2012 GMHL All-Star Game

January 11, 2012

GRAVENHURST, ON

Thank you for all the players that came to the GMHL All Star game on January 10th in Gravenhurst. We enjoyed hosting you and hope that you enjoyed both the Skills competition and the game.

Fastest Skater: Each World Skater was faster than their North American competitor, the overall winner was Filip Hrivnak (Elliot Lake Bobcats) at 13.49 seconds.

Puck Slalom: Fastest Was Ethan Strong (Bobcaygeon Bucks) at 29.44 seconds.

Hardest Shot: We had to have a tie-breaker between Nicolas Thommen (Bradford Rattlers) and Anton Yngwe (Bradford Rattlers) and Nicolas Thommen won with a 91 MPH shot.

Goalie Breakaway: We had a 3-way tie to break, but eventually Rob Sutherland (Bradford Rattlers) won.

Breakaway Elimination: Won by Nikita Samoylov (Shelburne Red Wings).

 

First Period:
World: David Amnas (Lumberjacks) from Conner Smith (Rattlers) and Michael Gambracorta (Wave) at 6:33
World: David Amnas (Lumberjacks) from Illes Gallo (Lumberjacks) and Travis White (Rattlers) at 11:01
NA: DJ Tahbazian (Titans) from Robin Mendelsohn (Titans) and Richard Abbott (Titans) at 13:44
NA: Donny Danroth (Shield) from Dylan Sontag (Shield) and Joel Senecal (Lumberjacks) at 18:17
World: Filip Hrivnak (Bobcats) from Nik Humar (Bobcats) and Lucas Potocek (Bobcats)
Score at the end of the first period was NA 2, World 3

 

Second Period:
NA: Richard Abbott (Titans) from DJ Tahbazian (Titans) and Robin Mendelsohn (Titans) at 4:08
World: Atte Koopikka (Lumberjacks) from Nicolas Thommen (Rattlers) and Stanislav Nikonov (Shield) at 5:15
NA: Joel Senecal (Lumberjacks) from Donny Danroth (Shield) and Dylan Sontag (Shield) at 6:44
Score at the end of the second period was tied at 4

 

Third Period:
NA: Dylan Sontag (Shield) from Donny Danroth (Shield) and Joel Senecal (Lumberjacks) at 2:31
NA: Robin Mendelsohn (Titans) from DJ Tahbazian (Titans) and Richard Abbot (Titans) at 6:27
World: Illes Gallo (Lumberjacks) from David Amnas (Lumberjacks) and Travis White (Rattlers) at 5:40
NA: John Sweet (Storm) scored on a Penalty Shot at 7:36
World: Travis White (Rattlers) from David Amnas (Lumberjacks) and Illes Gallo (Lumberjacks) at 12:15
World: Illes Gallo (Lumberjacks) from Travis White (Rattlers) 13:27
NA: Richard Abbott (Titans) from DJ Tahbazian (Titans) and Robin Mendelsohn (Titans) at 14:04 (Game winner)
NA: A hooking penalty was called against Donny Danroth (first & only minor penalty) at 17:43
NA: Ravi Chand (Titans) from Richard Abbott (Titans) at 19:38 both a short-handed and empty net goal
Final Score: North America 9, World 7

MVP's of the game were: World: David Amnas (Lumberjacks) and NA: Richard Abbott (Titans)

- Cathy Calvert

Photos by: Richard Coburn