplay has to improve, so we put in the extra time.” He has admitted his season was a slower start than he would have liked, but on and off-ice work has helped his game improve. “I have watched videos that have given me of Artemi Panarin (Rangers), ex-CT Whale Jonathan Marchessault (Las Vegas) and David Pasternak, (Boston the NHL’s leading goals scorer). It's learning how to hold onto the puck to make a better shot just not shooting randomly. So it's just one thing that changes everything it’s a combination of things. It's not a pattern that I see its learning each game is different. Using the coaches and all the other resources plus my teammates have helped make me a better all-around player,” remarked Lettieri. Panarin, the Rangers leading scorer and who has a high-end skill set is not a bad guy to pattern some of your game after. “Watching how he holds the puck in preparing for a shot is something, it's one of the little things of the game you learn. Pasternak’s shoots so well from any area he’s at its amazing. Marchessault, he seems to be everywhere and he is really dynamic and has great acceleration,” said Lettieri showing his keen scouting skills. Over the roller coaster past few weeks haven’t left Lettieri having seen the valley of the last two seasons. “For the better part of the year we have played the same way and stuck to our game plan and it’s a long season nothing is perfect. Yes, we could have played better in some ways, but overall I like this group and think more often than not will come out on top,” As they prepare for a weekend with Springfield a year ago same building he was adamant about making the playoffs three days the captain was traded and the team never recovered. This is obviously a very different group. “We certainly want it, but that is always important that we have to focus and continue to grow and get better and those things will take care of themselves.” AHL NEWS -Two pieces of new AHL arena news coming out of the AHL All-Star Classic. The San Jose City Council Tuesday night approved the expansion of the Solar4 American Ice Center that will become the new home of the AHL San Jose Barracuda. The arena located in central San Jose 3.6 miles about from the SAP Center aka Shark Tank where the Sharks and their AHL affiliate have shared the building for the past five years since the creation of the AHL Pacific Division. The upgrade slated to start this April that will see the complex go from four to six sheets of ice including a 4,200 seat competition arena that is to be completed by April 2022. The arena sits on a 21.2-acre site that also includes Excite Ballpark, home to the high, Class A eight-team California League San Jose Giants. The building has been the only secondary off-site training facility for the Sharks and Barracuda. The facility is also home to the collegiate varsity club hockey squad, the San Jose State Spartans (ACHA Division-2) and local high school hockey. This new facility combined with the AHL coming 32nd team, the expansion Palm Springs, CA team the affiliate for the expansion NHL Seattle team further solidifies the western growth of hockey both NHL, AHL and soon collegiately. -The West will also be solidified by the announcement from outgoing AHL President and CEO Dave Andrews that the Vegas Golden Knights are actively seeking to buy a current AHL team and move them to the Las Vegas area. The arena would be in nearby Paradise called, the Orleans Arena that was home to the ECHL Las Vegas Wranglers from 2003-20014. The building is 7,773 seats- a perfect AHL size building but would have to undergo a serious overhaul of its operating systems to be ready by the fall of 2020. Now, which team would they purchase? The most likely candidate could be Rockford whose arrangement with the Chicago Black Hawks ends after this season. In that scenario, the Golden Knights would purchase Rockford and then move the team to Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the Golden Knights have the Chicago Wolves as their farm team would vacate that arrangement. That could allow the Black Hawks to skate into an arrangement as the Wolves' new parent team. The Wolves are one of the few independently owned teams left in the league in which 19 of the 32 teams are NHL O & O (owned and operated) and is one of the best attended and promoted teams in the league. When Wolves were firstborn in the old IHL under its present owner Don Levin the two were arch enemies. 20 plus years have passed. Rocky Wirtz, not his father Bill is running the team I can see a marriage being formed with the Black Hawks. There are some other possibilities, but Andrews's comments at the State of the AHL press conference made it clear it was more of a matter of when--not if--the AHL would be in the Las Vegas area. “I think that at some point there will be an (AHL) team in Vegas, or (the Golden Knights) will own a team, but would have to happen pretty soon.”  