AHL All-Star competition

[Team_Spirit]

It's tomorrow at 7 p.m ET

Fox Sports for USA
Rogers Sportsnet for Canada
Empire Sports Network

Get ready for some Balej tricks :p

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[IkeaMonkey*]

Hmmmm this is weird.....the league didnt get a day off from games??? Was there no skills competition???? I went to the game in Portland last year, I know there were no games the day before and their was a skills comp the day before the AS game...

 

[Team_Spirit]

Hmmmm this is weird.....the league didnt get a day off from games??? Was there no skills competition???? I went to the game in Portland last year, I know there were no games the day before and their was a skills comp the day before the AS game...

i was talking about the skill sompetion , it's today

http://www.canoe.ca/AHL/04AllStar/2004/02/08/340744.html

 

[X8oD]

For those of you who get Fox Sports Detroit. The Skills Comp is on at 2 AM EST

so looks like i gotta stay up lol

 

[Grift69]

Man this is one of those moments that I really with I had a TIVO.

 

[fullmetalninja]

Anton Babchuk, 19 years old wins hardest shot competition(96.3).

He will have the hardest shot in the NHL in 3 years.. Darn Mike Smith and his russians.........

-fullmetalninja

 

[Cayouche5]

Anton Babchuk, 19 years old wins hardest shot competition(96.3).

He will have the hardest shot in the NHL in 3 years.. Darn Mike Smith and his russians.........

-fullmetalninja

how about the other challenge ?

 

[SmokeyClause]

Anton Babchuk, 19 years old wins hardest shot competition(96.3).

He will have the hardest shot in the NHL in 3 years.. Darn Mike Smith and his russians.........

-fullmetalninja

In 3 years, the guys blasting 100+ will still be better than Babchuk. He's going to have a great shot, but 96.3 is what happens when MacInnis' stick breaks

 

[FacelessButcher]

Didn't get a chance to watch can someone share a few more notable events and how was Lynch?

 

[SmokeyClause]

Didn't get a chance to watch can someone share a few more notable events and how was Lynch?

A couple of the guys on the Preds board watched it. I'm sure they wouldn't mind answering a few questions. Hopefully, I'll be watching the tape in about a week and can comment as well.

 

[nomorekids]

Didn't get a chance to watch can someone share a few more notable events and how was Lynch?

he didn't really compete in enough to get a good chance.

honestly, the guys that stood out the most

Mike Zigomanis(WOW, that guy has some moves)
Ryan Miller(best all-around goaltender)
David LaNeveu(not far behind)
Ratislav Stana(not far behind, either)
Timofei Shishkanov(not even being a homer...scored two dazzling goals, as well as a pretty good showing in the puck-control relay)
Nathan Robinson(WOW, fast...hated to see him go down with a groin injury)

I had looked forward to seeing guys like Balej and Zalesak....but was kind of disappointed overall by these two. Kyle Wanvig and Eric Perrin each had a solid goal..but were otherwise pretty invisible.

 

[Motown Beatdown]

Nathan Robinson(WOW, fast...hated to see him go down with a groin injury)

Yeah he has blazing speed. Yet another guy who was looked over because of his size. A great FA signing by the Wings. I liked what i saw when he came up for a few games. Even though he is small, he didn't let anyone push him around. Maybe he'll earn an NHL job next season

 

[montreal]

Zigomanis and Miller stuck out the most to me. Plekanec scored a nice breakaway goal as did Zigomanis. Miller was stopping everything, while Dubewicz (I know I spelled it wrong) looked so bad.

 

[cagney]

...while Dubewicz (I know I spelled it wrong) looked so bad.

To be fair to him, he was hooked up with a microphone and the announcers thought it would be a great idea to ask him questions while he was in the middle of his competitions. He didn't look focused at all and I'm not surprised.

 

[SmokeyClause]

The All-Star game was a blowout as Canada beat Planet USA 9-5. There were some nasty numbers on the US side.

Josef Balej, 0 points, -5
Tomas Plekanec, 0 points, -5
Garrett Stafford, 0 points, -4
Miro Zalesak, 0 points, -4.

 

[Legionnaire]

The All-Star game was a blowout as Canada beat Planet USA 9-5. There were some nasty numbers on the US side.

Josef Balej, 0 points, -5
Tomas Plekanec, 0 points, -5
Garrett Stafford, 0 points, -4
Miro Zalesak, 0 points, -4.

Yeah, they did lose big, but that Hudler to Rosa goal was pretty sweet.

 

[Vagrant]

Hopefully, this can get Mike Zigomanis some exposure on these boards. He's very often overlooked as a very legitimate prospect for the 'Canes organization and i'm glad he took advantage of his opportunity to play well! Congrats, Ziggy. The kid is going to be a player.

 

[DaveG]

Hopefully, this can get Mike Zigomanis some exposure on these boards. He's very often overlooked as a very legitimate prospect for the 'Canes organization and i'm glad he took advantage of his opportunity to play well! Congrats, Ziggy. The kid is going to be a player.

I hope you're right about that. If Lavs decided that Vasicek is more usefull as a winger then I think Zigs would be a good #2 behind Staal on the depth charts. I've also heard that he has been getting powerplay time on the point in Lowell... something the Canes could use for sure.