Monarchs Skills '07 Draft Divides Team For Event On March 5
Published on February 14, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
MANCHESTER, NH - The Manchester Monarchs, the primary affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, divided the team into two squads at the Draft Party at J.W. Hills in Manchester on Tuesday for the first intra-squad Skills '07 competition at Sullivan Arena at Saint Anselm College on Monday, March 5 from 6:30-9:00 p.m.
The Draft Party was led by honorary coaches Jamie Staton from WMUR Channel 9 and Greg "Kretchy" Kretchmar from Rock 101's The Morning Buzz. Kretchmar was partnered with Monarchs Head Coach Mark Morris and Staton was teamed up with Monarchs Assistant Coach Scott Pellerin. Winning the coin toss and choosing the yellow jerseys, Staton and Pellerin picked defenseman Peter Harrold first overall in the draft.
No. 1: Overall Pick: Peter Harrold (Staton/Pellerin)
No. 2: Jason LaBarbera (Kretchy/Morris)
No. 3: Noah Clarke (Staton/Pellerin)
No. 4: Marty Murray (Kretchy/Morris)
No. 5: Gabe Gauthier (Staton/Pellerin)
No. 6: Lauri Tukonen (Kretchy/Morris)
No. 7: Tim Jackman (Staton/Pellerin)
No. 8: John Zeiler (Kretchy/Morris)
No. 9: Matt Moulson (Staton/Pellerin)
No. 10: Joey Mormina (Kretchy/Morris)
No. 11: Barry Brust (Staton/Pellerin)
No. 12: Bryan Schmidt (Kretchy/Morris)
The final 10 picks were randomly drawn out of a hat.
No. 13: Rich Petiot (Kretchy/Morris)
No. 14: Eric Werner (Staton/Pellerin)
No. 15: Petr Kanko (Kretchy/Morris)**
No. 16: Shay Stephenson (Staton/Pellerin)
No. 17: Mike Hoffman (Kretchy/Morris)
No. 18: Matt Ryan (Staton/Pellerin)
No. 19: TJ Kemp (Kretchy/Morris)
No. 20: Brendan Buckley (Staton/Pellerin)**
No. 21: Doug Nolan (Kretchy/Morris)
No. 22: Paul Crosty (Staton Pellerin)
INJ: Jeff Giuliano (Kretchy/Morris)
INJ: Ryan Murphy (Staton/Pellerin)
**Kanko was traded to Team Staton in exchange for Buckley during the 20th pick.
Team Staton: Harrold, Clarke, Gauthier, Jackman, Moulson, Brust, Werner, Stephenson, Kanko, Ryan, Nolan and Murphy.
Team Kretchy: LaBarbera, Murray, Tukonen, Zeiler, Mormina, Schmidt, Petiot, Buckley, Hoffman, Kemp, Crosty and Giuliano.
The competition on March 5 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 March 5, the specialty jerseys worn by the players will be auctioned off through both a silent and live auction benefiting the Monarchs Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the Monarchs. 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. Tickets for reserved seating are sold out! General admission tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the Monarchs Pro Shop. Monarchs Season Ticket Holders and Manchester Regional Youth Hockey Association (MRYHA) will receive special ticket offers.
The Monarchs hit the road for a 7:35 p.m. contest with the Rochester Americans at the Blue Cross Arena on Friday, February 16. 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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