RoughRider Alum Purcell Voted AHL All-Star Starter
Published on January 11, 2008 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders News Release
Cedar Rapids, Iowa- Former Cedar Rapids RoughRiders forward Ted Purcell, now in his first season with the American Hockey League's Manchester Monarchs, has been named to the starting line-up of the Canadian All-Star team for the January 28 AHL All-Star Game in Binghamton, New York.
Purcell, 22, ranks second overall and first among AHL rookies in both points (47) and assists (35). Purcell went pointless Wednesday night in a Monarch loss to the Albany River Rats after recording points in each of his prior seven games. The St. John's, Newfoundland, native was named AHL Rookie of the Month for November after scoring five goals and totaling 17 points in 12 games. Purcell was voted into the starting lineup via online fan balloting.
Purcell signed with the Los Angeles Kings, the Monarchs' parent club, in April after a standout freshman season at the University of Maine that saw him help the Black Bears to a berth in the NCAA Frozen Four. Purcell was named Hockey East Rookie of the Year after scoring 16 goals and totaling 43 points in 40 games with Maine last season. He led Hockey East freshmen in goals, assists and points. Overall, Purcell finished tied for second in the conference in assists, tied for seventh in points and tied for ninth in goals.
Before heading to Maine, Purcell enjoyed a record-breaking two-year run with the RoughRiders. He owns team records for most career points (138), most career assists (99) most assists in one season (52 in 2005-06), most points in one playoff season (14 in 2005) and most assists in one playoff season (9 in 2005).
Purcell scored 20 goals and totaled 67 points to help the Riders to both the Anderson Cup (regular season) title and Clark Cup (playoff) title in 2004-05. The following season he scored 19 goals to go along with his league-leading 52 assists for a total of 71 points as the Riders won a second straight East Division title. Purcell was named to the All-United States Hockey League Second Team each of his two seasons in the league.
The RoughRiders (19-7-1, 39 points) are currently in second place in the USHL's East Division. The Riders will visit Green Bay for a pair of games this weekend. The Riders and Gamblers will meet tonight at 7:05 and again Sunday afternoon at 1:05.
The Riders are next in action at home on Friday, January 18 against the Chicago Steel. One night later the Riders will host the Sioux Falls Stampede. Both of those games face off at 7:05PM.
Tickets for all remaining RoughRider regular season home games- including the January 18 and January 19 games- are now on sale. Tickets are available for purchase in person at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena ticket office, over the phone at (319) 261-4625 or on line at www.roughridershockey.com. The ticket office is open from noon to 5:00PM on weekdays and from noon through the end of the second period on game days. Ticket prices range from $7 to $17 in advance and from $8 to $18 on game days.
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