Four Steelheads Selected For ECHL All Star Game
December 30, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Idaho Steelheads News Release
(Boise, ID) - Four members of the Idaho Steelheads have been selected to participate in the 2010 ECHL All Star Game, which will be played January 20 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, CA.
Goaltender Richard Bachman, defenseman Brendan Milnamow, and forwards Evan Barlow and John Swanson - all rookies - were tabbed for the National Conference squad after a vote of coaches, captains, media, and team broadcasters. The American Conference squad will be announced tomorrow.
Bachman, 22, leads the ECHL in goals-against average (2.12) and is third in save percentage (.917). A part of Bachman's success can be credited to Idaho's defensemen like Milnamow, 23, who is also fourth on the team with 12 assists.
The 24-year-old Barlow leads Idaho in goals (12) and points (27) while Swanson, also 24, came on strong in December with seven goals and four assists - which represents half of his season total of 22 points (9 goals, 13 assists).
It is the most players the Steelheads have had voted into the game since joining the ECHL for the 2003-2004 season. The team also had four representatives in 2006-2007, when the game was played in Boise's Qwest Arena, but three were voted in (Darrell Hay, Francis Wathier, and Derek Nesbitt) while the fourth (Greg Rallo) was added as a replacement.
The National Conference starters are as follows: F Ryan Kinasewich (Utah), F Greg Hogeboom (Ontario), F John Lammers (Alaska), D Robbie Bina (Las Vegas), D David Walker (Ontario), and G David Shantz (Victoria).
The Steelheads return home on New Year's Eve, January 31, to host the Stockton Thunder. The two teams play New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and January 2nd. Tickets are available at the Qwest Arena box office or by calling 208.331.TIXS. Full-season and partial-season ticket plans remain available as well. Contact the Steelheads front office at 208.383.0080 or log on to www.idahosteelheads.com for more information.
Pronouncers: Bachman (BOCK-man) and Milnamow (MIL-num-ow)
The 2010 ECHL All-Star Game presented by Reebok Hockey and brought to you by Toyota and the City of Ontario will be hosted by the Ontario Reign at Citizens Business Bank Arena and played on Jan. 20, 2010 while the 2010 ECHL All-Star Skills Competition will be held on Jan. 19, 2010.
There are 11 rookies on the National Conference and 18 of the 21 players are making their first appearance in an ECHL All-Star Game.
There have been 58 players from the All-Star Game who have gone on to play in the National Hockey League, including 33 since 2002 when the lineups began having players who coaches felt were prospects to move up to a higher level.
The starting lineups are determined in voting by National Conference coaches, team captains, media directors, broadcasters and media members. Coaches also submitted the top prospects from within their conference to determine the final roster with each of the nine teams having a representative.
The third class will be inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame on Jan. 20, 2010 during a luncheon ceremony at the Hilton Ontario Airport, the official host hotel of the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game presented by Reebok Hockey and brought to you by Toyota and the City of Ontario. The featured speaker at the ECHL Hall of Fame luncheon will be Hockey Hall of Fame member and Los Angeles Kings President of Business Operations Luc Robitaille.
Tickets for the luncheon are $40 each or a table with seven tickets can be purchased for $250. The Ontario Reign is offering a special ticket package that includes a tickets to the ECHL Hall of Fame luncheon, the All-Star Skills Competition, the Fan Fest at Dave & Busters and the ECHL All-Star Game for only $75. To purchase tickets visit OntarioReign.com/team/allstar/ or telephone the Ontario Reign at (909) 941-7
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