Chirps from Center Ice

The AHL announced the 2010-2011 AHL All-Star Team today at 3. You can view the .pdf file here.

As expected, Dustin Jeffrey and Brad Thiessen have made the team. Thiessen named starting goaltender.

Here are the lineups:

Eastern Conference

Forwards (12)

Luke Adam – Portland Pirates
Matt Anderson – Albany Devils
Bobby Butler – Binghamton Senators
Jonathan Cheechoo – Worcester Sharks *
Andrew Gordon – Hershey Bears *
Johan Harju – Norfolk Admirals
Dustin Jeffrey – Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Corey Locke – Binghamton Senators *
Kyle Palmieri – Syracuse Crunch
Rhett Rakhshani – Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Jerome Samson – Charlotte Checkers
Jeremy Williams – Connecticut Whale

Defensemen (8)

Erik Gustaffson – Adirondack Phantoms
Steven Kampfer – Providence Bruins
John Moore – Springfield Falcons
Lawrence Nycholat – Hershey Bears *
Bryan Rodney – Charlotte Checkers
Drew Schiestel – Portland Pirates
Viatchslav Voynov – Manchester Monarchs
Mark Wotton – Bridgeport Sound Tigers (C) *

Goaltenders (3)

Braden Holtby – Hershey Bears
Martin Jones – Manchester Monarchs
Brad Thiessen – Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins *

Western Conference

Forwards (12)

Joey Crabb – Toronto Marlies
David Desharnais – Hamilton Bulldogs *
Alexandre Giroux – Oklahoma City Barons (C) *
Linus Klasen – Milwaukee Admirals
Spencer Machacek – Chicago Wolves
Brett MacLean – San Antonio Rampage
Travis Morin – Texas Stars *
Linus Omark – Oklahoma City Barons
Max Pacioretty – Hamilton Bulldogs
Michal Repik – Rochester Americans
Sergei Shirokov- Manitoba Moose
Ryan Stoa – Lake Erie Monsters

Defensemen (8)

T.J. Brodie – Abbotsford Heat
Brian Connelly – Rockford IceHogs
Maxim Noreau – Houston Aeros
Nathan Oystrick – Peoria Rivermen
Paul Postma – Chicago Wolves *
Brendan Smith Grand Rapids Griffins
Garrett Stafford – San Antonio Rampage *
Clay Wilson – Rochester Americans

Goaltenders (3)

Jake Allen – Peoria Rivermen *
Mark Dekanich – Milwaukee Admirals
Curtis Sanford – Hamilton Bulldogs

* – denotes starter

Thoughts: Hershey is sending three again. Most of any team in the East and tied with Hamilton in the West. Bombulie had some thoughts on who he thought was snubbed. I don’t know how you leave Marc Andre Pouliot from the Norfolk Admirals or Mark Mancari from the Portland Pirates off the list. Bombulie also added how Binghamton’s Andre Benoit was left off the list being second in the conference in defensemen scoring off the list. For WBS, I had Bortuzzo making it for the sheer reason that he is the best defensemen on the best team. You can argue Joe Vitale, Eric Tangradi or half our team because we are the best team. Syracuse’s Nicholas Deschamps should have went in my opinion. In the West, no Jason Krog or Darren Haydar from the Chicago Wolves. No Peoria’s Graham Mink (a former Hershey Bear) and no Eddie Lack from the Manitoba Moose. Lack is a rookie, and with Allen making it in his first year, Lack was left out.

It’s going to be a fun time for sure as always. Looking forward to going!