Top Prospects trading card set unveiled

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association today unveiled the 2005-06 AHL Top Prospects trading card set, featuring 49 of the outstanding young players in the AHL.

The set, manufactured by Choice SportsCards of Aston, Pa., features action photos and career statistics of rising stars from all 27 AHL teams. The cards will be available for purchase in select AHL arenas and online at ahlstore.com and PHPA.com.

Included in the set are:

 

  • Nicklas Bergfors
  • Barry Tallackson
  • Patrick Eaves
  • Bruno Gervais
     
  • Jeremy Colliton
  • Braydon Coburn
  • Brian Sipotz
  • Steve Bernier
  • Valtteri Filppula
  • Jimmy Howard
  • Yann Danis
  • Jean-Francois Jacques
  • Al Montoya
  • Nigel Dawes
  • Eric Fehr
  • Tomas Fleischmann
  • Chris Bourque
  • Josh Harding
  • Patrick O’Sullivan
  • Roman Voloshenko
  • Yan Stastny
  • Dan Ellis
  • Vitaly Kolesnik
  • Jeff Tambellini
  • Lauri Tukonen
  • Konstantin Pushkarev
  • Kevin Bieksa
  • Alexandre Burrows
     
  • Libor Pivko
  • Pekka Rinne
  • Martin St. Pierre
  • Eric Nystrom
  • Peter Sejna
  • Mike Glumac
  • Alexandre Picard
  • Dustin Penner
  • Ryan Shannon
  • Tyler Redenbach
  • Ben Walter
  • Nathan Paetsch
  • Chris Thorburn
  • Matt Jones
  • Ryan Vesce
  • Ryan Craig
  • Geoff Platt
  • Staffan Kronwall
  • Jeremy Williams
  • Noah Welch
  • Ryan Lannon

     

    In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League clubs. The 2004-05 season sees 28 teams competing for the coveted Calder Cup championship, and more than 3.2 million fans have already attended AHL games this year alone.