Halak, Kostitsyn help PlanetUSA win All-Star thriller

Published on January 29, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release


TORONTO, ON - Hartford Wolf Pack rookie Ryan Callahan scored with 3.3 seconds left in the third period to give the PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars a 7-6 win over the Canadian AHL All-Stars at the 2007 AHL All-Star Game tonight at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto.

Jaroslav Halak, who started in net for PlanetUSA, played the entire first period and stopped 19 of the 21 shots he faced. Andrei Kostitsyn was scoreless with three shots in the game.

The game was witnessed by a crowd of 7,839 fans at Ricoh Coliseum as well as national television audiences in Canada on Rogers Sportsnet and the United States on a series of regional networks.

Callahan, who ranks fifth in the AHL with 29 goals in the regular season, completed a comeback from three goals down to give PlanetUSA its second event sweep in the last three years. PlanetUSA posted a 19-14 victory in Sunday night's 2007 CCM AHL All-Star Skills Competition.

Brett Sterling of the Chicago Wolves, the AHL's leading scorer among rookies this year with 39 goals and 66 points, was named the 2007 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Game MVP after netting two goals and an assist for PlanetUSA. Erik Westrum of the hometown Toronto Marlies added a goal and an assist, and Hershey's Tomas Fleischmann and Albany's Keith Aucoin recorded three assists each in the win.

Martin St. Pierre of the Norfolk Admirals recorded a goal and two assists and Alexandre Giroux of the Hershey Bears scored twice for the Canadians, who had a 5-2 lead late in the second period before PlanetUSA netted five of the game's last six goals. Milwaukee's Sheldon Brookbank and Manitoba's Jason Jaffray picked up a goal and an assist each for the Canadian side.

In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League is the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. Over 80 percent of NHL players are AHL graduates, and more than 350 AHL players were recalled to the NHL during the 2005-2006 season alone.

The 'Dogs return to action on Friday, February 2nd at 7:05 p.m. when they travel to Philadelphia to take on the Phantoms at the Wachovia Spectrum. Fans can listen to the game on the flagship station of the Hamilton Bulldogs Hockey Network, 820 CHAM "The Legend," beginning with the Park's Furniture Pre-Game Show at 6:45 p.m. Fans can also listen or watch at www.hamiltonbulldogs.com by clicking on the 'B2 Networks' or '820 CHAM' icon on the 'Dogs website.

The Bulldogs next home game is on Wednesday, February 7th at 7:30 p.m. against the Chicago Wolves at Copps Coliseum. Tickets for all 'Dogs home games (except home game #32) are available at the Copps Coliseum Box Office, any Ticketmaster outlet, online at www.ticketmaster.ca, or through charge-by-phone at 905-527-7666.

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