Allen's Langdon and Wichita's Robinson Named to All-Star Team
January 6, 2012 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
GLENDALE, AZ (January 6, 2012) - The Central Hockey League announced today that Allen Americans defenseman Scott Langdon and Wichita Thunder forward Matt Robinson have been added to the CHL All-Star Team roster for the upcoming 2012 CHL All-Star Game, scheduled for Wednesday, January 11 at Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. The game's format will feature the host Arizona Sundogs taking on a team of CHL All-Stars.
Langdon, 26, will replace teammate Dylan King on the roster and joins fellow Allen teammates Marco Cousineau (goaltender) and Bruce Graham (forward) on the all-star roster. King is currently in the American Hockey League with the Lake Erie Monsters and will not be back with Allen in time for the game. Langdon has five assists and 56 penalty minutes in23 games with the Americans this season and last year had 13 points (4-9=13) and was a +17 in 41 games with Allen.
Robinson, 26, put on a show in last year's All-Star Game in Rapid City scoring a first period hat trick in a 3:55 stretch helping the all-stars to an 11-6 victory over the host Rush. The 39-goal scorer from last season has 25 points (12-13=25) and is a +10 in 29 games this season with the Thunder. He will replace teammate Alex Bourret on the roster after Bourret was called-up to the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League on Thursday. Bourret was named the Sher-Wood/CHL Player of the Month for December earlier this week.
The 2012 CHL All-Star Game will be available live on CHL-TV on Wednesday night for the standard individual game rate, $7.00. Visit http://chltv.neulion.com/chltv/ for ordering information.
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