Team N. America Takes All-Star Game

 

 

It was a 9-6 win for the North American All Stars over the World All Stars in last night's GMHL All Star game in Bracebridge. Fans from all over the GMHL witnessed a great game of skill, and love for the game of hockey!

The night started off with the GMHL Skills Competition. The first event was the Hardest Shot, Brad Davenport of the Toronto Attack won it with a 92 MPH slap shot. Second place went to Michal Spacek (89 MPH) of the Bracebridge Phantoms. The Fastest Skater had very close race with Aaron Scott from the Bradford Rattlers wining in a time of 13.52 seconds. Team World took the 5 person stick handling relay. The final event was the elimination shootout in which Andreas Norrby from the Rattlers showed his magic hands to win the shootout.

The Game was just as exciting. Both teams had a slow start as players from both teams were playing with new line mates for the first time.

After the first, team North America was up 4 to 1 with goals. Goal scorers for N. America were Conor Blue (Toronto Attack), Myles Neuneker (Bradford Rattlers), Ty Watts (Rama Aces), and John Sweet (Mattawa Voyegeurs). The lone goal for Team World was scored by Andre Romonov (Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks).

The second period was the period of the goalies. Great preformances by Chadd Nelson (Bracebridge Phantoms) and Anton Todykov (Shelburne Red Wings) only allowed a goal a piece with a score of 5-2. Matt Gardner (South Muskoka Shield) scored for N. American and Lester Brown (Bracebridge Phantoms) for team world.

Each team scored four goals  which led to a 9-6 victory for the North American All-Stars. Goals in the this were scored by Francis Beauguard (2) (Temiscaming Titans), Joey Molfetta (Rama Aces), and Richard Abbott (Temiscaming Titans) for N. America. Andreas Gurfeldt (Bradford Rattlers), Kyle Cecchetto (Bracebridge Phantoms), Joey Verreijen (Bracebridge Phantoms) and Brandon Gilmour (Bradford Bulls) scored for Team World.

It was a great game and atmosphere for all of the GMHL. Attendance on the night was roughly 600 of the GMHL's most passionate fans.

The GMHL would like to thank Tim Dickieson, the Bracebridge Phantoms, the Phantoms Booster Club, and all the fans who came out to show their support for the leagues best.