Andrews remarked who is as cautious as NHL President Gary Bettman is regarding announcements or speculations about team transfers, relocations or disbanding. NOTES: -Wolf Pack GM and Trumbull native, Chris Drury added another piece to his executive resume as he was named to the GM post of Team USA that will play in early May at the World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. -Now that the NHL and AHL All-Star breaks have concluded temporary roster moves for that time period have ended and movement has begun once again. Goalie Adam Huska who went 1-1 with a 1.53 GAA win and Lewis Zerter-Gossage who scored his first ECHL in his two games were returned from Portland officially Monday. Maine’s goalie Francois Brassard in a paper transaction was released from his PTO with the Wolf Pack. Conversely, officially recalled on Wednesday by the Rangers was goalie Igor Shesterkin, but I don’t think this is the last time we will see him. If Alexander Georgiev is not traded by the NHL Trade deadline (February 24th) he would likely be returned by then. The Rangers could keep him in New York till their officially eliminated from playoff contention presently the Rangers are in the seventh spot for the wild card 10 points back. Expect Shesterkin to be here when the Wolf Pack start the Calder Cup playoffs and with Igor, the Wolf Pack’s chances for a long run are significantly improved. -Other notables from the AHL All-Star Classic were two former Quinnipiac Bobcats Sam Anas (Iowa) with two goals and Brogan Rafferty (Utica) with a goal and an assist. Ex-Pack and Sound Tiger Matt Ford (Grand Rapids) scored twice. -Lias Andersson’s suspension was officially lifted and was formally reassigned to HV 71 (Sweden-SHL) for the rest of the season. -Ex-Wolf Pack Dale Weise was recalled back to Montreal from Laval, Jarred Tinordi son ex-New Haven Nighthawk Mark Tinordi was recalled by Nashville from Milwaukee, Jansen Harkins, son of former Whaler Todd Harkins was recalled to Winnipeg from Manitoba and Max Jones, son of former New Haven Nighthawk/Senators Brad Jones goes from San Diego to Anaheim. -Goalie Callum Booth (Salisbury Prep) was assigned to Atlanta (ECHL) by Charlotte. -Former UCONN Husky, Karl El-Mir was sent from Indy (ECHL) as the future consideration of a trade made last week with Greenville (ECHL). -Ex-Sound Tiger John Persson signs a deal with Brynas IF (Sweden-SHL) for the rest of the season and for 2020-21 leaving SaiPa (Finland-FEL) who were having a poor season. -Ex-Sound Tiger assistant coach Matt Bertani is an assistant coach with Team South Korea at the IIHF U-20 Division II Group B tournament being held in Gangnueng South Korea till February 3rd. -We'll be seeing a goalie named Stauber a few times over the next few years. Jaxon Stauber, son of the former Wolf Pack and Nighthawk netminder, Robb Stauber has made a commitment to Providence College (HE) next year 2020-21. The 6’3 undrafted netminder played one game with Minnesota- State Mankato Mavericks (WCHA) before suddenly returning to Sioux Falls (USHL) for this season who are the defending USHL Clark Cup champions, where he was the playoff MVP last season. Father Robb just completed his AHL honorary captain duties at the AHL All-Star Classic in Ontario, California at the Toyota Center, Sunday and Monday. -Easton Armstrong, son ex-Pack great Derek Armstrong played his first two WHL with Regina picking up a one shot on goal. Read the full article

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CANTLON'S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON - VOLUME 5

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - There is so much activity going on in Rangers-World that Blueshirts fans have plenty to be excited about. DAVIDSON RETURNS One of the many issues John Davidson (JD) will find on his new big desk as President of the New York Rangers will be what to do with the Hartford Wolf Pack, starting with who their coaches will be. The Rangers relieved Keith McCambridge as Head Coach the day after the regular season ended. They also handed Assistant Coach, Joe Mormina, his release as well. One of the questions that JD will need to answer will be if they continue to give the head coach just one assistant or if they return to the more standard two assistants format. And secondly, do they look from within the organization or go with a hybrid of someone from within and two from outside the organization? JD will also have look at the player personnel side at the upcoming combine in the next weeks and the NHL Draft in Vancouver to restock Hartford with better prospects going forward as part of the Ranger rebuild. The Rangers currently have 19 defensemen in the system. They will need a more manageable number to not only ensure enough depth but also not so many that the prospects don't have enough ice time to develop. Will Kevin Shattenkirk be traded, bought out or buried in Hartford? Where do Ryan Lindgren and Libor Hajak fit on the depth chart which presently has four guys making $4 million plus a