AHL League News: AHL unveils All-Star card set
March 23, 2005

Posted by: Bob Howard
Credit: The AHL.com

AHL unveils All-Star card set

48-card pack features league's top stars

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association today unveiled the 2005 AHL All-Stars trading card set, a 48-card collection featuring the outstanding participants from last month’s 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic.

The set, manufactured by Choice SportsCards of Aston, Pa., features action photos and career statistics of many of the top young players from all 28 AHL teams. Availability of the limited-edition series is just 1,000 sets, and it is believed to be the first complete All-Star collection ever produced by the American Hockey League.

The cards are currently available for purchase online at ahlstore.com.

Included in the set are:

# Nolan Baumgartner
# Patrice Bergeron
# Rene Bourque
# Jay Bouwmeester
# Mike Cammalleri
# Steve Eminger
# Simon Gamache
# Mathieu Garon
# Dan Hamhuis
# Jason King
# Chuck Kobasew
# Jason LaBarbera
# Joey MacDonald
# Lawrence Nycholat
# Michel Ouellet
# Eric Perrin
# Travis Roche
# Patrick Sharp
# Jason Spezza
# Eric Staal
# Brad Tiley
# Kyle Wellwood
# Dennis Wideman

# Keith Ballard
# Sean Bergenheim
# Brandon Bochenski
# Dustin Brown
# Craig Darby
# Christian Ehrhoff
# Denis Grebeshkov
# Andy Hilbert
# Michael Holmqvist
# Andrew Hutchinson
# Ryan Kesler
# Mikko Koivu
# Niklas Kronwall
# Kari Lehtonen
# Ryan Miller
# Antero Niittymaki
# Zach Parise
# Joni Pitkanen
# Tomas Plekanec
# Brian Pothier
# Tony Salmelainen
# Alexander Svitov
# Anton Volchenkov
# Special: Manchester Monarchs
# Special: Finnish All-Stars

In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League clubs. The 2004-05 season sees 28 teams competing for the coveted Calder Cup championship, and more than 5.5 million fans have already attended AHL games this year alone.