READING, Pa – Even though the Reading Royals are going through one of the worst seasons in franchise history, the hockey gods must be smiling on the city of Reading, Pennsylvania for some reason. For the second time in four years, the 17th annual ECHL All-Star Game comes to
Tonight is the Skills competition that will include the following events:
Competing in the Sherwood Hockey Puck Control Relay will be Travis Morin of South Carolina, Barret Ehgoetz of Cincinnati and Jarret Lukin of Dayton and Matt Shasby of Alaska, Kenny MacAulay of Stockton and Matt Pope of Bakersfield. In the Sherwood one-on-one Puck Control Relay, the American Conference will be represented by Johann Kroll of
The individual record for most saves is 10 of 10 by Ryan MacDonald of
The individual record for most targets hit is 4 of 4 by Ash Goldie of Victoria in 2008 while the team record is 11 of 19 by the Northern Conference in 2003. In the Reebok O-Stick Hardest Shot competition, the American Conference will have Steve Ward of Reading, Matt Cohen of Trenton, Matthew Ford of Charlotte and Elgin Reid of Wheeling and the National Conference will have Geoff Walker and Tim Kraus of Ontario, Dylan Yeo of Victoria and Michael Wilson of Phoenix. The record for the hardest shot is 102.2 mph by Jon Awe of Gwinnett in 2007 while the team record is 96.05 mph by the Southern Conference in 1999. In the Guardian Wear™ Breakaway Relay for the National Conference, Jean-Philippe Lamoureux of Alaska will face Travis Morin and Johann Kroll of South Carolina, Jarret Lukin of Dayton, Josh Aspenlind of Elmira, Aaron Brocklehurst of Florida and Barret Ehgoetz of Cincinnati while John Murray of Ontario will face Aaron Clarke and Elgin Reid of Wheeling, Matt Ford of Charlotte, Matt Cohen of Trenton, Ryan Del Monte of Johnstown and Tyler Doig of Reading and Joe Fallon of Fresno will face Kevin Baker of Florida, Jordan Fox of Gwinnett, Ryan Gunderson of Trenton, Ryan Cruthers of Mississippi, Bryan Ewing of Wheeling and Steve Ward of Reading.
For the American Conference, Kris Mayotte of Johnstown will face Matt Shasby of Alaska, Matt Pope of Bakersfield, Mark Bomersback of Idaho, Dan Gendur of Victoria, Kenny MacAulay of Stockton and Matt Fornataro of Phoenix while Michal Neuvirth of South Carolina will face Justin Taylor of Las Vegas, Geoff Walker and Tim Kraus of Ontario, Michael Wilson of Phoenix, Tom May of Utah and Dylan Yeo of Victoria and David Leggio of Florida will face Colin Hemingway of Alaska, Ryan Huddy and Cory Urquhart of Stockton, Matt Stephenson of Idaho, Mark Derlago of Bakersfield and Jeff May of Las Vegas.
The record for most goals scored is eight by two teams, most recently by the National Conference in 2006, while the record for most team saves is 16 by the American Conference in 2007 and the record for most individual saves is 6 of 6 by three players, most recently by Daniel Manzato of Las Vegas in 2008.
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