Reserves for 2012 CHL All-Star Game Announced
December 29, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release
GLENDALE, AZ (December 29, 2011) - The Central Hockey League (CHL) today announced the 13 reserves that will play for the CHL All-Star team in the 2012 CHL All-Star Game scheduled for Wednesday, January 11, 2012 in Prescott Valley, Arizona at Tim's Toyota Center. The game's format will feature the home team (Arizona Sundogs) taking on a team of CHL All-Stars.
The reserves were selected by the CHL All-Star Head Coach Dwight Mullins (Allen Americans) in conjunction with the CHL Hockey Operations Department.
2012 CHL All-Star Team Reserves
Position- Player (Team, Appearance)
Forward- Alex Bourret (Wichita, 1st)
Forward- Andrew Courtney (Missouri, 1st)
Forward- Aaron Lee (Rio Grande Valley, 1st)
Forward- Brett Lutes (Dayton, 1st)
Forward- Todd Robinson (Evansville, 1st)
Forward- Brett Smith (Fort Wayne, 1st)
Defenseman- Aaron Dawson (Bloomington, 1st)
Defenseman- Matt Gens (Evansville, 1st)
Defenseman- Dylan King (Allen, 1st)
Defenseman- Adam Rivet (Laredo, 3rd)
Defenseman- Riley Weselowski (Rapid City, 2nd)
Goaltender- Marco Cousineau (Allen, 1st)
Goaltender- Mark Guggenberger (Texas, 1st)
Of the reserves, only Laredo's Adam Rivet and Rapid City's Riley Weselowksi have all-star experience. This year's team is a mix of young players along with some veterans with Allen's Dylan King (21-years-old) being the youngest and Texas' Mark Guggenberger and Allen's Marco Cousineau closely following at 22-years-old.
Guggenberger (7-3-2, 2.36 GAA) and Cousineau (10-1-2, 2.55 GAA) are the reserve goaltenders while Bloomington's Aaron Dawson, Evansville's Matt Gens, Rivet, Weselowski and King are the reserve defensemen.
The reserve forwards are Wichita's Alex Bourret, Missouri's Andrew Courtney, Rio Grande Valley's Aaron Lee, Dayton's Brett Lutes, Evansville's Todd Robinson and Fort Wayne's Brett Smith.
The six starters were announced on Wednesday and with five players making their CHL All-Star debuts. The starters are forwards Jesse Schultz (Rapid City), Brandon Marino (Quad City) and Bruce Graham (Allen), defensemen Andrew Martens (Wichita) and Jeff Terminesi (Tulsa) and goaltender Nick Boucher (Fort Wayne).
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