PrairieThunder's Jason Dale Named to the Central Hockey League
December 29, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
TEMPE, AZ (December 29, 2010) -The Central Hockey League (CHL) announced today the 12 reserves that will play for the CHL All-Star team in the 2011 CHL All-Star Game scheduled for Wednesday, January 12 at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena in Rapid City, South Dakota. The CHL All-Star team will play against the host Rapid City Rush in the home team versus the all-stars format. The reserves were selected by the two men who earned the co-coaches positions thanks to their team's winning percentage at the Christmas break (end of games of Dec. 23), Allen's Dwight Mullins and Missouri's Scott Hillman, along with the CHL Hockey Operations Department.
Of the 12 reserves, only the AmericansBruce Grahamhas CHL all-star experience (Graham played in last year's game in Laredo). The look for this year's team is younger than in years past with an average age of 25.5 for the 12 selected reserves.Bloomington'sJason Daleis the youngest member of the team at 22-years-old, followed closely by a trio of 24-year-olds in Arizona'sJoey Sides, Fort Wayne'sFrankie DeAngelisand Quad City'sMike McLean.
The reserve goaltenders selected are Missouri'sRobby Nolan(12-4-2) who leads the league with a 1.96 goals against average and Dayton'sJeff Jakaitis(12-9-1) who is fifth in the league with a 2.54 goals against average and second with a .930 save percentage.
Joining DeAngelis along the blue line are Tulsa'sDerek Eastman, Texas'Jason Krischukand Allen'sDavid Strathman.
Rounding out the reserve forwards are Evansville'sBrian Bicekand Wichita'sMatt Robinson.
2011 CHL All-Star Team Reserves
Position- Player, Team (Appearance)
Forward- Brian Bicek, Evansville (1st)
Forward- Jason Dale, Bloomington (1st)
Forward- Bruce Graham, Allen (2nd)
Forward- Mike McLean, Quad City (1st)
Forward- Matt Robinson, Wichita (1st)
Forward- Joey Sides, Arizona (1st)
Defenseman- Frankie DeAngelis, Fort Wayne (1st)
Defenseman- Derek Eastman, Tulsa (1st)
Defenseman- Jason Krischuk, Texas (1st)
Defenseman- David Strathman, Allen (1st)
Goaltender- Jeff Jakaitis, Dayton (1st)
Goaltender- Robby Nolan, Missouri (1st)
The six starters were announced last week and also reflect numerous first-timers with five of the six voted in by CHL Coaches, CHL Communication's Staffs and select media members being first time CHL all-stars. The starters are forwardsDavid Rutherford(Bossier-Shreveport),Neil Trimm(Laredo) andSebastien Thinel(Odessa), defen semenNathan Lutz(Mississippi) andDarcy Campbell(Rio Grande Valley) and goaltenderKyle Jones(Colorado).
A 19th member of the 2011 CHL All-Star team will be determined by the fans through voting on theCHL's Facebook pagebeginning later on Wednesday. The finalist for the fan vote will be announced later today.
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