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2006 CHL All-Star Starters Announced

Published on December 30, 2005 under Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release


The starting line-ups for the 2006 Central Hockey League All-Star Game, presented by Obra Homes and scheduled for Wednesday, January 18th at the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas, have been determined. Three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender from each conference have been selected through balloting among CHL coaches, communications staff and media members in each market. Leading all balloting was Amarillo center Derek Hahn, atop the CHL with 48 points and appearing on 85.2 % of all Southern Conference ballots to earn starting honors for the second consecutive All-Star Game. Wichita center Joe Blaznek, tied for the CHL lead with 25 goals and ranking first in both power play (15) and game winning (7) goals led all Northern Conference vote getters by being named on 64.3 % of all Northern Conference ballots.

Joining Hahn as Southern Conference starting forwards are Daymen Bencharski of the All-Star host Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees and Jeff Bes of the Laredo Bucks. Bencharski makes his first All-Star appearance and leads the Killer Bees in both goals (16) and power play goals (8). Bes, also named to start at the 2004 CHL All-Star Game in Albuquerque, New Mexico has 36 points in just 21 games for Laredo this season. The defensive pairing for the Southern Conference starters features Corpus Christi's Bernie John and Laredo's Serge Dube. John makes his sixth consecutive All-Star appearance (and third in a row as a starter) and has 26 points in 26 games for Corpus Christi. Dube appears on the All-Star squad for the second time, and leads all CHL blueliners with 38 points and 29 assists. Odessa goaltender Mike Gorman gets the nod in net for the Southern Conference, making his third All-Star appearance and second as a starter. Gorman shares the CHL lead with a 2.32 goals against average and ranks first with a .932 save percentage.

For the Northern Conference, Youngstown left winger Jeff Christian and Colorado right winger Greg Pankewicz join Blaznek as starting forwards. Christian shares the CHL goals lead with 25 and makes his first CHL All-Star appearance, while 2004/2005 CHL MVP Pankewicz makes his third consecutive start for the North, and set All-Star records with five goals and nine points in the North's 14-13 shootout win the 2005 All-Star Game in Laredo. Memphis defenseman Derek Landmesser and Colorado rearguard Brad Williamson will start on defense for the Northern Conference. Williamson appears on the CHL All-Star team for the second time and ranks second among all defenseman with 31 points this season. Landmesser is now a four-time All-Star, starting for the third time in his four appearances and currently ranks third among CHL defensemen with 30 points. Colorado's Paulo Colaiacovo earns the start in the Northern Conference goal, leading the circuit with 15 wins while ranking third (2.48) in goals against average.

The remaining members of the 2006 All-Star rosters will be announced on Tuesday, January 3rd, as selected by All-Star Coaches Terry Ruskowski of Laredo (Southern Conference) and Chris Stewart of Colorado (Northern Conference) in conjunction with the CHL's hockey operations department.

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