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Former Royal Jon Quick Named NHL All-Star

Published on January 12, 2012 under ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


LOS ANGELES, CA - The Los Angeles Kings and the National Hockey League announced today that goaltender Jonathan Quick has been selected to play for the 2012 All-Star squad at the upcoming NHL All-Star Game at Ottawa's Scotiabank Place on Sunday, January 29.

Quick, who began his pro career with the Reading Royals in 2007, will be making his first NHL All-Star Game appearance. In thirty-eight games with the Royals during the 2007-08 season, Quick compiled a 23-11-3 record with a 2.79 goals against average and a .905 save percentage. Quick registered his first pro shutout with the Royals on October 24, 2007, against the Pensacola Ice Pilots. In that game, which was Quick's second as a pro, he was also credited with scoring a goal. Quick is the first former Royal to play in the NHL All-Star Game.

This season Quick is 18-11-6 with a 1.93 goals-against average, .934 save percentage and six shutouts. His NHL rankings among goaltenders are the following: tied for seventh in wins (18), fourth in goals-against-average (1.93), fifth in save percentage (.934), first in shutouts (6), tied for sixth in appearances (35) and seventh in saves (942). Quick has been named an NHL Star of the Week three times this season (No. 1 Star Oct. 24, No. 3 Star Dec. 5 and Jan. 2).

Quick is one of the 36 All-Stars named by the NHL today who will be joined in Ottawa by the six players elected through fan balloting (those players announced last week). Following the overwhelming success of its debut at last year's All-Star Weekend in Raleigh, the 2012 Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft will be held on Thursday, Jan. 26 to divide the group into the two competing All-Star Teams, each comprised of 12 forwards, six defensemen and three goaltenders.

The 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend comes to Ottawa, Canada's capital, Jan. 26 through Jan. 29. The festivities culminate with the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL ® All-Star Game on Sunday, Jan. 29 at Scotiabank Place. Live television coverage will be provided by CBC and RDS in Canada and the NBC Sports Network in the United States.

In 215 career NHL regular season games (all with the Kings) Quick is 114-77-18 with a 2.35 goals-against-average, .915 save percentage and 20 shutouts. Among the Kings all-time franchise leaders Quick's rankings are the following: third in wins (114), tied for first in goals-against-average (2.35 with Felix Potvin), first in save percentage (.915), second in shutouts (20), fourth in appearances (215) and second in saves (5,336).

He's the fourth different Kings goaltender to make the All-Star team and first since 1981: (Terry Sawchuk in 1968; Rogie Vachon in 1973, 1975 and 1978 and Mario Lessard in 1981). The 6-1, 214-pounder from Milford, Conn. was originally selected by the Kings in the third round (72nd overall) in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

Quick also owns the following club franchise records:

ALL-TIME RECORDS:

Save Percentage (.915)

Win Streak (Nine from Jan. 21-Feb. 6, 2010)

Shutout Streak (Three, Oct. 18-22, 2011)

Scoreless Streak (202:11 third period Oct. 15, 2011 through first period Oct. 22, 2011)

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS:

Games Played (72 in 2009-10)

Wins (39 in 2009-10)

Goals-against-average (2.24 in 2010-11 - tied with Vachon in 1974-75)

Save Percentage (.918 in 2010-11)

Minutes Played (4,258 in 2009-10)

Road shutouts (four in 2008-09 and 2010-11)

Rookie goals-against-average (2.48 in 2008-09 - tied with Jonathan Bernier in 2010-11)

Rookie Shutouts (four in 2008-09 - tied with Jamie Storr in 1998-99, Lessard in 1978-79 and Gerry Desjardins in 1968-69)

Internationally, Quick earned a silver medal for Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He didn't appear in any games.

The Royals return to action tomorrow (Friday, January 13, 2012 @ 7:05 pm) when the team will face the Elmira Jackals at the Sovereign Center in Reading. That night, the Royals will host a happy hour from 6:00 - 7:30 pm in "˜The Corner' Bar and Restaurant inside the Sovereign Center. The game night broadcast on Friday will start at 6:35 pm with the Red Robin Gourmet Burger Pre-Game Warm-up Show on ESPN Radio 1240 am in Reading. Streaming audio is available free of charge courtesy of America One through the Royals' website, www.royalshockey.com.

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