Rbk Hockey Is Title Sponsor For 2007 ECHL All-Star Game
July 12, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced on Wednesday that the title sponsor
for the 2007 ECHL All-Star Game will be Rbk Hockey.
The 15th annual midseason showcase of the top prospects in the Premier 'AA'
Hockey League will be hosted by the Idaho Steelheads at the 5,006-seat
Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho.
The 2007 Rbk Hockey ECHL All-Star Game will be played on Jan. 17
with the 10th edition of the Rbk Hockey Skills Competition being
held on Jan. 16.
"Rbk Hockey is very pleased to be the title sponsor of the ECHL
All-Star Game. The ECHL, its member teams and its talented roster of
players provide Rbk Hockey with an ideal platform to showcase our
high-performance products," said Len Rhodes, Vice-President Global
Marketing, Reebok. "Rbk Hockey's commitment to delivering
breakthrough product innovation is clearly demonstrated through its 9K Pump
Skate and 8K FitLite Helmet. These are just two of the great products that
help ECHL players perform at the top of their game."
Attended each year by representatives from both the National Hockey League
and the American Hockey League, the All-Star Game has produced 28 players
who have gone on to play in the NHL and there were five former All-Star
coaches who were assistant coaches in the NHL in 2005-06.
The game has been televised each of the past five years and in 2006 was
available in more than 80 million homes on The NHL Network, NHL Center Ice,
America One and OLN, the cable home of the NHL. It was also telecast live
on the Internet and remains available on demand by Yahoo! The audio
broadcast was produced by NHL Radio and was available live on XM Satellite
Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than six
million subscribers. The audio was broadcast live on the Internet and
remains available on demand by Yahoo! for the eighth consecutive year in
2006.
About The ECHL
The league officially changed its name to ECHL on May 19, 2003.
The Premier 'AA' Hockey League, the ECHL had affiliations with 25 of the 30
teams in the National Hockey League in 2005-06.
There have been 303 former ECHL players who have gone on to play in the NHL
after playing in the ECHL, including a record 47 in 2005-06 and 158 in the
past five seasons, and there were 13 former ECHL coaches behind the benches
of NHL teams in 2005-06.
The ECHL had affiliations with 21 of the 27 teams in the American Hockey
League in 2005-06 and for the past 17 years there has been an ECHL player
on the Calder Cup Champion.
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