This is the one All-Star game Steven Kampfer is hoping to miss.
The Bruins defenseman, who spent 20 games with the Providence Bruins before his December call up to Boston, was named to the AHL Eastern Conference All-Star team on Tuesday. The 2011 AHL All-Star Classic is set for Jan. 30-31 at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa.
Kampfer was the sole representative voted from Providence, but the defenseman is hoping that he will still be up with Boston, and will therefore miss the All-Star Classic.
Each team is made up of 12 forwards, eight defenseman and three goaltenders. Fans voted the starters for each team, while a committee of AHL coaches selected the remaining players. All 30 AHL team have at least one All-Star representative in the Classic.
Hershey Bears head coach Mark French and assistant coach Troy Mann are set to lead the Eastern Conference team, while John Hynes of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Jared Bednar of Peoria are set to co-coach the Western Conference team.
Below are the starters for each team.
Eastern Conference
Forwards
Luke Adam, Portland
Matt Anderson, Albany
Bobby Butler, Binghamton
*Jonathan Cheechoo, Worcester
*Andrew Gordon, Hershey
Johan Harju, Norfolk
Dustin Jeffrey, W-B/Scranton
*Corey Locke, Binghamton
Kyle Palmieri, Syracuse
Rhett Rakhshani, Bridgeport
Jerome Samson, Charlotte
Jeremy Williams, Connecticut
Defensemen
Erik Gustafsson, Adirondack
Steven Kampfer, Providence
John Moore, Springfield
*Lawrence Nycholat, Hershey
Bryan Rodney, Charlotte
Drew Schiestel, Portland
Viatcheslav Voynov, Manchester
*Mark Wotton, Bridgeport (“C”)
Goaltenders
Braden Holtby, Hershey
Martin Jones, Manchester
*Brad Thiessen, W-B/Scranton
Head Coach: Mark French, Hershey
Assistant Coach: Troy Mann, Hershey
Athletic Trainer: Dan Stuck, Hershey
Equipment Manager: Justin Kullman, Hershey
Western Conference
Forwards
Joey Crabb, Toronto
*David Desharnais, Hamilton
*Alexandre Giroux, Oklahoma City (“C”)
Linus Klasen, Milwaukee
Spencer Machacek, Chicago
Brett MacLean, San Antonio
*Travis Morin, Texas
Linus Omark, Oklahoma City
Max Pacioretty, Hamilton
Michal Repik, Rochester
Sergei Shirokov, Manitoba
Ryan Stoa, Lake Erie
Defensemen
T.J. Brodie, Abbotsford
Brian Connelly, Rockford
Maxim Noreau, Houston
Nathan Oystrick, Peoria
*Paul Postma, Chicago
Brendan Smith, Grand Rapids
*Garrett Stafford, San Antonio
Clay Wilson, Rochester
Goaltenders
*Jake Allen, Peoria
Mark Dekanich, Milwaukee
Curtis Sanford, Hamilton
Co-Coach: John Hynes, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Co-Coach: Jared Bednar, Peoria
Athletic Trainer: Kent Weisbeck, Rochester
Equipment Manager: Ralph Calvanese, Springfield
* – denotes starters
