Roy and Vanek featured in trading card set
Published on January 20, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Rochester Americans News Release
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ... Rochester Americans center Derek Roy and left wing Thomas Vanek will be among 60 players featured in the 2004-05 AHL Future Stars trading card set.
Roy is in his second season with the Amerks and is second on the team with 35 points (10+25) in 41 games. In 2003-04, after staring the season Rochester, he played in 49 games with the Buffalo Sabres and competed in the National Hockey League's YoungStars Game. Vanek is in the midst of his first season of professional hockey and leads all rookies with 16 goals. He was the Sabres' first-round selection (fifth overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Vanek played his college hockey at the University of Minnesota and won a national championship in 2003.
The set, manufactured by Choice SportsCards of Aston, Pa., features action photos and career statistics of rising stars from all 28 AHL teams. The cards will be available for purchase in most AHL arenas and online at ahlstore.com and PHPA.com. Included in the set are:
Zach Parise
Aleksander Suglobov
Jason Spezza
Antoine Vermette
Anton Volchenkov
Sean Bergenheim
Kari Lehtonen
Karl Stewart
Stanislav Chistov
Joffrey Lupul
Marcel Goc
Doug Lynch
Brad Winchester
Niklas Kronwall
Nathan Robinson
Trevor Daley
Tomas Plekanec
Jozef Balej
Jason LaBarbera
Peter Budaj
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Brent Burns
Mikko Koivu
Chuck Kobasew
Brent Krahn
Eric Staal
Dustin Brown
Mike Cammalleri
Denis Grebeshkov
Yanick Lehoux
Ryan Kesler
Jason King
Timofei Shishkanov
Jordin Tootoo
Scottie Upshall
Anton Babchuk
Mikhail Yakubov
Antero Niittymaki
Joni Pitkanen
R.J. Umberger
Steve Eminger
Jakub Klepis
Patrice Bergeron
Hannu Toivonen
Derek Roy
Thomas Vanek
Jay Bouwmeester
Nathan Horton
Stephen Weiss
Adam Henrich
Carlo Colaiacovo
Matt Stajan
Kyle Wellwood
Alexander Svitov
David LeNeveu
Marc-Andre Fleury
Michel Ouellet
Ryan Whitney
Mike Glumac
Peter Sejna
In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League clubs. The 2004-05 season sees 28 teams competing for the coveted Calder Cup championship, and more than 3.2 million fans have already attended AHL games this year alone.
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