All star CHL line-ups

[Campino]

Pick your favorite CHL team and make an all-star team of the best players to ever play for them. It doesn't matter how successful they were in their later careers; just based on their time spent with the team.

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[Roughneck]

Calgary Hitmen:

Goalies:
Brent Krahn
Brady Block

Defensemen:
Brad Stuart
Matt Kinch
Mike Egener
Jeff Schultz
Andy Rogers
Johnny Boychuck
Wade Davis

Forwards:
Brad Moran
Pavel Brendl---import
Kris Beech
Fredrik Sjostrom---import
Jordan Krestanovich
Ryan Getzlaf
Andrew Ladd
Brandon Segal
Matt Pettinger
J.D. Smithson
Owen Fussey
Chris Nielsen
Shaun Norrie

theres a stab at it. Being a young team its harder to get as many bog NHL names, but the top line would match any when they were playing junior. Moran, Brendl and Krahn would still outscore any other line

 

[pwil]

Portland Winterhawks

Goalies
Scott Langkow
Byron Dafoe

Defense
Wayne Babych
Dave Babych
Jim Benning
Andrew Ference
Cale Hulse
Glen Wesley

Forwards
Lonny Bohonos
Adam Deadmarsh
Ray Ferraro
Dennis Holland
Troy Mick
Marian Hossa
Steve Konowalchuk
Brenden Morrow
Cam Neely
Richard Zednick
Ken Yaremchuk
Todd Robinson

 

[andora]

theres a stab at it. Being a young team its harder to get as many bog NHL names, but the top line would match any when they were playing junior. Moran, Brendl and Krahn would still outscore any other line

krahn was very good yes, but there were still things he couldn't do

 

[Avery4Byng*]

Kelowna Rockets (based on just their time in Kelowna)

Goal - Kelly Guard
Kevin Swanson

D - Scott Hannan
Sheldon Souray
Josh Gorges
Shea Weber
Tomas Slovak
Gavin Mcleod (was between a few for this spot)

F - Brett Mclean
Chuck Kobasew
Robb Gordon
Jesse Schultz
Rory Mcdade
Scott Parker
Kiel Mcleod
Vaclav Varada
Marty Flichel
Carsen Germyn
Jason Delerume
Ryan Wade

 

[VO #23]

Brandon Wheat Kings

Forwards
Ray Allison
Laurie Boschman
Bill Derlago
Ron Chipperfield
Brian Propp
Ray Ferraro
Marty Murray
Mike LeClerc
Darren Ritchie
Peter Schaefer
Jordin Tootoo
Chris Dingman

Defence
Brad McCrimmon
Wade Redden
Cam Plante
Kevin Cheveldayoff
Burke Henry
Sven Butenschon

Goaltenders
Trevor Kidd
Ron Hextall

 

[Free Edler]

Vancouver Giants

Goaltenders
Marek Schwarz
Aaron Sorochan

Defense
Mark Fistric
Tyson Marsh
Andrej Meszaros
Mark Ardelan
Joe Logan
Kevin Seibel
Andy Thompson
David Selthun

Forwards
Adam Courchaine
Darren Lynch
Gilbert Brule
Triston Grant
Nick Marach
Jeremy Jackson
Mitch Bartley
Ty Morris
Robin Kovar
Marian Havel
Robin Big Snake
Jiri Jakes
Richard Hamula
Tim Kraus

Wow, that's probably the worst defense I've ever seen, and I know a lot of people would disagree with my selections, but I think it would be hard to argue with most of them, even though Jeremy Jackson was a class-A wanker.

 

[moosie19]

Halifax Moosheads

G Jean Giguere
G Dany Dallaire

D Jasmin Gelinas
D Milan Jurcina
D Joe Dipenta
D Randy Upshall
D Alexander Picard
D Jimmy Sharrow

F Alex Tanguay
F Brandon Reid
F Ramzi Abid
F Ladislav Nagy
F Jody Shelley
F Brandon Benedict
F Jason King
F FP Guenette
F Petr Vrana
F Eric Houde
F Marc Chounaird
F Robbie Sutherland

 

[moosefan]

G Jean Giguere
G Dany Dallaire

D Jasmin Gelinas
D Milan Jurcina
D Joe Dipenta
D Randy Upshall
D Alexander Picard
D Jimmy Sharrow

F Alex Tanguay
F Brandon Reid
F Ramzi Abid
F Ladislav Nagy
F Jody Shelley
F Brandon Benedict
F Jason King
F FP Guenette
F Petr Vrana
F Eric Houde
F Marc Chounaird
F Robbie Sutherland

you would have to have Brent Blackned there though.

