Team World Wins All-Star Game 10-7 Final

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.