AHL unveils 2006 All-Star trading card set
March 23, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. . The American Hockey League and the Professional Hockey Players' Association today unveiled the 2006 AHL All-Stars trading card set, a 45-card collection featuring the outstanding participants from last month's 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic.
The set, manufactured by Choice SportsCards of Aston, Pa., features action photos and career statistics of many of the top young players from all 27 AHL teams. Availability of the limited-edition series is just 1,000 sets; the cards can be purchased online at ahlstore.com and at select AHL arenas.
Included in the set are:
Keith Aucoin Sven Butenschon Braydon Coburn Yann Danis Andy Delmore Wade Flaherty Bruno Gervais Eric Fehr Valtteri Filppula Denis Grebeshkov Denis Hamel Mark Hartigan Eric Healey Jiri Hudler Vitaly Kolesnik Kirby Law Junior Lessard Corey Locke Donald MacLean Al Montoya Mike Mottau Curtis Murphy Filip Novak Lawrence Nycholat Patrick O'Sullivan Nathan Paetsch Libor Pivko Thomas Pock John Pohl Richie Regehr Pekka Rinne Patrick Rissmiller Jimmy Roy Dany Sabourin Martin St. Pierre Ryan Shannon John Slaney Aleksander Suglobov Jeff Tambellini Layne Ulmer Ryan Vesce Noah Welch Erik Westrum Team Photo Cover/Checklist
In operation since 1936, the AHL is celebrating its historic 70th anniversary this season, and continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 80 percent of all NHL players today are AHL graduates, and last year more than 7.1 million fans - an all-time league record - attended AHL games across North America.
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