2008 ECHL All-Star Game

2008 ECHL All-Star Game

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Date	January 23, 2008
Arena	Stockton Arena
City	Stockton, California
MVP	Ash Goldie (Victoria)
Attendance	7,455

The 2008 ECHL All-Star Game was held on January 23, 2008 at the Stockton Arena in Stockton, California, home of the Stockton Thunder, during the 2007–08 ECHL season.

This was the 16th edition of the exhibition and was the fourth year in which the league instituted an American Conference versus National Conference format. The game also marked the third straight time that a National Conference club had been the host and the second time that the game was played in the state of California. The game marked the third victory for the National Conference in the last four years of the competition.

Ash Goldie, forward for the Victoria Salmon Kings won the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player award after scoring three goals and three assists for six points for the National Conference in their 10–7 victory.

Rosters

	American Conference	National Conference
Coach:	Malcolm Cameron (Texas Wildcatters)	Glen Gulutzan (Las Vegas Wranglers)
Assistant Coach:	Chuck Weber (Cincinnati Cyclones)	Mark Morrison (Victoria Salmon Kings)
Starters:	33 - G Craig Kowalski (Gwinnett Gladiators) 5 - D Ryan Gunderson (Trenton Devils) 6 - D Jamie Milam (Gwinnett Gladiators) 10 - F Yannick Tifu (Dayton Bombers) 18 - F Matt Beaudoin (Dayton Bombers) 67 - F John McNabb (Texas Wildcatters, Captain)	35 - G Julien Ellis (Victoria Salmon Kings) 44 - D Darrell Hay (Idaho Steelheads) 55 - D Kevin Truelson (Bakersfield Condors) 15 - F Ash Goldie (Victoria Salmon Kings) 17 - F Peter Ferraro (Las Vegas Wranglers, Captain) 27 - F Greg Rallo (Idaho Steelheads)
Reserves:	30 - G Justin Peters (Florida Everblades) 35 - G Anton Khudobin (Texas Wildcatters) 12 - D Jean-Claude Sawyer (Pensacola Ice Pilots) 25 - D Adrian Veideman (Augusta Lynx) 28 - D Jon D'Aversa (Wheeling Nailers) 70 - D Tomas Kudelka (Elmira Jackals) 9 - F Jordan Owens (Charlotte Checkers) 11 - F Ryan Garlock (Johnstown Chiefs) 20 - F Travis Morin (South Carolina Stingrays) 21 - F Mathieu Melanson (Florida Everblades) 22 - F Tyler Doig (Columbia Inferno) 23 - F Ryan Menei (Mississippi SeaWolves) 24 - F Brett Hemingway (Reading Royals) 51 - F David Desharnais (Cincinnati Cyclones)	34 - G Kellen Briggs (Idaho Steelheads) 56 - G Daniel Manzato (Las Vegas Wranglers) 4 - D Brad Farynuk (Stockton Thunder) 6 - D Kenny MacAulay (Fresno Falcons) 31 - D Jason Dest (Las Vegas Wranglers) 33 - D Brian Yandle (Phoenix Roadrunners) 9 - F Oren Eizenman (Fresno Falcons) 11 - F Andy Contois (Stockton Thunder) 12 - F Peder Skinner (Phoenix Roadrunners) 16 - F Todd Griffith (Bakersfield Condors) 18 - F Keith Johnson (Utah Grizzlies) 20 - F Josh Soares (Alaska Aces) 22 - F Ryan MacMurchy (Stockton Thunder) 23 - F Justin Bourne (Utah Grizzlies) 46 - F Igor Gongalsky (Fresno Falcons)

Box Score

	American	7 - 10 (2-3, 1-4, 4-3)	National	Stockton Arena (7,455) Stockton, California
		First period
	Morin (Menei, Kuldelka) 1:58			MVP:
			3:48 Rallo (Ferraro, Goldie)	Ash Goldie (Victoria)
	D'Aversa (Doig, Melanson) 8:31
			16:48 Goldie
			19:06 Eizenman (Bourne, Gongalsky)
		Second period
			5:49 Skinner (Yandle, Contois)
			13:44 Ferraro (Rallo, Ash Goldie)
			16:55 Goldie (2) (Rallo, Ferraro)
			17:11 Ferraro (2) (Ash Goldie, Rallo)
	Melanson (Desharnais, Gunderson) 19:15
		Third period
			0:22 Goldie (3) (GWG) (Rallo, Ferraro)
	Owens (Hemingway, Gunderson) 7:00
			8:30 Eizenman (2) (Bourne, [[Igor
	D'Aversa (Kudleka) 9:26
			13:10 Contois (MacMurchy, Skinner)
	Beaudoin (Hemingway, Veideman 14:12
	Hemingway (Garlock, Tifu 16:14

W - Daniel Manzato L - Justin Peters

External links

• Official webpage