year, and Shattenkirk is one of them. The talent evaluation process which has suffered greatly these past five years has to be upgraded on both the pro and amateur sides. The glaring lack of depth up top and in Hartford saw both ends have to stretch themselves and the Maine Mariners, the team's ECHL affiliates yielded only a couple of players who were AHL level players. The Pack needs to get a better set of veterans and then they need to be supported, so they can push the company vision forward, This will help lead the current batch of youngsters, as well as the new draftee crop coming by the end of June when they assemble at Rangers Prospect Camp that will be held at Chelsea Piers in Stamford after the draft. Do they have a Captain or not? The organization has traded the last four captains, leaving them to opt for just having three alternates, or do they seek to sign someone to fill in on that role? Better forwards are needed who aren't afraid of getting in front of the net. Life MUST be made harder on opposing goalies if this the Pack are to return to a high level of competitiveness. STANLEY CUP FINAL The Bruins and St. Louis Blue s finals have plenty of connection to Connecticut. The Bruins have former QU Bobcat Connor Clifton, Jake DeBrusk, the son of ex-Pack and Ranger, Louie DeBrusk, and Noel Acciari from Kent School. Two more players are on the Black Ace squad, Paul Carey (Salisbury Prep) and an ex-Ranger plus ex-Pack, d-man, Steven Kampfer. The Blues have ex-Pack and Ranger in Michael Del Zotto and Alex Pietrangelo is the nephew of former Whaler, Frank Pietrangelo. AHL CALDER CUP PLAYOFFS As expected, the Charlotte Checkers and Toronto Marlies have had a very good series. The Marlies evened the series at two in Game 4 as William Carcone factored in all four goals with a hat trick with the third one being the game in overtime. Then on Friday, ex-Pack goalie Dustin Tokarski turned in a strong performance stopping 40 of 41 shots in a 4-1 win at the Coca Cola Coliseum in Toronto, to get the Checkers to a three to two advantage in the series heading back home to the Bojangles Arena in Charlotte. Tokarski is now undefeated 10-0 with Charlotte since he was loaned by the Wolf Pack back on February 28 and unbeaten (3-0) in the postseason and this was his first start in the series. Tokarski career AHL playoff numbers are 18-7 with a 1.76 GAA, with a .935 save percentage in 25 games and a Calder Cup title with Hamilton and Norfolk. The San Diego Gulls with 12,147 fans on hand at the Pechanga Arena the best crowd so far this playoffs including NBA Hall of Famer San Diego native, Bill Walton dropping the ceremonial first puck. Unfortunately, they went home unhappy as the Chicago Wolves' Daniel Carr, the regular season Les Cunningham MVP trophy winner, scoring the game-winner in double overtime at 6:01 his fourth goal of the postseason. Carr did it again early in the third period scoring 1:27 after San Diego had tied the game at two and it broke the Gulls and the Wolves skated away from the high flying Gulls. Tomas Hyka and Tye McGinn each had a goal and assists plus Zack Whitecloud had two helpers for Chicago. Goalie Max Lagace had some superb defense in front of him for 19 saves and chipped in a goal ! Lagace became the first goalie in AHL history to be credited with or to score a goal in the playoffs. He was the last Wolves player to touch the puck as the Gulls Isac Ludestrom’s pass sailed into an empty net on a delayed penalty. Ex-Pack Adam Cracknell gave San Diego the lead early scoring in the first five minutes of the game and Trevor Murphy had two assists. The first game of the Calder Cup Finals is Saturday night. ECHL KELLY CUP PLAYOFFS In their first year at the Double AA level, the Newfound Growlers have made it to the finals to play the Toledo Walleye. The best of seven series started Saturday in St. John’s at the Mile One Centre with a 4-3 OT win on home ice. The series is a 2-3-2 playing format. Newfoundland features former Quinnipiac University Bobcat goalie in Michael Garteig in 18 playoff games is 13-4-1 and a 2.07 GAA. He stopped 30 shots in Game 1 and saw his shutout string end at 123:28. Toledo has a pair of ex-Pack defenseman in Matt Register in 18 games has four goals and 123 points and Brendan Kotyk in 18 games has one goal and four points third PM total at 32. In addition, Toledo has former Yale Bulldog Ryan Obuchowski who also played all 18 games with a goal and assist. MEMORIAL CUP The championship game on Sunday at 7 pm on the NHL Network will be a replay of the QMJHL President Cup final as the host Halifax Mooseheads take on the red hot Rouyn Noranda Huskies. The Huskies won the QMJHL in Halifax two weeks ago. The Huskies knocked off the Mooseheads Wednesday in dramatic fashion with two late third period tallies, but Mooseheads already had a bye to the final. Then on Friday, the Huskies with again two third period goals sent the OHL Champs Guelph Storm home with a 6-4 win as Felix Bibeau goal and assist paced the balanced Rouyn Noranda offensive attack. