Ortio and Poirier named to 2015 AHL All Star Game

[Drury18]

http://theahl.com/rosters-announced-...lassic-p195655

Both on the Western Conference Team:

2015 Western Conference AHL All-Stars

G Magnus Hellberg, Milwaukee Admirals (1st appearance) -- 7-4-2, 1.89, .928, 1 SO
G Jacob Markstrom, Utica Comets (1st) -- 10-2-1, 1.91, .932, 4 SO
G Joni Ortio, Adirondack Flames (1st) -- 16-8-1, 2.54, .915, 3 SO

D T.J. Brennan, Rockford IceHogs (2nd) -- 36gp, 7-21-28, +15
D Matt Dumba, Iowa Wild (1st) -- 14gp, 3-8-11, +3
D Stefan Elliott, Lake Erie Monsters (1st) -- 33gp, 9-11-20, +3
D Maxime Fortunus (“C”), Texas Stars (1st) -- 33gp, 4-9-13, -9
D Brad Hunt, Oklahoma City Barons (2nd) -- 20gp, 7-15-22, +9
D Ryan Murphy, Charlotte Checkers (1st) -- 23gp, 0-17-17, -7
D Xavier Ouellet, Grand Rapids Griffins (1st) -- 21gp, 1-7-8, +5
D Bobby Sanguinetti, Utica Comets (3rd) -- 27gp, 8-9-17, +16

F Connor Brown, Toronto Marlies (1st) -- 35gp, 9-19-28, +6
F Bobby Butler, San Antonio Rampage (3rd) -- 31gp, 14-17-31, -1
F Charles Hudon, Hamilton Bulldogs (1st) -- 35gp, 10-23-33, +6
F Anton Lander, Oklahoma City Barons (1st) -- 29gp, 9-22-31, +8
F Travis Morin, Texas Stars (2nd) -- 23gp, 10-14-24, -1
F Joakim Nordstrom, Rockford IceHogs (1st) -- 17gp, 8-5-13, +2
F Cal O'Reilly, Utica Comets (3rd) -- 34gp, 4-26-30, -1
F Emile Poirier, Adirondack Flames (1st) -- 28gp, 10-10-20, +5
F Teemu Pulkkinen, Grand Rapids Griffins (1st) -- 32gp, 19-19-38, E
F Ty Rattie, Chicago Wolves (1st) -- 35gp, 15-8-23, +4
F Drew Shore, San Antonio Rampage (2nd) -- 33gp, 9-21-30, +1
F Phil Varone, Rochester Americans (1st) -- 35gp, 8-21-29, -3

Coach: Travis Green, Utica Comets (1st as head coach)
Coach: John Anderson, Chicago Wolves (2nd as head coach)

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Woo! Very cool. Both guys deserve it.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Emil-io!

[sureLoss]

woah woah woah were is Hunter Shinkaruk? don't they know he is supposed to make Flame fans regret the Poirier pick?

[Drury18]

He must of been robbed! I mean he's up there in Rookie Points. Let me just pull up the good old rookie scoring page here.

Let's see. We have Emile Poirier in 10th overall. Bill Arnold in 12th. Hey, there's Ryan Culkin in 25th, I didn't actually know that one. Garnet Hathaway is 39th, maybe I was too harsh on him in the ratings.

Scrolling, scrolling.

I FOUND HIM! There's Shinkaruk. In 43rd place for rookie scoring.

And hey, David Wolf is only one point behind him in 52nd place. Hunter has one assist more then David does. They are tied for goals.

(Sorry in advance for any sarcasm meters I exploded. It happens from time to time)

[old-fart]

Only see two Coiler prospects on that list as well, both of whom have shown can't play in the NHL (Brad Hunt and Lander). Jury might still be out on Lander, but the Oilers think so highly of him that they sent him down to keep up an 18 year old kid who clearly wasn't ready to play in the NHL, sheltered the crap out him and he still didn't look NHL ready, so now they sent him back to juniors.

[devo22]

[FBI]

It's going to be so awesome if both Poirier and Bennett make the team next year. That would keep the excitement level up for the entire year just like Johnny this year. (and Jooris I suppose)

[getbak]

Tom Kostopoulos to captain the Eastern team. I'll always be a fan of his for one-punching Bieska.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by getbak

Tom Kostopoulos to captain the Eastern team. I'll always be a fan of his for one-punching Bieska.

Don, is that you?!

[Gaskal]

With Shore we'll have 3 young AHL all-stars in our organization.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Emil-io!

And I was like Emilio!

[Street Pharmacist]

Poirier is now 5th in rookie scoring. The guys ahead of him (not by much) are 5'9", 5'10 or 5'11" and light.


I'll take Emile thanks

[red sky]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Poirier is now 5th in rookie scoring. The guys ahead of him (not by much) are 5'9", 5'10 or 5'11" and light.


I'll take Emile thanks

What about PPG?

[Drury18]

Poirier has a 0.52 PPG 0.77 PPG

The guys ahead are:

Charles Hudon (HAM) - 0.89
Connor Brown (TOR) - 0.78
David Pastranak (PRO) - 1.12
Bredan Leipsic (MIL) - 0.74

[sureLoss]

^.77 PPG for Poirier... think you accidentally used his PIMs in calculations

[Street Pharmacist]

I was wondering why it seemed so low

[Drury18]

I guess I did need a coffee this morning.

[Drury18]

The game and skills comp will be on Sportsnet

http://theahl.com/all-star-classic-t...-homes-p195775

National coverage of the AHL All-Star Classic across Canada will see the Skills Competition on Sportsnet 360 and the All-Star Game on Sportsnet live in all four regions (East, Ontario, West, Pacific).

Skills Comp is Sunday Jan 25 at 6:00pm (MST) on Sportsnet 360
All Star Game is Monday Jan 26 at 5:00pm (MST) on Sportsnet (West/East/Ontario/Pacific)

[Red Menace]

Not that it matters much, but are we allowed to let Shore play in the game without passing thru waivers?