Thursday, January 5, 2017
23 Alums Earn AHL All-Star Invites
Eight first-year pros among honorees to play in AHL All-Star Classic, Jan. 29-30
Nearly half of the players named to the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic played college hockey, with 23 NCAA alums named to the rosters announced by the league on Thursday.
The players will represent each of the four AHL divisions in the two-day event, which features a skills competition on Jan. 29 and the AHL All-Star Challenge on Jan. 30. All events will take place at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa.
Eighteen schools have former players selected to the event. Boston University boasts three representatives, while Miami, Providence and St. Cloud State have two each.
Eight of the players selected played NCAA hockey in 2015-16.
College players have enjoyed tremendous success in the AHL, the NHL’s top development league, this season. As of the end of last week former college players led the league in goals, assists, points, plus/minus, shots, shorthanded goals, power-play goals, save percentage, goals-against average, shutouts and wins.
NCAA Alumni Among AHL All-Stars
| Atlantic Division | AHL Team | NCAA Team |
| Chris Bourque | Hershey | Boston University |
| Travis Boyd | Hershey | Minnesota |
| Jake Guentzel | W-B/Scranton | Omaha |
| Danton Heinen | Providence | Denver |
| Zane McIntyre | Providence | North Dakota |
| Devon Toews | Bridgeport | Quinnipiac |
North Division | ||
| Casey Bailey | Binghamton | Penn State |
| Charlie Lindgren | St. John’s | St. Cloud State |
| Cole Schneider | Rochester | Connecticut |
| Matt Taormina | Syracuse | Providence |
Central Division | ||
| Spencer Abbott | Rockford | Maine |
| Kenny Agostino | Chicago | Yale |
| Brad Hunt | Chicago | Bemidji State |
| Matt Lorito | Grand Rapids | Brown |
| Jack Roslovic | Manitoba | Miami |
| Robbie Russo | Grand Rapids | Notre Dame |
Pacific Division | ||
| Jonny Brodzinski | Ontario | St. Cloud State |
| A.J. Greer | San Antonio | Boston University |
| Troy Grosenick | San Jose | Union |
| Mark Jankowski | Stockton | Providence |
| Vincent LoVerde | Ontario | Miami |
| Brandon Montour | San Diego | Massachusetts |
| Danny O’Regan | San Jose | Boston University |