 

[moosie19]

Blackned was my 13th forward.

Sutherland, Houde, Benedict, and Blackned were all really close. I think I chose the later guys because I saw more of them. I only saw maybe 10 games the first couple of years but have been a season ticket holder for the last 8 years.

 

[Round John]

My Saskatoon Blades all time team

Forward

Wendel Clark (he actually played defense in Saskatoon)
Brian Skrudland
Bernie Federko
Brent Ashton
Kelly Chase
Joey Kocur
Martin Erat
Frank Banham
Shaun Van Allen
Bob Bourne
Wes George
Gerry Pinder
Kevin Kaminski

Defense

Curtis Leschyshyn
Richard Matvichuk
Cory Sarich
Rhett Warriner
Trent Yawney
Dave Lewis
Garnet Exelby

Goal

Tim Cheveldae
Ed Humphreys

Honorable Mention

Forwards - P. Buczkowski, P. Ganchar, M. Habscheid, D. Hordichuk, R. Kortko, L. Lambert, D. MacPherson, W. Peters, R. Smith, T. Strueby, T. Twist, C. Wilm, R. Klassen.

Defense - B. Glynn, M. Green, G. Ledyard, W. Belak.

Goal - N. Maracle, M. Garnett.

 

[littleD]

Ottawa 67s

G - Darren Pang, Craig Hillier

D - Nick Boynton, Brian Campbell, Chris Snell, Joni Lehto, Brad Shaw, Denis Potvin, Doug Crossman, Doug Wilson

F - Brett Seguin, Andrew Cassels, Corey Locke, Don McLaren, Gary Roberts, Blake Dunlop, Alyn McCauley, Mike Peca, Jeff Vaive, Jim Fox, Yvan Joly, Peter Lee, Bobby Smith

I didn't see all of these players play of course, mostly basing it on their stats while with the 67s. It was very hard to narrow down the forwards, and their probabaly all centres , but whatever.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Forward

Wendel Clark (he actually played defense in Saskatoon)
Brian Skrudland
Bernie Federko
Brent Ashton
Kelly Chase
Joey Kocur
Martin Erat
Frank Banham
Shaun Van Allen
Bob Bourne
Wes George
Gerry Pinder
Kevin Kaminski

Defense

Curtis Leschyshyn
Richard Matvichuk
Cory Sarich
Rhett Warriner
Trent Yawney
Dave Lewis
Garnet Exelby

Goal

Tim Cheveldae
Ed Humphreys

Honorable Mention

Forwards - P. Buczkowski, P. Ganchar, M. Habscheid, D. Hordichuk, R. Kortko, L. Lambert, D. MacPherson, W. Peters, R. Smith, T. Strueby, T. Twist, C. Wilm, R. Klassen.

Defense - B. Glynn, M. Green, G. Ledyard, W. Belak.

Goal - N. Maracle, M. Garnett.

Nice list Round John, but ... Kelly Chase and Kevin Kaminski? Really?? They would be honourable mentions at best on my list. Mark Habscheid definitely warrants all-team selection over these two. Blair Chapman and Fred Williams also deserve mention on this list. Both were top junior players and unfortunately first round busts. Tough guy list must contain Dave Brown.

Missing from the d-list is Pat Price, a simply dominant defenseman during his time in junior. Great talent. And I would place another Seventies first rounder on this list, Lawrence Sakurak (sp?).

And move Wendel back to defense. He was a scary, scary force as a Blades defenseman and for this listing, should represent the position he played in junior.

Great job. Just some comments from the peanut gallery.