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Finland needed just one goal to knock off Russia in the semifinals 1-0 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Russia with ex-Pack Artem Anisimov advanced by knocking off the US 4-3 in the quarterfinals. In the other semifinal between the Czech Republic and Canada came out on top decisively 5-1 over the Czech Republic with Mark Stone scoring again and Pierre Luc Dubois son of former Nighthawk Eric was set up by ex-CT Whale Jonathan Marchessault. The Czechs had current Ranger and ex-Pack Filip Chytil, ex-Pack Petr Zamorsky and David Musil, nephew of former Rangers and Whaler Robert (Bobby) Holik. The Championship Final will be played Sunday on the NHL Network at 2pm. Next year’s World Championship in 2020 will be played in Switzerland in Lausanne and Zurich. The following sites have been announced for the next three tournaments; 2021 Riga, Latvia and Minsk, Belarus, 2022 Helsinki and Tampere, Finland before moving on to St. Petersburg, Russia in 2023. PLAYER & COACHING MOVEMENT The Rangers snagged the third Russian they coveted to come over the first was 2018 first round pick Vitali Kravtsov and goalie Igor Shesterkin. The prize they landed left-handed, 6’3, 225-pounder, Yegor Rykov, from HK Sochi (Russia-KHL). Rykov who averaged nearly 20 minutes of time last year and was signed to a two-year two-way ELC deal worth ($925K-NHL/$70K-AHL). He played four years in the KHL in 157 games five goals and 33 points with a plus-19 rating and won a Gargarin Cup with SKA St, Petersburg along with Shesterkin in 2016-17.  He played for the Russian WJC team in 2017 was first among defenseman in assists and second in total points only Thomas Chabot (Ottawa) had more. He was drafted by the Devils in the fifth round (132nd overall) in 2016 Rykov was a first round pick (tenth overall) in the 2014 KHL Draft. The Rangers acquired him from the Devils along with a second-round pick in last year’s draft in the Michal Grabner deal. AHL players moving on to Europe now has seen at least one player from half the league’s team depart next season overseas. The latest to change his address to overseas is Peter Holland, the ex-Pack, who was traded to Rockford, signs with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (Russia-KHL). Then Jacob Forsbacka-Karlsson of the Providence Bruins heads back home to Vaxjo (Sweden-SHL). Jake Chelios, the son of former NHL’er, Chris Chelios, leaves Grand Rapids and heads to Kunlun Red Star (China-KHL). Kevin Ekman-Larsson, the younger brother of the Coyotes' Oliver Ekman-Larsson, returns home as well. He leaves Tucson for BIK Karlsroga (Sweden-Allsvenskan) and Max Kammerer leaves Hershey for Dusseldorfer EG (Germany-DEL). Providence goalie, Dan Vladar, of Providence had signed with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl but saw his rights traded to HK Sochi last week. The second Sound Tigers Euro signing in a week also heads to Switzerland as defenseman Yannick Rathgeb, a Swiss native, signs with EHC Biel-Bienne (Switzerland-LNA). That makes for 23 AHL’ers to sign for Europe thus far. Ex-Pack Philip McRae heads from ERC Schwenniger (Germany-DEL) to Orli Znojmo (Czech Republic-CEL). Ex-Bridgeport Sound Tiger, C.J. Stretch, leaves Orli Znojmo for the Vienna Capitals (Austria-EBEL) Evan Richardson, a former UCONN Husky, leaves Manchester (England-EIHL) for HC Briancon (France-FREL) and former Ranger, Craig MacTavish, is the latest to depart from Edmonton. He was the Vice-President of Hockley Operations for the last four years but has now signed to be the head coach of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia-KHL). Colin Sullivan, who played his high school hockey at Fairfield Prep (CTPUB) and Avon Old Farms (CTPREP), re-signs with HC Chamonix of the Magnus French Elite League team for another season. Andrew Miller, a former Yale Bulldog, departs HC Fribourg-Gotteron (Switzerland-LNA) for Kunlun (China-KHL) where one of his new teammates will be an ex-Sound Tiger, and the son of former New Haven Nighthawk, Dean DeFazio. He is left winger Brandon DeFazio who is coming from Lukko Rauma (Finland-FEL). Ex-Pack Maxim Kondratiev re-signs with Amur Khabarovsk (Russia-KHL). Former Sound Tiger Jake Newton will make a Scandinavian switch leaving JYP Javalyska (Finland-FEL) for the recently promoted IK Oskarshamn (Sweden-SHL). The list of NCAA college players who head to Europe is growing. Alex Riche of Princeton (ECACHL) signs with Kunlun (China-KHL) while Ludvig Hoff of North Dakota (NCHC) forgoes his senior season and signs with Stavanger (Norway-NEL). The French Division-3 team Meudon in the FFFG league snared five Division III players. Of those five, three come from SUNY-Geneseo (SUNYAC). They are Anthony Marra, Arthur Gordon, and Devin McDonald. Then from SUNY-Plattsburgh, which is in the same conference, goes Antoine Fournier-Gosselin and lastly from