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Captain, Alternates Announced for ECHL All-Star Classic

Published on January 20, 2011 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. ‚¬" The ECHL announced that the captain for the ECHL All-Stars in the 2011 ECHL All-Star Classic presented by CCM and brought to you by Mercy & Memorial Hospitals will be Mark Derlago of the Idaho Steelheads, while the alternate captains will be Jake Gannon of the Utah Grizzlies and Brian O ‚¬â„¢Hanley of the Cincinnati Cyclones.

The 2011 ECHL All-Star Classic presented by CCM and brought to you by Mercy & Memorial Hospitals will be hosted by the Bakersfield Condors at Rabobank Arena and played on Jan. 26. This year ‚¬â„¢s format features the host team Condors taking on the ECHL All-Stars.

Derlago is making his second ECHL All-Star appearance. He is tied for third in the league with 20 goals and is fourth with 45 points.

O ‚¬â„¢Hanley is tied for fourth among ECHL defensemen with 23 points (6g-17a), and was part of Cincinnati ‚¬â„¢s 2010 Kelly Cup championship squad.

Gannon, who has spent the majority of this season with the American Hockey League ‚¬â„¢s Peoria Rivermen, has seven points (1g-6a) in 10 games with the Grizzlies.

Nine coaches from the ECHL All-Star Game have gone on to coach in the National Hockey League while 53 players from the contest have gone on to play in the NHL, including 37 since 2002 when the lineups began having players who coaches felt were prospects to move up to a higher level.

The fourth class will be inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame on Jan. 26, 2011 during a luncheon ceremony presented by BFL Canada and the Bakersfield Convention & Visitors Bureau at the Marriott Bakersfield Hotel, the official host hotel of the 2011 ECHL All-Star Classic. Three-time National Hockey League All-Star, and current Toronto Maple Leafs Vice President of Hockey Operations Dave Poulin, will serve as the keynote speaker at the luncheon.

Tickets for the luncheon are $40 each or a table with seven tickets can be purchased for $250. Fans can purchase tickets by downloading the Luncheon Ticket Order Form or by calling the Condors Office at (661) 324-7825.

The ECHL All-Star Fan Fest presented by Bank of the Sierra, will be held at the Marriott Bakersfield Hotel on Tuesday, Jan. 25 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Tickets for the Fan Fest can be purchased by calling the Condors at (661) 324-7825.

The past eight ECHL All-Star Games have generated more than $1 million each for the local economy as guests, players, coaches and fans occupy hundreds of hotel rooms and spend three days in the host city.

The game has been available live on the NHL Network the last eight years as well as being broadcast on multiple regional networks. The audio broadcast will be carried on XM Satellite Radio as well as being available on 970 AM Fox Sports Radio in Bakersfield, Calif., 1350 KTIK The Ticket in Boise, Idaho, KJQS-AM 1230 in Salt Lake City and Fox Sports Radio 1230-WCWA in Toledo, Ohio.

The Stanley Cup and the Patrick J. Kelly Cup will both be on display throughout the event, marking the 11th time in the last 12 years that the NHL championship trophy and the ECHL championship trophy have been displayed together at the All-Star Game.

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