Murray Replaces Teammate Zatkoff For All-Star Game Presented By Guardian Wear
Published on January 17, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced that Ontario Reign rookie goaltender John Murray has replaced teammate Jeff Zatkoff on the National Conference roster for the ECHL All-Star Game and All-Star Skills Competition presented by Guardian Wearâ¢.
The Reading Royals, the City of Reading and the Sovereign Center will host the 17th Annual ECHL All-Star Game on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and the 12th Annual All-Star Skills Competition on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The 21-year-old Murray, who was born in Lancaster, Pa., is 11-8-1 with two shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.51 and a save percentage of . 926 in 21 games for Ontario.
There have been four coaches and 47 players from the All-Star Game who have advanced to the National Hockey League. Twenty-nine players from the All-Star Game have gone on to play in the NHL since 2002 when the lineups began having players who coaches felt were prospects to move up to a higher level.
The Stanley Cup and the Patrick J. Kelly Cup will both be on display throughout the event, marking the ninth time in the last 10 years that the NHL championship trophy and the ECHL championship trophy have been displayed together at the All-Star Game.
The Stanley Cup is scheduled to visit four public ice rinks on Monday: Hockey Heaven in Colmar, Pa. from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at Power Play Hockey Rinks in Exton, Pa. from 2:15-4 p.m., at Ice Cap Rinks in Reading, Pa. from 5:15-7:15 p.m. and at Steel Ice Center in Bethlehem, Pa. from 8:15 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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