 

[Carbonneau]

G Jean Giguere
G Dany Dallaire

D Jasmin Gelinas
D Milan Jurcina
D Joe Dipenta
D Randy Upshall
D Alexander Picard
D Jimmy Sharrow

F Alex Tanguay
F Brandon Reid
F Ramzi Abid
F Ladislav Nagy
F Jody Shelley
F Brandon Benedict
F Jason King
F FP Guenette
F Petr Vrana
F Eric Houde
F Marc Chounaird
F Robbie Sutherland

Jamie Brown on defense over Upshall would be my only change

 

[fan75]

Kingston Frontenacs(/Raiders/Canadiens)

A stab at it, anyway...

G Andrew Raycroft
G Tyler Moss

D Craig Rivet
D Mike O'Connell
D Chris Allen
D Marc Moro
D Bryan Fogarty
D Jay Wells

F Bernie Nicholls
F Tony McKegney
F Ken Linseman
F Mike Crombeen
F Keli Corpse
F Mike Zigomanis
F Chris Gratton
F David Ling
F Scott Howson
F Rob Mailloux
F Scott Metcalfe
F Eric Himelfarb

 

[Vatican Roulette]

My god....
Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds

Goaltenders:
Dan Cloutier
Ray Emery
John Vanbiesbrouck
Greg Millen

Defense:
Richard Jackman
Drew Bannister
Jeff Beukeboom
Bob Boughner
Trevor Daley
Gord Dineen
Adam Foote
Chris Felix
Brad Tiley
Rob Zettler
Craig Hartsburg
Paul Coffey


Forwards:
Jeff Carter
Graeme Bonar
Joe Thornton
Dan Currie
Ron Francis
Aaron Gavey
Wayne Groulx
Ralph Intranuovo
Ryan Jardine
Tyler Larter
Cory Pecker
Jarrett Reid
Rick Tocchet
Jeff Toms
Richard Uniacke
Josef Vasicek
Cary Farelli
Wayne Gretzky
Charlie Simmer

Looks like part of the HOF...

 

[turnbuckle*]

Some omissions from people's lists IMO. Tim Salmon led the OHA in scoring for Kingston in the early 80's - he has to be on the all-time list, particularly over Mailloux, Howson and Himelfarb.

Glen Hanlon was quite a goalie for Brandon in the late 70's, making two allstar teams and backstopping Brandon the the Mem Cup final before falling to Peterborough in double overtime. Hextall never made an WHL all-star team, nor did he lead it to any playoff success. Hextall had a better NHL career, but he certainly wasn't a better junior goalie.

On Saskatoon, Bill Hajt was a solid contributor on the blueline in the early 1970s, and went on to a solid NHL career with Buffalo. Larry Sacharuk and George Pesut were other solid Blades bluelines in the 70's, and any Saskatoon list without Balir Chapman is an oversight.

Speaking of goalies, Bunny Larocque was the best goalie to have ever played for the Ottawa 67's. Montreal GM Sam Pollock thought so much of Larocque that he was picked 6th overall in the 1972 NHL draft. His biggest problem was being stuck behind Dryden for so long, and his game regressed.

I've followed the 67's since the Peter Lee days, and I have a fairly different list.

G- Darren Pang, Bunny Larocque

D - Nick Boynton, Brian Campbell, Randy Boyd, Denis Potvin, Ian Turnbull, Doug Crossman, Doug Wilson, Steve Marengere, Behn Wilson, Bruce Cassidy

F - Tim Higgins, Andrew Cassels, Corey Locke, Steve Payne, Blake Dunlop, Alyn McCauley, Mike Peca, Tim Young, Jim Fox, Yvan Joly, Peter Lee, Bobby Smith, Wayne Merrick, Gary Roberts, Adam Creighton

Honourable mention: Pierre Jarry, Jean Potvin, Shawn Simpson, Bryan McShefferey, Mark Paterson, Sean Blanchard, Brett Seguin, Dan Tessier, Joey Talbot

Togh guys (besides Big Behn): Cava, Hospodar, Simon.

 

[fan75]

Some omissions from people's lists IMO. Tim Salmon led the OHA in scoring for Kingston in the early 80's - he has to be on the all-time list, particularly over Mailloux, Howson and Himelfarb.

Ahead of Mailloux? Ok, fair enough.

Ahead of Himelfarb? Maybe, but in relation to the teams total goals Himelfarb had one of the most dominent seasons ever for Kingston with points on more than half of the Frontenacs goals last season. He didn't have Kevin Conway and his 62 goals to feed off to like Salmon did.

