Sting Well Represented at NLL All-Star Game
February 14, 2006 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Arizona Sting News Release
GLENDALE, AZ --- The National Lacrosse League has announced the reserves for its 2006 All-Star Game, which will be played at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Saturday, February 25th at 2:00 PM Arizona Time. The East and West Division teams will each have twelve reserves, combined with the six starters that were previously announced, for a total of 18 players on each All-Star Team. East All-Stars head coach Ed Comeau (Rochester) and assistant coach Lindsay Sanderson (Philadelphia), and West All-Stars head coach Bob Hamley (Arizona) and assistant coach Chris Hall (Calgary) selected the first nine reserves for their respective divisions. The league appointed the final three reserves for each division.
The Arizona Sting will be well represented at the All-Star Game, with team captain Peter Lough being named as a reserve along with fellow defenders Scott Self and Bruce Codd as well as forward Jonas Derks. Derks was named the NLL Offensive and Overall Player of the Week in Week #2 of the season and is off to one of the best starts of his career.
The complete All-Star Lineups are listed below.
West Division Reserves
Forwards
Jonas Derks - Arizona Sting Derek Malawsky - San Jose Stealth
Lewis Ratcliff - Calgary Roughnecks
Dan Carey - Colorado Mammoth (rookie)
Kaleb Toth - Calgary Roughnecks
Defensemen
Peter Lough - Arizona Sting Taylor Wray - Calgary Roughnecks
Bruce Codd - Arizona Sting Andrew Turner - Edmonton Rush
Ryan Sharp - Portland LumberJax
Scott Self - Arizona Sting
Goaltender
Dallas Eliuk - Portland LumberJax
East Division Reserves
Forwards
Blaine Manning - Toronto Rock
Dan Marohl - Philadelphia Wings
Josh Sanderson - Toronto Rock
Shawn Williams - Rochester Knighthawks
Jake Bergey - Philadelphia Wings
Defensemen
Mark Steenhuis - Buffalo Bandits
Ryan Cousins - Minnesota Swarm
Glenn Clark - Philadelphia Wings
Marshall Abrams - Rochester Knighthawks
Phil Sanderson - Toronto Rock
Jim Veltman - Toronto Rock
Goaltender
Steve Dietrich - Buffalo Bandits
COMPLETE 2006 ALL-STAR GAME LINEUPS
West Division
Head Coach: Bob Hamley - Arizona Sting Assistant Coach: Chris Hall - Calgary Roughnecks
Forwards
Gavin Prout - Colorado Mammoth*
Tracey Kelusky-Calgary Roughnecks*
Craig Conn - Arizona Sting* Jonas Derks - Arizona Sting
Derek Malawsky - San Jose Stealth
Lewis Ratcliff - Calgary Roughnecks
Dan Carey - Colorado Mammoth (rookie)
Kaleb Toth - Calgary Roughnecks
Defensemen
Jay Jalbert - Colorado Mammoth*
Brodie Merrill - Portland LumberJax (rookie)*
Peter Lough - Arizona Sting Taylor Wray - Calgary Roughnecks
Bruce Codd - Arizona Sting Andrew Turner - Edmonton Rush
Ryan Sharp - Portland LumberJax
Scott Self - Arizona Sting
Goaltender
Anthony Cosmo-San Jose Stealth*
Dallas Eliuk - Portland LumberJax
East Division
Head Coach: Ed Comeau- Rochester Knighthawks
Assistant Coach: Lindsay Sanderson - Philadelphia Wings
Forwards
John Grant - Rochester Knighthawks*
Colin Doyle -Toronto Rock*
John Tavares - Buffalo Bandits*
Blaine Manning - Toronto Rock
Dan Marohl - Philadelphia Wings
Josh Sanderson - Toronto Rock
Shawn Williams - Rochester Knighthawks
Jake Bergey - Philadelphia Wings
Defensemen
Steve Toll - Rochester Knighthawks*
Thomas Hajek - Philadelphia Wings*
Mark Steenhuis - Buffalo Bandits
Ryan Cousins - Minnesota Swarm
Glenn Clark - Philadelphia Wings
Marshall Abrams - Rochester Knighthawks
Phil Sanderson - Toronto Rock
Jim Veltman - Toronto Rock
Goaltender
Pat O'Toole-Rochester Knighthawks*
Steve Dietrich - Buffalo Bandits
(* indicates starters)
The Arizona Sting is a professional indoor lacrosse team playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Currently in their third season of existence, the Sting are the defending NLL West Division Champions. For more information, please call (480) 563-7825 or visit ArizonaSting.com.
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National Lacrosse League Stories from February 14, 2006
- Pair of Stealth players selected for All Star Game - San Jose Stealth
- Three Jax players make West Division All-Star Team - Portland Lumberjax
- Three Wings Chosen As Reserves For 2006 National Lacrosse League All-Star Game - Philadelphia Wings
- Two Knighthawks named All-Star reserves - Rochester Knighthawks
- Dietrich and Steenhuis join Tavares at NLL All-Star Game - Buffalo Bandits
- Sting Well Represented at NLL All-Star Game - Arizona Sting
- Minnesota Swarm's Ryan Cousins Named to NLL All-Star Team - Minnesota Swarm
- More Roughnecks make the All-Star squad - Calgary Roughnecks
- Five Rock Players to Represent Toronto in All-Star Game at ACC February 25 - Toronto Rock
- Mammoth's Carey added to All-Star team - Colorado Mammoth
- 2006 NLL All-Star Game reserves announced - NLL
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