Shields Earns All-Star Honor in Rookie Season
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JOHNSTOWN, P.A. – The Johnstown Chiefs announced today
that rookie forward Connor Shields, a former Dartmouth standout,
has been selected to the 2010 American Conference All-Star
team.
The 2010 ECHL All-Star Game presented by Reebok Hockey and brought
to you by Toyota and the City of Ontario will be hosted by the
Ontario Reign at Citizens Business Bank Arena and played on Jan.
20, 2010 while the 2010 ECHL All-Star Skills Competition will be
held on Jan. 19, 2010.
There are 11 rookies on the American Conference and 19 of the 21
players are making their first appearance in an ECHL All-Star
Game.
There have been 58 players from the All-Star Game who have gone on
to play in the National Hockey League, including 33 since 2002 when
the lineups began having players who coaches felt were prospects to
move up to a higher level.
Shields has been a large asset to the Chiefs thus far, leading the
team with 26 points (13G, 13A) through 30 games. Shields leads the
team, and is tied among ECHL rookies, with seven power-play goals.
As well as being selected to represent the Chiefs in the All-Star
game, Shields was named the Reebok Hockey ECHL Rookie of the Month
for November. Shields 17 points (9G, 8A) in November were tied with
rookie teammate Troy Schwab for team lead, and lead among league
rookies.
The starting lineups are determined in voting by American
Conference coaches, team captains, media directors, broadcasters
and media members. Coaches also submitted the top prospects from
within their conference to determine the final roster with each of
the 12 teams having a representative.
