Monarchs Rosters Set Skills '08
Published on January 29, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
MANCHESTER, NH - The Manchester Monarchs, the primary affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, divided up the team into two squads, Team Kretchy and Team Staton for the second annual intra-squad Skills '08 competition at Sullivan Arena at Saint Anselm College on Sunday, February 10 from 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Monarchs Coach Mark Morris and his honorary coach Rock 101's Greg Kretschmar sat down with Assistant Coach Scott Pellerin and his Skills '08 honorary coach WMUR's Sports Director Jamie Staton to draft the Monarchs squad into two competitive teams that will duke it out on the ice in the Skills '08.
Team Kretchy
Vladimir Dravecky
Jeff Guiliano (currently with the Kings)
Peter Harrold
Patrick Jarrett (currently with the Royals)
Jon Klemm
Trevor Lewis
Jeff Likens
David Meckler
Brady Murray
Scott Parse
Richard Petiot
Jonathan Quick (currently with the Royals)
Daniel Taylor
Kevin Westgarth
John Zeiler
Team Staton
Drew Bagnall
Brian Boyle
Marc-Andre Cliche
Dan Cloutier
Paul Crosty
Erik Ersberg
Gabe Gauthier
Patrik Hersley
Petr Kanko
Troy Milam
Matt Moulson (currently with the Kings)
Joe Piskula
Teddy Purcell
Matt Ryan
Lauri Tukonen
The competition will be modeled after the AHL's annual All-Star Competition with seven events: Puck Control Relay, Rapid Fire, Accuracy Shooting, Breakaway Relay, Fastest Skater, Hardest Shot and Pass & Score.
Following the event on February 10, the specialty jerseys worn by the players will be auctioned off through both a silent and live auction. The Monarchs players will also come up on the concourse to sign autographs post-competition.
There are only 1,200 tickets available for the event and are on sale now. Advance tickets are $8 for reserved seating and $7 for general admission and can be purchased at the Monarchs Pro Shop and Sullivan Arena. At the door on the day of the competition, tickets are $10 for reserved seating and $9 for general admission.
The Monarchs travel to the Cumberland County Civic Center to face-off with the Portland Pirates on Friday, February 1 at 7:05 p.m. Catch all of the play-by-play action of Monarchs hockey with Ken Cail on the Monarchs Radio Network WGIR-AM 610 and at www.monarchshockey.com. Watch the game live on B2 Networks for just $6 per game. Log onto www.monarchshockey.com and click on the link to B2 Networks ten minutes prior to each Monarchs game to watch the game live!
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