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19 Alums Make AHL All-Star Game
Five rookies among the selections for Jan. 27-28 event in Providence.

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A year removed from captaining Denver, Drew Shore will see three of his teammates at the AHL All-Star Classic.

Amid the changing rosters brought on by the start of the NHL season, Thursday the AHL announced the players who will participate in the 2013 AHL All-Star Classic Jan. 27-28 in Providence, R.I. It's a group that features 19 former college players, including five rookies who played college hockey a year ago.

Three of those rookies were Denver teammates - Beau Bennett, Drew Shore and Jason Zucker. Defensemen Chad Billins (Ferris State) and Adam Clendening (Boston University) were also named to the All-Star teams in their first pro seasons.

Denver led the 12 schools who had alums named to the All-Star Classic with four selections, as the three aforementioned rookies are joined by their former Pioneer teammate, Matt Donovan. Boston University (Clendening, Chris Bourque), Colorado College (Curtis McElhinney, Brett Sterling), Ferris State (Billins, Zach Redmond) and Michigan (Chad Kolarik, Kevin Porter) all had two alums selected.

The 2013 AHL All-Star Classic includes the skills competition on Sunday, Jan. 27, and the All-Star Game on Monday, Jan. 28. All of the events will be held at Providence's Dunkin Donuts Center.

UPDATE: Five additional college players have been added to the rosters due to the unavailability of some players. Those additions are reflected below.

Former Collegians in the AHL All-Star Game

East
Curtis McElhinney Colorado College
Matt Donovan Denver
Eric Gryba Boston University
Erik Gustafsson Northern Michigan
Zach Redmond* Ferris State
Chris Summers Michigan
Beau Bennett Denver
Chris Bourque* Boston University
Bobby Butler New Hampshire
Tim Kennedy* Michigan State
Chad Kolarik Michigan
Jeff Taffe Minnesota
West
Chad Billins Ferris State
Adam Clendening Boston University
Brad Hunt Bemidji State
Mike Kostka* Massachusetts
Jamie Oleksiak Northeastern
Mark Arcobello Yale
Matt Frattin North Dakota
Gustav Nyquist Maine
Kevin Porter Michigan
Drew Shore Denver
Brett Sterling* Colorado College
Jason Zucker Denver
* Selected but unavailable