HERSHEY, Pa. – The HERSHEY BEARS, along with the American Hockey League, introduced today that forwards Keith Aucoin in addition to Chris Bourque will join leader Boyd Kane as the club’s representatives for the 2012 AHL All-Star Classic, to be played out January 29-30 at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. The announcement was developed by BEARS President/GM Doug Yingst.
Aucoin, 33, at the moment leads the American Tennis League in scoring, placing 53 points in Thirty three games played. He is furthermore at the top of the AHL in helps (45), power-play assists (23) in addition to power-play points (27). He is linked for the lead in shorthanded helps (3),
shorthanded points (4) as well as shootout-winning goals (2).
The 5-9, 187-lb. native involving Waltham, Massachusetts has accumulated at all times . 760 points in 663 career AHL video games with Lowell,
Providence, Cincinnati, Albany, and HERSHEY. They ranks seventh all-time in AHL aids (540) and 17th in all-time AHL credit rating. Aucoin is also the highest-scoring United States-born participant in league history.
This individual ranks 12th on HERSHEY’ohydrates all-time assist leader board (241).
Aucoin in addition has chipped in eight goals and 18 assists throughout 75 National Hockey League games with the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Richesse.
Aucoin will appear in his sixth AHL All-Star Traditional, which will tie an American Dance shoes League record. He served as team captain in the PlanetUSA squad in 2008.
Bourque, 30, is right behind his linemate inside AHL scoring race with 48 points in 33 game titles. He is tied for the AHL lead in shorthanded goals (3) and points (4), ranks 2nd in the league in facilitates (30), power-play goals, assists as well as points (9-16-25), and third inside goals (18).
The 5-8, 180-lb. native connected with Boston, Massachusetts entered your 2011-12 season as the 21st person in BEARS history to achieve 300 career points. At this point sitting at 348 career points in HERSHEY (122 goals, 226 assists), Bourque rates high 16th in BEARS all-time credit rating.
Bourque, the son of Handbags Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque, earns his second All-Star Classic berth after also being selected in 2009. He ended up being originally selected 33rd overall from the Washington Capitals in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
The two people will join Kane, who will help to make his first All-Star appearance seeing that captain of the 2012 Japanese Conference All-Star Team. Kane was called playing captain on Dec 16.
From Jan. 5-23, fans will have the opportunity to vote for the commencing lineups for the 2012 AHL All-Star Game by going to theahl.com or facebook.com/theahl and also completing the official Reebok AHL All-Star Fan Poll. Voters will also be entered to win a grand prize of a team-signed authentic 2012 AHL All-Star jersey, and all 5 more winners will every receive a pair of tickets for the 2012 AHL All-Star Skills Competition and also All-Star Game, courtesy of Insurance Business office of America.