
CHL All-Star Team Reserves Announced
December 29, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
TEMPE, AZ (December 29, 2010) -The Central Hockey League (CHL) announced today the 12 reserves that will play for the CHL All-Star team in the 2011 CHL All-Star Game scheduled for Wednesday, January 12 at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena in Rapid City, South Dakota. The CHL All-Star team will play against the host Rapid City Rush in the home team versus the all-stars format. The reserves were selected by the two men who earned the co-coaches positions thanks to their team ¬â¢s winning percentage at the Christmas break (end of games of Dec. 23), Allen ¬â¢s Dwight Mullins and Missouri ¬â¢s Scott Hillman, along with the CHL Hockey Operations Department.
Of the 12 reserves, only the Americans Bruce Graham has CHL all-star experience (Graham played in last year ¬â¢s game in Laredo). The look for this year ¬â¢s team is younger than in years past with an average age of 25.5 for the 12 selected reserves. Bloomington ¬â¢s Jason Dale is the youngest member of the team at 22-years-old, followed closely by a trio of 24-year-olds in Arizona ¬â¢s Joey Sides, Fort Wayne ¬â¢s Frankie DeAngelis and Quad City ¬â¢s Mike McLean.
The reserve goaltenders selected are Missouri ¬â¢s Robby Nolan (12-4-2) who leads the league with a 1.96 goals against average and Dayton ¬â¢s Jeff Jakaitis (12-9-1) who is fifth in the league with a 2.54 goals against average and second with a .930 save percentage.
Joining DeAngelis along the blue line are Tulsa ¬â¢s Derek Eastman, Texas ¬â¢ Jason Krischuk and Allen ¬â¢s David Strathman.
Rounding out the reserve forwards are Evansville ¬â¢s Brian Bicek and Wichita ¬â¢s Matt Robinson.
2011 CHL All-Star Team Reserves
Position- Player, Team (Appearance)
Forward- Brian Bicek, Evansville (1st)
Forward- Jason Dale, Bloomington (1st)
Forward- Bruce Graham, Allen (2nd)
Forward- Mike McLean, Quad City (1st)
Forward- Matt Robinson, Wichita (1st)
Forward- Joey Sides, Arizona (1st)
Defenseman- Frankie DeAngelis, Fort Wayne (1st)
Defenseman- Derek Eastman, Tulsa (1st)
Defenseman- Jason Krischuk, Texas (1st)
Defenseman- David Strathman, Allen (1st)
Goaltender- Jeff Jakaitis, Dayton (1st)
Goaltender- Robby Nolan, Missouri (1st)
The six starters were announced last week and also reflect numerous first-timers with five of the six voted in by CHL Coaches, CHL Communication ¬â¢s Staffs and select media members being first time CHL all-stars. The starters are forwards David Rutherford (Bossier-Shreveport), Neil Trimm (Laredo) and Sebastien Thinel (Od essa), defensemen Nathan Lutz (Mississippi) and Darcy Campbell (Rio Grande Valley) and goaltender Kyle Jones (Colorado).
A 19th member of the 2011 CHL All-Star team will be determined by the fans through voting on the CHL ¬â¢s Facebook page beginning later on Wednesday. The finalist for the fan vote will be announced later today.
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