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Krahn First Texas Star To Be Named To An All-Star

December 29, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Texas Stars News Release


Cedar Park, TX - The American Hockey League announced Tuesday that Texas Stars goalie Brent Krahn has been selected to play for the Canadian All Star team in the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic in Portland, Maine on Jan. 18 and 19.

Krahn becomes the first player in team history to be named to the mid-season classic. The 27-year old earns the first all-star nomination of his career. This is the second honor for the Stars goalie in less than a month after he was named the AHL Reebok Goalie of the Month for November.

In 12 appearances with Texas this season, Krahn has posted a record of 10-2-0 with three shutouts and he leads the league with a 1.41 goals-against average and a.958 save percentage, allowing just 17 goals on 402 shots overall.

A first-round draft pick (ninth overall) by Calgary in 2000, Krahn is 87-67-14 with 16 shutouts in 180 career AHL games. The 27-year-old Winnipeg native made his NHL debut with Dallas last season, appearing in one contest. Krahn has not played since a 3-1 loss in Chicago on Nov. 22. The 6-foot-4, 212-pound goalie has missed the Stars last 14 games due to injury.

The Canadian All Star team is comprised of 24 players - 13 forwards, eight defensemen and three goaltenders - born in Canada. AHL fans determined the starting lineup via on-line balloting at www.theahl.com, while a committee of AHL coaches selected the remainder of the roster.

The PlanetUSA AHL All-Star team roster will be announced on Wednesday.

The 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic will feature the top talent in the American Hockey League competing in the 2010 AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Monday, January 18 (8:00 p.m. ET) and the 2010 AHL All-Star Game on Tuesday, January 19 (6:00 p.m. ET), and will be televised live nationally in the United States and Canada. Of the 492 players to take part in the AHL All-Star Classic since 1995, more than 94 percent have competed in the National Hockey League, including Patrice Bergeron, Brad Boyes, Dan Boyle, Daniel Briere, Brian Campbell, Zdeno Chara, Rick DiPietro, Miikka Kiprusoff, Kari Lehtonen, Ryan Miller, Zach Parise, Bobby Ryan, Martin St. Louis, Jason Spezza, Eric Staal and Tomas Vokoun.

Tickets for the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic - which include admission to both the Skills Competition and the AHL All-Star Game as well as an official commemorative All-Star Classic event program - are $49 (rows 1-12 in all sections) and $42 (rows 13-24 in all sections). To purchase tickets call (207) 775-3458, visit the Cumberland County Civic Center Box Office or go on-line at portlandpirates.com.

Texas will host the Syracuse Crunch at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, Dec. 29th. Tuesday night will be HEB Night and Student Night. Fans who bring a non-perishable HEB-brand item to the arena will receive $5.00 off their ticket price. Also, students will receive a discount with the presentation of a college ID. The Stars travel to Manitoba for two road games. The first game is on Thursday, Dec. 31st at 4:00 PM followed by the second game on Saturday, Jan. 2nd at 7:30 PM. Texas returns to Cedar Park on January 6th for a game against the Houston Aeros at 7:30 PM.

Tickets for any of the Stars 40 regular season home games at Cedar Park Center are on sale, starting as low as $9.00 a seat. Individual game tickets may be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000, by going online at www.ticketmaster.com or by visiting any local Ticketmaster outlet.

Season ticket packages to see the Stars play their Inaugural season at the Cedar Park Center are on sale now, starting as low as $12.00 a seat. For more information on Texas Stars season tickets call (512) GO-STARS (467-8277) or visit www.TexasStarsHockey.com. Anyone interested in purchasing season tickets, suites, group tickets or mini-plans may call the Texas Stars front office.

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