Canada Rallies Late To Win 2010 AHL All-Star Game
Published on January 19, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
PORTLAND, ME - After an 18-12 win in Monday's Skills Competition, the Canadian AHL All-Stars completed a sweep of the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic tonight with a come-from-behind 10-9 shootout win over PlanetUSA in the 2010 AHL All-Star Game at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
Manchester Monarchs goaltender Jonathan Bernier started in net for the Canadian AHL All-Stars and stopped 10-of-15 shots in the opening period. Defenseman Viatcheslav Voynov played solid defense for PlanetUSA which was coached by Monarchs Head Coach Mark Morris and Assistant Coach Scott Pellerin.
Rookie Tyler Ennis of the hometown Portland Pirates, one of 10 former NHL first-round draft picks in the game, was named most valuable player after notching a goal and two assists for the Canadians.
The Canadians were down by four goals when the Worcester Sharks' Logan Couture began the comeback at 7:48 of the third period. The Binghamton Senators' Ryan Keller collected his second goal of the night at 12:30 and Dustin Jeffrey of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins cut the deficit to 9-8 at the 14:41 mark. Then, with their goaltender pulled for an extra attacker, the Canadian squad evened the score when reigning league MVP Alexandre Giroux of the Hershey Bears banged home a shot with 18.0 seconds remaining.
Couture and Hamilton Bulldogs rookie P.K. Subban scored in the shootout while Hamilton's Cedrick Desjardins stopped four of five PlanetUSA attempts to seal the win, establishing the largest third-period comeback in AHL All-Star Game history.
PlanetUSA's offense was led by Brett Sterling of the Chicago Wolves, Mikko Lehtonen of the Providence Bruins and Sergei Shirokov of the Manitoba Moose with two goals apiece.
Corey Locke of the Hartford Wolf Pack picked up an assist for the Canadian side to set a league record with his ninth career All-Star point.
The road to the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs continues when the American Hockey League's 74th season resumes on Friday.
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