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Urquhart Wins ECHL All-Star Shot Accuracy Event

January 20, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


READING, Pennsylvania - Stockton Thunder veteran center Cory Urquhart (URK-hart) hit three targets and was 1-for-1 in a tie-breaker to win the Mei Gray Group Accuracy Shooting Competition event (individual), helping guide the National Conference to a 9-7 victory over the American Conference in the 12th Annual ECHL All-Star Skills Competition presented by Guardian Wear at Sovereign Center on Tuesday.

The 24-year old forward, who is making the first All-Star appearance of his career, tied the event-high with three target hits (Ryan Cruthers of Mississippi and Kevin Baker of Florida) and hit a 1-for-1 mark in the tie-breaker event to defeat both players and win the individual competition.

Urquhart, who is serving as an alternate captain for the National Conference team, helped guide the National Conference to its fourth victory in five seasons in the Skills Competition. The team winning the All-Star Skills Competition in the previous 11 years has gone on to win the ECHL All-Star Game.

Both Urquhart and Thunder forward Ryan Huddy participated in the Guardian Wear Breakaway Relay event, helping guide the National Conference to a 4-3 win in the event category. Huddy scored a goal against Florida Everblades goaltender David Leggio.

Urquhart ranks second on the Thunder with 32 points (15g-17a) in 30 games, additionally posting 24 penalty minutes this season. Urquhart ranks tied for second on the Thunder with four power-play goals and was selected in the second round (40th overall) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

MeiGray Group Accuracy Shooting Competition) * American Conference (8 targets) d. National Conference (6 targets) * Cory Urquhart (Stockton), National Conference (3 targets) * Ryan Cruthers (Mississippi), American Conference (3 targets) * Kevin Baker (Florida), American Conference (3 targets) * Mark Derlago (Bakersfield), National Conference (2 targets) * Bryan Ewing (Wheeling), American Conference (2 targets) * Colin Hemingway (Alaska), National Conference (1 target)

* Cory Urquhart (Stockton), National Conference was 1-for-1 in the tiebreaker to defeat Ryan Cruthers (Mississippi), American Conference and Kevin Baker (Florida), American Conference for the individual win.

Full results of the 12th annual ECHL All-Star Skills Competition presented by Guardian Wear can be found by clicking here.

2009 ECHL ALL-STAR GAME The Reading Royals, the City of Reading and the Sovereign Center will host the 17th Annual ECHL All-Star Game on Jan. 21, 2009 and the 12th Annual All-Star Skills Competition on Jan. 20, 2009. There are 13 rookies on the National Conference and 20 of the 21 players are making their first appearance in an ECHL All-Star Game. There have been 46 players from the All-Star Game who have gone on to play in the National Hockey League, including 29 since 2002 when the lineups began having players who coaches felt were prospects to move up to a higher level.

The Thunder are represented by three members for the National Conference team, which includes Urquhart, forward Ryan Huddy and head coach Matt Thomas, who makes his second appearance behind the All-Star bench in his career. It is the first ECHL All-Star selection for Huddy and Urquhart in their careers.

The Stanley Cup and the Patrick J. Kelly Cup will both be on display throughout the event, marking the ninth time in the last 10 years that the NHL championship trophy and the ECHL championship trophy have been displayed together at the All-Star Game.


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