Three Jax players make West Division All-Star Team

Published on February 14, 2006 under National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Portland Lumberjax News Release


The National Lacrosse League has announced the lineups for its 2006 All-Star Game, which will be played at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Saturday, February 25th at 4p Eastern. The game will air live locally on CNW TV14 at 1p (PST). Dallas Eliuk will compete in his 6th All-Star game, which includes every NLL All-Star Game ever played. Brodie Merrill was named a defensive starter for the West Division, and is the only rookie on either division's starting lineups. Ryan Sharp will also be representing the Portland LumberJax as a reserve player.

Merrill has already received defensive player of the week twice by the NLL and racked up 58 loose balls this season and ten points (three goals, seven assists). The defenseman was the #1 pick in the 2005 NLL draft. Eliuk went to his first All-Star Game during his rookie season in 1991. This season he has recorded 162 saves for a 77.5% save percentage. Ryan Sharp will make his first All-Star Game appearance in his second year in the NLL, and has picked up 45 loose balls this season.

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 final three reserves for each division were appointed by the league.

COMPLETE 2006 ALL-STAR GAME LINEUPS

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

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

(* indicates starters)

Tickets to the LumberJax for each of the six home games range from $10.00-$30.00 in advance (Prices increase by $2.00 on the day of the game), with additional VIP seating available. Prorated season (starting as low as $70) and Group tickets can be purchased by calling 503.797.9739. Individual tickets can be purchased at the Rose Quarter Box Office (M-Sa 10a-5p), all Ticketmaster outlets, by calling 503.224.4400 or at PortlandJax.com. For single event suites call 503.963.3800. Prices do not include service charges.

The Portland LumberJax (www.PortlandJax.com) were founded on May 11, 2005 as an expansion franchise in the National Lacrosse League, which features the best lacrosse players in the world. LumberJax are owned by the youngest majority owner in professional sports, 25-year-old Angela Batinovich, who relocated permanently to Portland, OR from California. The LumberJax are one of 11 teams in the NLL and will play eight of the sixteen regular season games at the Rose Garden, which is owned by Portland Arena Management LLC. Global Spectrum, the facility management company for the Rose Quarter, serves as the sales, marketing, promotional, and publicity arm of the LumberJax.

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