Monarchs' Boudreau to coach PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars
January 29, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ... The American Hockey League announced today that Bruce Boudreau of the Manchester Monarchs will serve as the head coach of the PlanetUSA AHL All-Star team at next month's 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic.
At 32-9-3-1 (.756), Boudreau's Monarchs are guaranteed to have the AHL's best points percentage after play on Sunday, the pre-determined date to decide the PlanetUSA coach.
Milwaukee's Claude Noel will coach the Canadian AHL All-Stars by virtue of leading the Admirals to the Calder Cup 2004 championship.
This is the first AHL All-Star appearance for Boudreau, a former AHL scoring champion and Calder Cup winner during his playing days. Boudreau will join four of his Monarchs players at the event, which will be held on Feb. 13-14 at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.
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