SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association today unveiled the 2008 AHL All-Stars trading card set, a 44-card collection featuring the outstanding participants from the 2008 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Reebok.
The set, manufactured by Choice SportsCards of Aston, Pa., features action photos and statistics of many of the top young players from all 29 AHL teams. Availability of the limited-edition series is just 1,000 sets; the cards can be purchased online at ahlstore.com, phpa.com, and at select AHL arenas.
Included in the set are:
| Keith Aucoin Micki DuPont Andrew Ebbett Jonathan Ericsson Gabe Gauthier Alex Goligoski Denis Hamel Peter Harrold T.J. Hensick Jimmy Howard Mike Iggulden Justin Keller Jason Krog Joel Kwiatkowski Matt Lashoff |
Brian Lee Michael Leighton Joakim Lindstrom Corey Locke Drew MacIntyre Mark Mancari Greg Moore Joe Motzko Lawrence Nycholat Adam Pardy Toby Petersen Alexandre Picard Teddy Purcell Tuukka Rask Erik Reitz |
Pekka Rinne Bobby Ryan Brian Salcido Nolan Schaefer Rob Schremp Brett Skinner Martin St. Pierre Brett Sterling Jeff Tambellini Joey Tenute Petr Vrana Derrick Walser Clay Wilson “Netcam” Photo |
In operation since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 83 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and for the sixth year in a row, more than 6 million fans attended AHL games across North America in 2006-07.