Ahead of Howson? No. He's one of only five players to get 300 points in a Kingston uniform. The others being Corpse, McKegney, Zigomanis and Crombeen.

 

[Sweeney]

Rimouski Oceanic

Goalie-
Sebastian Caron
Nicolas Chabot

D-man:
Aaron Johnson
Joé Rullier
Tomas Malec
Patrick Coulombe
Derrick Walser
Michel Périard

Forward:
Brad Richards
Vincent Lecavalier
Michel Ouellet
Jujaj Kolnik
Sidney Crosby
Jonathan beaulieu
Jean-Francois Plourde
Dany Roussin
Marc-Antoine Pouliot
Allan Sirois
Jean-Phillipe Briere
Eric Normandin

 

[VO #23]

Glen Hanlon was quite a goalie for Brandon in the late 70's, making two allstar teams and backstopping Brandon the the Mem Cup final before falling to Peterborough in double overtime. Hextall never made an WHL all-star team, nor did he lead it to any playoff success. Hextall had a better NHL career, but he certainly wasn't a better junior goalie.

Glen Hanlon's last season for Brandon was in '76-'77, and that Brandon team that lost the heartbreaker to Peterborough was the '78-'79 edition of the Wheat Kings. They had Bart Hunter (picked up from Portland) in net for the Memorial Cup.

Hanlon was a solid goalie in junior, but he had the luxury of playing on some very talented Wheaties squads in the mid-'70s, whereas Hextall played for some truly putrid teams in the early-mid '80s.

 

[kruezer]

Hmmm, the Red Deer Rebels....

G
Cam Ward
Dustin Schwartz

HM: Shane Bendera

D
Dion Phaneuf
Darren Van Impe
Jeff Woywitka
Doug Lynch
Ross Lupaschuk
Jim Vandermeer

HM: Mike McBain, Jesse Wallin, Derek Meech

F
Dean Tiltgen
Craig Reichert
B.J. Young
Greg Schmidt
Arron Asham
Shawn McNeil
Justin Mapletoft
Kyle Wanvig
Colby Armstrong
Mikhail Yakubov
Boyd Gordon
Matt Ellison

HM: Brian Loney, Jonathon Zukiwsky, Brad Leeb, Frantisek Mrazek, Colin Fraser

 

[Emerald City Bruin]

Kelowna Rockets (based on just their time in Kelowna)

Goal - Kelly Guard
Kevin Swanson

D - Scott Hannan
Sheldon Souray
Josh Gorges
Shea Weber
Tomas Slovak
Gavin Mcleod (was between a few for this spot)

F - Brett Mclean
Chuck Kobasew
Robb Gordon
Jesse Schultz
Rory Mcdade
Scott Parker
Kiel Mcleod
Vaclav Varada
Marty Flichel
Carsen Germyn
Jason Delerume
Ryan Wade

If you added in the Rockets from Tacoma, you'd have quite a team. Calvert, Egeland, Varga, Prosofsky, Sykora, Hansen, Flichel, Black, Alexeev. Those are all I can think of. Oh and McLaren.

 

[HfxMoose]

G Jean Giguere
G Dany Dallaire

D Jasmin Gelinas
D Milan Jurcina
D Joe Dipenta
D Randy Upshall
D Alexander Picard
D Jimmy Sharrow

F Alex Tanguay
F Brandon Reid
F Ramzi Abid
F Ladislav Nagy
F Jody Shelley
F Brandon Benedict
F Jason King
F FP Guenette
F Petr Vrana
F Eric Houde
F Marc Chounaird
F Robbie Sutherland

Awesome list man, nice job. I would probably take out Upshall and put in maybe Jeff Sullivan, Didier Tremblay, or Jamie Brown.

 

[Louiss]

Rimouski should have Philippe Sauvé instead of Nicolas Chabot in net.
And definitively Jan-Philippe Cadieux on forward and maybe Ryan Clowe also...

 

[Sweeney]

Rimouski should have Philippe Sauvé instead of Nicolas Chabot in net.
And definitively Jan-Philippe Cadieux on forward and maybe Ryan Clowe also...

yeah i wanted to put Clowe And Sauvé... but wasnt sure... and i dont know much Cadieux