King’s College (UCHC) Nicolas Palumbo. Tommy Besinger, of Endicott College (UCHC), played a few games with Evansville (SPHL) at the end of the season. He signs with HC Mulhouse (France-FREL) for next season. John Curran of Niagara University (AHA) signs with Coventry (England-EIHL). J.M. Piotrowski, who missed all of last season at Yale University (ECACHL), gets his degree and signs with the Melbourne Ice (Australia-AIHL). There are now 213 college players that have signed North American European deals for next season. Cooper Moore (Cos Cob/Brunswick School) who's more than likely to be an NHL Draftee next month in Vancouver, heads to the Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) next year before going to the University of North Dakota (NCHC) in 2020-21.     Read the full article

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CHAIMOVITCH: KNOBLAUCH, C. TAYLOR, K. TAYLOR, VARADY NAMED COACHES FOR 2020 AHL ALL-STAR CLASSIC

BY: Jason Chaimovich, American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ... The American Hockey League announced today that Kris Knoblauch of the Hartford Wolf Pack, Chris Taylor of the Rochester Americans, Karl Taylor of the Milwaukee Admirals and Jay Varady of the Tucson Roadrunners have clinched the honor of coaching at the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Ontario International Airport, to be held January 26-27 in Ontario, Calif. The Wolf Pack, Americans, Admirals and Roadrunners are all guaranteed to own the best record in their respective divisions as of the pre-determined deadline: the end of play Dec. 31, 2019. Kris Knoblauch will guide the Atlantic Division All-Star team in his first season as a head coach in the professional ranks. The 41-year-old Knoblauch has guided Hartford to a record of 18-8-2-5 (.652) through Saturday’s action, including a league-best 13-1-0-2 mark at home. Knoblauch joined the New York Rangers organization on July 29 after two seasons as an assistant with the Philadelphia Flyers. Chris Taylor heads to his first AHL All-Star Classic in his third season as head coach of the Amerks, who sit atop the North Division with a record of 20-7-2-2 (.710). Taylor, 47, led Rochester to playoff appearances in 2018 and 2019 and is a member of the Amerks Hall of Fame, having tallied 481 points in 519 games with the club during his playing career. In his second season with Milwaukee, Karl Taylor has the Admirals at 23-5-3-2, good for a Central Division-best .773 points percentage. Taylor, 48, came to Milwaukee after four seasons as an assistant with the Texas Stars, including a trip to the Calder Cup Finals in 2018. This will be Taylor’s first appearance in the AHL All-Star Classic. Jay Varady will coach the Pacific Division All-Star team thanks to Tucson’s league-leading 23-6-0-0 record (.793) entering Sunday’s action. Varady, 42, is in his second season as head coach of the Roadrunners, who rank second in the AHL in goals scored (3.86 per game) and third in goals allowed (2.41). Varady will be making his first AHL All-Star Classic appearance. The AHL’s All-Stars will be divided into four teams, one representing each of the league’s four divisions, for the 2020 AHL All-Star Challenge on Monday, Jan. 27. The teams will participate in a round-robin 3-on-3 tournament featuring six games of 10 minutes each. 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. The 2020 AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday, Jan. 26, will pit the All-Stars from the two Eastern Conference divisions against those from the two Western Conference divisions in seven skills events. Playing rosters will be announced this coming week. Tickets for the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Ontario International Airport, which include admission to both the AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday, Jan. 26, and the AHL All-Star Challenge on Monday, Jan. 27, are available now by visiting ontarioreign.com/allstar. The 2020 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Ontario International Airport will feature the top young talent in the American Hockey League: since 1995, more than 95 percent of All-Star Classic participants have gone on to compete in the National Hockey League, including Cam Atkinson, Patrice Bergeron, Jordan Binnington, Ben Bishop, John Carlson, Zdeno Chara, Logan Couture, Connor Hellebuyck, Braden Holtby, Tyler Johnson, Andreas Johnsson, Martin Jones, Jonathan Marchessault, Brandon Montour, William Nylander, Kyle Palmieri, Zach Parise, Mikko Rantanen, Tuukka Rask, Pekka Rinne, Dylan Strome, P.K. Subban and Mats Zuccarello. In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and staff of all 31 National Hockey League teams. Nearly 90 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 100 honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL in their careers. In 2018-19, over 7 million fans attended AHL regular-season and playoff games across North America. Read the full article