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Vauclair, Miller added AHL All-Star starting lineups

Published on February 5, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


SPRINGFIELD, MA ... The American Hockey League today announced that Binghamton Senators defenseman Julien Vauclair and Rochester Americans goaltender Ryan Miller have been added to the starting lineup for the PlanetUSA team at this weekend's 2004 Pepsi AHL All-Star Classic. Vauclair starts in place of injured Philadelphia Phantoms defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, who had been voted a starter through fan balloting, while Miller will start in place of Chicago's Kari Lehtonen, who is nursing an injury but will still attend the event.

The 2004 Pepsi AHL All-Star Classic will take place at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich., home of the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins. The event gets underway on Sun., February 8, with the 2004 AHL All-Star Skills Competition at 7:00 p.m. (ET), with the annual All-Star Game following at 7:00 p.m. (ET) on Mon., February 9. The 2004 Pepsi AHL All-Star Classic will be televised to more than 108 million households on 21 regional television partners in the United States, and on Rogers Sportsnet nationally in Canada.

Canadian AHL All-Stars (x-starters)
1 Ray Emery, Binghamton G
2 x-Bryan Muir, Manchester D
3 Terry Virtue, Worcester D
4 x-Dan Jancevski, Utah D
7 Doug Lynch, Toronto D
8 Nathan Robinson, Grand Rapids F
10 Kirby Law, Philadelphia F
11 Steve Kelly, Manchester F
12 x-Eric Perrin, Hershey F
14 Chris Kunitz, Cincinnati F
15 x-Jason Pominville, Rochester F
18 Mike Zigomanis, Lowell F
21 Chad Wiseman, Hartford F
22 Scottie Upshall, Milwaukee F
25 x-Benoit Gratton, Hamilton F
26 Kyle Wanvig, Houston F
27 Brandon Smith, Bridgeport D
30 David LeNeveu, Springfield G
31 x-Wade Dubielewicz, Bridgeport G
41 Curtis Murphy, Milwaukee D
44 Aaron Johnson, Syracuse D
45 Carlo Colaiacovo, St. John's D
55 Brandon Reid, Manitoba F
97 Kyle Wellwood, St. John's F
Todd McLellan, Houston Head Coach

PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars (x-starters)
3 x-Julien Vauclair, Binghamton D
5 Garrett Stafford, Cleveland D
8 Andrew Hutchinson, Milwaukee D
9 Denis Shvidki, San Antonio F
10 Craig Darby, Albany F
11 Matt Herr, Providence F
14 Tomas Plekanec, Hamilton F
18 x-Jeff Hamilton, Bridgeport F
20 Miroslav Zalesak, Cleveland F
22 Matt Murley, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton F
24 x-Travis Richards, Grand Rapids D
26 Jiri Hudler, Grand Rapids F
30 Rastislav Stana, Portland G
32 Kari Lehtonen, Chicago G
33 Doug Janik, Rochester D
34 Pierre Hedin, St. John's D
39 x-Ryan Miller, Rochester G
42 Noah Clarke, Manchester F
47 Timofei Shishkanov, Milwaukee F
55 x-Pavel Rosa, Manchester F
57 x-Jozef Balej, Hamilton F
84 Anton Babchuk, Norfolk D
Greg Cronin, Bridgeport Head Coach




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