Western Conference Rallies for All-Star Victory

The Toronto Marlies defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon in front of the largest crowd ever to see an American Hockey League game in Canada.

It was 3:30 a.m. when Milan Kytnar began his day in Stockton, Calif. “It was going to be a long day because we were headed to play in Alaska,” he said of the two-game trip to play the Aces. It was there, at the airport, where his general manager pulled him aside.

It was a star-studded evening in Prescott Valley, Arizona on Wednesday night as the 2012 CHL All-Star Game took place at Tim’s Toyota Center with the host Arizona Sundogs taking on a team of CHL All- Stars. The stars were bright as the CHL All-Stars defeated the Sundogs by a 6-4 score in front of 4,479 fans.

The American Hockey League announced today the Eastern and Western Conference All-Star rosters for the 2012 AHL All-Star Classic, to take place Jan. 29-30 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ.