All-Star Game

Team World outscored Team North America in the 8th annual GMHL All Star game & skills competition by a score of 10-7 on Monday, January 6th at the Centre in Temiscaming.

South Muskoka Shield forward Andrei Novikov led the attack with a hat trick.  Other goals came from Ian Saganash (Mattawa) with a pair and an assists.  Saganash was also chosen player of the game for Team World.  Sergei Schenkov, Mark Rozonov with a pair, Sergei Kononov and Illes Gallo had the other goals.

World goalies Mike Masucci, Martin Kysa and Sergei Bolshakov shared the duties playing one period each to get the win.  While Titans Jonathan Goulet, Anton Todykov and Donovan Auger split the game between the pipes for Team North America.

Team North America player of the game Zack Newman scored twice while Titans Richard Abbott, Ryder Murray & Corey Evelyn each tallied one goal.

Ty Watt & James Steele rounded out the scoring.

In the skills competition, Shootout elimination it was Alliston Coyotes goalie Anton Todykov declared the winner allowing only 1 goal on 9 attempts.

Titans Corey Evelyn took the fastest skater competition with a time of 13.9 seconds.  Mattawa Voyageurs Jonah Rupert 145km/h blast earned him top honors in the hardest shot category. In the shooting accuracy, it was Chris Brown of the Alliston Coyotes managed to hit 4 targets out of 15 tries to take the prize.

In the skating and puck control rally, Team North America's Ty Watt, Mack Fleming, Connor Blue, Chris Micallef and Titans Ryder Murray edged out Team World with a time of 2 min 27sec compared to 2 min 31 sec.

(January 7, 2014)

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The Temiscaming Titans are set to host the 8th Annual All Star game for the GMHL. The game will take place on Monday, January 6th, 2014 at Le Centre De Temiscaming.

Kicking off the night, the players will be treated to a pre-game meal from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in The Desjardins Hall hosted by the Temiscaming Titans. An ownership meeting will also be taking place at The Dottori Hall also in Le Centre during this time.

On-ice action will begin at 6:30pm with the annual skills competition. Formal presentations will be made to the winners of each contest with participants being selected by the All-Star team coaches. The competition will include: hardest shot, fastest skater, accuracy contest, puck control relay and an elimination shootout. Details of each competition can be found below.

The All-Star game will begin at 7:35pm with national anthems and a statement from the GMHL. The puck will then be dropped with three 20 minute periods under NCAA rules. The Temiscaming Titans will be hosting 50/50 draws and jersey raffles amongst the all-star festivities.

The GMHL All-Star game has always been popular for recruiters and scouts from higher levels of the game.

Since 2009, the GMHL All-Star game has been Team North America vs. Team World. This format will be followed again this season. The rosters for each squad will be released closer to the event. A schedule summary is listed below:

2014 GMHL All Star Game

Monday, January 6,2014
LE CENTRE DE TÉMISCAMING

Schedule:

3:30pm • Player's Pre-game Meal
6:30pm • Skills Competition
7:35pm • All Star Game

Team North America vs. Team World

TEAM	NORTH AMERICA	POS	TEAM	WORLD	POS
ALLISTON	ANTON TODYKOV	GOALIE	BULLS	SERGEY BOLSHAKOV	GOALIE
ATTACK	DONOVAN AUGER	GOALIE	SEGUIN	MARTIN KYSA	GOALIE
TITANS	JOHNATHAN GOULET	GOALIE	RATTLERS	DOMINIC NYFFELER	GOALIE
SEGUIN	JIM STEELE	FORWARD	RATTLERS	DINO GOMBAR	FORWARD
TITANS	RICHARD ABBOT	FORWARD	RATTLERS	ILLES GALLO	FORWARD
TITANS	RYDER MURRAY	FORWARD	POWASSAN	JAKUB PEJSA	FORWARD
BUCKS	PHIL KOUFIS	FORWARD	SHIELD	ANDREY NOVIKOV	FORWARD
HALTON	DENNIS FONTYN	FORWARD	PHANTONS	TOMI TAAVITSAINEN	FORWARD
HALTON	CHRIS MICALLEF	FORWARD	PHANTONS	SAM WAARA	FORWARD
ATTACK	BRETT TWIZELL	FORWARD	BUCKS	DOMINIK BARBORA	FORWARD
ATTACK	CONNOR BLUE	FORWARD	BLUE ICE	MARK ROZANOV	FORWARD
RAMA	RYAN BRAIN	FORWARD	MEAFORD	CARL BERGINSTJERNA	FORWARD
LEFROY	BRENDAN LEAVITT	FORWARD	MATTAWA	IAN SAGANASH	FORWARD
MEAFORD	ZACK NEWMAN	FORWARD	ALLISTON	CHRIS BROWN	FORWARD
MEAFORD	MACK FLEMMING	FORWARD	SHELBURNE	SERGEY KONONOV	FORWARD
AMERICANS	DANIEL HUSSEY	FORWARD
SHIELD	MIKE GAMBACORTA	DEFENCE	SEGUIN	JAKUB KULHANEK	DEFENCE
BLUE ICE	RYAN DEVINE	DEFENCE	POWASSAN	DAVID KREPELKA	DEFENCE
BULLS	KYLE WALLENHORST	DEFENCE	BULLS	SERGEY SHCHENKOV	DEFENCE
PREDATORS	ALAN DJUKIC	DEFENCE	PREDATORS	ROBIN BONVIN	DEFENCE
LUMBERJACKS	SHAWN DELORME	DEFENCE	LEFROY	OLEG MANASTYRLI	DEFENCE
LUMBERJACKS	WAYNE RUPERT	DEFENCE	MATTAWA	MICHAEL PERRIN	DEFENCE
AMERICANS	CHRISTIAN TYSON	DEFENCE	ALLISTON	DEREK VAN NESS	DEFENCE
RAMA	TY WATT	DEFENCE	SHELBURNE	VLADISLAV ZBORSHCHIK	DEFENCE

 

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Skills Competition Procedures

Hardest Shot
* Players alternate shots. Two attempts for each player.
* A single puck is positioned on the ice 30 feet from the left of the goal. A player, starting no further than the nearest blue line, may skate towards the puck and shoot it from its positioned spot into the goal. The highest recorded shot (in mph) of two attempts will be scored.
* Shots must be on goal to be calculated and all shots are recorded by radar in miles per hour.
* If a puck enters the goal uncalculated due to a malfunction of the radar equipment, the shooter will be allowed an additional attempt.
* If player breaks his stick he will be given another attempt.
* At the conclusion of the individual matches, the player from each team who recorded the hardest single shot will meet in a final match to determine the GMHL's Hardest Shooter.
Fastest Skater
* One skater from each team is positioned side by side on the start line, both skaters race towards the same end zone, both turn outward, skate to the opposite end zone, turn back and skate past centre ice to the finish line. 
* The winner of each match is the skater with the fastest time as recorded by the timing devices.
* In case of a clock malfunction, the official time will be recorded by the referee's stop watch.
* The player from each team with the fastest time will meet in the final match to determine the GMHL's Fastest Skater.
Accuracy Shootout
* Four destructible styrofoam targets 15 inches in diameter are attached to the goal posts of both goals, one target in each corner.
* Two players, one on each side of each goal, alternately pass pucks to a shooter positioned 25 feet out from the goal line. 
* Shooters compete at one end, alternating attempts.
* The shooter who hits each of the four targets in the least amount of time wins the match.
* Any contact of a target by a puck that is shot is scored as a hit.
* The player with the fastest time from each team will go head-to-head for the title of the GMHL's Most Accurate Shooter.
Puck Control Relay
* For one of the relay's the one timer shooters must be lefties and for the other relay they must be righties
* Each skill must be completed before moving on to the next skill. Referee whistles/signals start of next skill
* This is a timed event, with the fastest time winning.
Elimination Shootout
* Shooters that score move on to the next round.
* Each scoring attempt is officiated in accordance with GMHL shootout rules.
* The winner of the contest will be the player who scores in the final round and all the other player(s) miss or 
* The event is over if all shooters in any round do not score.