The Puck Stops Here

The AHL all star game will be played February 1st in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is always interesting to see who the AHL all stars are, since many will one day become NHLers. The game is the Canadian All Stars (Team Canada) playing against the rest of the world (Planet USA).

Here are the all star teams:

Canada

Forwards
Eric Fehr, Hershey (starter)
Ryan Getzlaf, Portland
Mike Glumac, Peoria
Denis Hamel, Binghamton
Mark Hartigan, Syracuse
Kirby Law, Houston (starter)
Corey Locke, Hamilton
Michel Ouellet, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Dustin Penner, Portland
Corey Perry, Portland (starter)
Jimmy Roy, Manitoba (captain)
Martin St. Pierre, Norfolk
Jeff Tambellini, Manchester

Defensemen
Braydon Coburn, Chicago
Andy Delmore, Syracuse
Bruno Gervais, Bridgeport
Mark Giordano, Omaha
Curtis Murphy, Houston
Lawrence Nycholat, Hershey
Nathan Paetsch, Rochester (starter)
John Slaney, Philadelphia (starter)

Goaltenders
Wade Flaherty, Manitoba (starter)
Josh Harding, Houston
Dany Sabourin, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

Planet USA

Forwards
Keith Aucoin, Lowell
Valtteri Filppula, Grand Rapids
Eric Healey, Providence (captain)
Jiri Hudler, Grand Rapids (starter)
Patrick O’Sullivan, Houston
Libor Pivko, Milwaukee
John Pohl, Toronto (starter)
Patrick Rissmiller, Cleveland
Peter Sejna, Peoria
Ryan Shannon, Portland
Tomas Surovy, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Ryan Vesce, Springfield
Erik Westrum, Houston (starter)

Defensemen
Sven Butenschon, Manitoba (starter)
Denis Grebeshkov, Manchester
Matt Greene, Iowa
David Hale, Albany
Matt Jones, San Antonio
Thomas Pock, Hartford
Danny Richmond, Lowell
Noah Welch, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (starter)

Goaltenders
Al Montoya, Hartford
Pekka Rinne, Milwaukee (starter)
Tim Thomas, Providence

It is interesting to see who played in last year's game as many of those players are now making an impact in the NHL.

There will be no NHL all star game this year, instead there is a break for the Olympics.