Cedrick Desjardins Earns Reebok Top Goaltender Award At AHL All-Star Skills Competition
Published on January 18, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
Portland, Maine - The Canadian AHL All-Stars opened the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic with an 18-12 victory over their PlanetUSA counterparts in the 2010 Ducks Unlimited AHL All-Star Skills Competition at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Monday evening.
The Hamilton Bulldogs All-Star's Cedrick Desjardins and P.K. Subban took part in a total of four events. In the RBC Rapid Fire, Subban scored once on five shots while Desjardins only allowed one goal on 10 shots. In the EA Sports NHL 10 Breakaway Relay, Subban used a deke move to score while Desjardins stopped five of the six shooters he faced. Subban also competed in the Reebok Fastest Skater earning a time of 15.151 while Desjardins participated in the McDonald's Pass and Score stopping one shot and allowing one goal.
Desjardins claimed the Reebok Top Goaltender award by stopping 16 of 19 shots for the Canadian side. Desjardins, a second-year pro, entered the league's midseason showcase ranking second in the AHL in goals-against average (1.81), tied for fifth in save percentage (.929), and first in shutouts (5) in 26 games for the North Division-leading Bulldogs.
PlanetUSA defenseman Bobby Sanguinetti set an event record by completing the Reebok Fastest Skater competition in 13.677 seconds. A first-round draft pick (21st overall) by the New York Rangers in 2006, the 21-year-old Sanguinetti hit the All-Star break with 26 points (6-20-26) in 38 games as a second-year pro for Hartford.
Canadian forward Blair Jones of the Norfolk Admirals claimed the Reebok Hardest Shot contest with a blast clocked at 100.7 miles per hour, becoming just the fourth AHL player in the event's history to top the century mark. Jon Matsumoto from the Adirondack Phantoms recorded the best mark in the Ducks Unlimited Accuracy Shooting event by hitting four of five targets.
Desjardins combined with Albany's Justin Peters (12 saves) and Manchester's Jonathan Bernier (12 saves) to help the Canadian AHL All-Stars halt a three-year losing streak in the Skills Competition.
The Canadian squad will go for the sweep when the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic continues on Tuesday night (8:00 p.m. ET) with the annual AHL All-Star Game. Check theahl.com for air times and channels along the AHL All-Star Classic television network.
To view all results, visit http://theahl.com/2010-skills-competition-p140032.
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American Hockey League Stories from January 18, 2010
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- Lars Eller Places Second In Fastest Skater Competition - Peoria Rivermen
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- Dan Fritsche Participates In 2010 Ducks Unlimited AHL All-Star Skills Competition - Syracuse Crunch
- Blair Jones Shines In Ducks Unlimited AHL All-Star Skills Competition - Norfolk Admirals
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- Admirals Offer $3 Tickets February 14 - Milwaukee Admirals
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