Iowa Stars Player Named to AHL All-Star Roster
Published on January 24, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release
DES MOINES, IA - The American Hockey League (AHL) today announced roster changes for the 2006 RBK Hockey AHL All-Star Classic at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba from Jan. 31 - Feb. 1st. The list of additions included Iowa Stars right wing Junior Lessard. Lessard will replace defenseman Matt Greene, currently on recall with Edmonton, as Iowa's representative at this year's Classic.
Signed by the Dallas Stars as a Free Agent on April 15th, 2004, Lessard leads the Iowa Stars with 14 goals and is second on the club with 27 points: 29(14/13/27). The Quebec native was recently named the CCM Vector AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 8th after recording six points in two games, including a five point performance on January 7th in Chicago: (2/3/5). The 6-0, 200-pound forward made his National Hockey League (NHL) debut on October 22nd against Calgary, scoring his first NHL goal on November 6th in Dallas' 4-0 win over Edmonton.
The 25-year old was the 2004 recipient of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the Top U.S. Collegiate Player. The Canadian team is comprised of players born inside of Canada. They will face-off against the PlanetUSA team.
For the fifth year in a row, Rogers Sportsnet will carry the AHL All-Star Classic live in Canada. The league's showcase event can also be seen this year on 18 regional networks in the United States, including Fox Sports Net (FSN) in its New England, New York, Pittsburgh, Ohio, North, Midwest, Southwest and Arizona regions, as well as on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Mid-Atlantic, Chicago and West. Comcast Cable will air the event to its subscribers in Michigan, while CSS and Sun Sports will bring the AHL All-Star Classic to fans across 11 states in the southeastern United States.
The 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic will also air live on NHL Center Ice to subscribers in the U.S., on the America One network and on the digital Fox College Sports network. The Sportsnet team of Rob Faulds (play-by-play), Sam Cosentino (analyst) and R.J. Broadhead (sideline) will call the action both nights.
The AHL is also pleased to be joining with B2 Networks to provide a live video broadband webcast of both nights' festivities at no charge to fans around the world. Anyone with a high-speed cable modem or T1 or DSL broadband connection and Windows Media Player 9 or higher can view the Skills Competition and All-Star Game through the links to be provided on, theahl.com.
The 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic will feature the top young talent in the American Hockey League, competing in the 2006 CCM AHL All-Star Skills Competition and the 2006 AHL All-Star Game, in an event to be televised nationally in the United States and Canada. Of the 364 players to take part in the AHL All-Star Classic since 1995, more than 93 percent have competed in the National Hockey League, including Patrice Bergeron, Pavol Demitra, Rick DiPietro, Patrik Elias, Miikka Kiprusoff, Kari Lehtonen, Ryan Miller, Martin St. Louis, Jason Spezza, Eric Staal, and Steve Sullivan.
The AHL All-Star Skills Competition, scheduled for a 7:00 PM (CT) start on Tuesday, January 31, will include players from the Canadian AHL All-Stars competing against players from the PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars, a team comprised of the league's top players born outside of Canada. The teams will compete in seven different events: Puck Control Relay, Fastest Skater, Rapid Fire, Hardest Shot, Accuracy Shooting, Pass and Score and Breakaway Relay.
NEXT GAME: The Iowa Stars host the Houston Aeros on Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena. Game Time is 7:05 PM. Doors open for all games, one-hour before face-off. Ticketing information can be obtained by calling 515-23-STARS or visiting iowastarshockey.com.
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