Canadians capture Skills, 21-12

January 31, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


WINNIPEG, MB...Goaltender Wade Flaherty of the hometown Manitoba Moose stopped 16 of 19 shots to lead the Canadian AHL All-Stars to a 21-12 victory over the PlanetUSA team at the 2006 CCM AHL All-Star Skills Competition, held in front of 14,738 fans at the MTS Centre on Tuesday night.

The veteran Flaherty, playing in his first career AHL All-Star Classic, stopped seven of 10 shots in the Repeat Seat Rapid Fire event, then went a perfect 3-for-3 in the Rbk Pass and Score and 6-for-6 in the CCM Vector Breakaway Relay.

Manchester Monarchs left wing Jeff Tambellini participated in four events for the Canadian AHL All Stars, the InGlasCo Puck Control Relay, Rbk Fastest Skater, Rbk Pass and Score and the CCM Vector Breakaway Relay.

Defenseman Denis Grebeshkov represented the Monarchs for the second consecutive year as a member of the PlanetUSA AHL All Stars. Grebeshkov participated in the CCM Vector Hardest Shot competition and the CCM Vector Breakaway Relay.

Grand Rapids' Donald MacLean, the AHL's leading goal-scorer with 32 at the All-Star break, won the CCM Vector Hardest Shot event with a blast clocked at 98.0 miles per hour. Lowell's Keith Aucoin (PlanetUSA) and Norfolk's Martin St. Pierre (Canadian) shared the Rbk Accuracy Shooting crown by breaking four targets in eight shots each.

Portland Pirates rookie Ryan Shannon dominated the speed events, earning a point for PlanetUSA by winning the individual InGlasCo Puck Control Relay, then posting a winning time of 14.084 seconds in the Rbk Fastest Skater event.

The Canadians will go for the sweep when the 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic continues on Wednesday night with the annual AHL All-Star Game. Coverage from Winnipeg begins at 8:00 p.m. ET on Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, a series of regional networks in the United States including locally on Fox Sports New England (11 p.m.), and at no charge via B2 Networks' video webcast on theahl.com.



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