Second Set of Silver Skaters and Golden Goalies Announced
February 27, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced on Monday the second set of 16 Silver Skaters for the markets which will participate in the second weekend of the ECHL Silver Skater Fantasy Team, presented by The MeiGray Group .
Fans had the opportunity to vote on ECHL.com for up to one player on each ECHL member team's ballot to help select the Silver Skaters for each team. Two players from each member team have been selected to wear the Silver Skater Fantasy Team custom-specialty game-worn jerseys with a metallic-silver front crest.
Goaltenders will also be participating through the Golden Goalie Program. The starting goaltender for each team's preselected date will wear a specially designed gold jersey.
Each of the Silver Skater and Golden Goalie jerseys will be available for bid through The MeiGray Group . The teams participating in the Silver Skater and Golden Goalie program this week will be available for bid starting on Monday, March 12 and running through Thursday, March 29.
Two players from eight ECHL teams will wear the Silver Skater jerseys this weekend. Those teams, and the players who have been selected are:
Wednesday, Feb. 29
Silver Skaters - Rylan Galiardi and David Rutherford
Golden Goalie - Pat Nagle
Friday, March 2
Silver Skaters - Mario Larocque and Craig Rivet
Golden Goalie - Timo Pielmeier
Silver Skaters - Derek Couture and Vincent LoVerde
Golden Goalie - Jean-Francois Berube
Silver Skaters - Joey Martin and Kyle Rogers
Golden Goalie - Alec Richards
Saturday, March 3
Silver Skaters - Justin Bowers and Brendan Connolly
Golden Goalie - Jason Missiaen
Silver Skaters - Bryan Brutlag and Tyler Murovich
Golden Goalie - Joe Palmer
Silver Skaters - Olivier Labelle and Yannick Tifu
Golden Goalie - Jussi Rynnas
Silver Skaters - Kevin Baker and Garet Hunt
Golden Goalie - Olivier Roy
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