This is great news and it will be interesting to see how it goes. I'm sure
the game will draw very well at Alfond. I was inspired by Wayne's post to
dig up some numbers on the AHCA all-star game which was held from 1980 to
1984. The series was tied: East 2, West 2, one tie.
4/10/80 East 3, West 3 at St Paul Civic Center
Coaches: East - Lou Lamoriello, Providence
West - Bob Johnson, Wisconsin
MVP: G Doug Randolph, West, St Cloud
3/30/81 East 7, West 4 at Met Center
Coaches: East - Steve Stirling, Babson
West - Rick Comley, Northern Michigan
MVP: F Todd Johnson, East, Boston University
3/29/82 West 6, East 4 at Met Center
Coaches: East - Bill O'Flaherty, Clarkson
West - Brad Buetow, Minnesota
MVP: F Don Fraser, West, Denver
3/28/83 East 4, West 3 (ot) at Met Center
Coaches: East - Fern Flaman, Northeastern
West - Jerry York, Bowling Green
MVP: G Marc Behrend, West, Wisconsin
3/25/84 West 11, East 7 at Houston Field House (RPI)
Coaches: East - Pete van Buskirk, Holy Cross
West - Jerry Welsh, Ohio State
MVP: F Steve Smith, East, Colgate
F Paul Pooley, West, Ohio State
It's nice to hear that some DivII-III players will be invited as well.
Some of the DivII-III schools who sent players to the AHCA game are:
Bowdoin, Plattsburgh, St Scholastica, St Thomas, Lowell (when DivII),
Norwich, and St Cloud (when DivIII). Congratulations to everyone involved
in putting this together. The only question is, will some of the top
players stick around to play before turning pro which a number of players
do immediately after their season is done. I hope so.
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Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Color Voice of the Merrimack Warriors
(Any opinions expressed above are strictly those of the poster.) *HMN*
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