The rosters for the 2009 AHL All Star Classic have been released and will have the Canadian All Star team go head to head with the PlanetUSA All Star team with players from the U.S. and Europe. The 2009 AHL All Star game will be played on Monday January 26th and the skills competition will be played on Sunday January 25th. Without further adieu, here are the 2009 AHL All Star rosters:

2009 Canadian AHL All Star Team

Forwards
Steve Downie, Norfolk
x-Alexandre Giroux, Hershey
x-Claude Giroux, Philadelphia
Cody Franson, Milwaukee
Mike Iggulden, Bridgeport
Jason Krog, Manitoba
Corey Locke, Houston
Brett MacLean, San Antonio
Mark Mancari, Portland
x-Chris Minard, W-B/Scranton
Cal O’Reilly, Milwaukee
Teddy Purcell, Manchester
Martin St. Pierre, Providence
Mike Santorelli, Milwaukee

Defensemen
x-Johnny Boychuk, Providence
Kyle Cumiskey, Lake Erie
Bryan Helmer, Hershey (“C”)
x-Derek Joslin, Worcester
Andrew MacDonald, Bridgeport
Brett Palin, Quad City
Danny Syvret, Philadelphia

Goaltenders
Mike Brodeur, Rochester
Barry Brust, Houston
x-Brian Elliott, Binghamton

2009 PlanetUSA AHL All Star Team

Forwards
Keith Aucoin, Hershey
x-Chris Bourque, Hershey
x-Nikita Filatov, Syracuse
x-Nathan Gerbe, Portland
Martins Karsums, Providence
Tim Kennedy, Portland
Petri Kontiola, Rockford
Drew Miller, Iowa
Joe Motzko, Chicago
Michael Ryan, Albany
Ryan Potulny, Springfield
Jeff Taffe, W-B/Scranton
Ryan Vesce, Worcester

Defensemen
Rory Fitzpatrick, Rochester (“C”)
Jonas Junland, Peoria
Mattias Karlsson, Binghamton
x-Jakub Kindl, Grand Rapids
Ben Lovejoy, W-B/Scranton
Bobby Sanguinetti, Hartford
Jaime Sifers, Toronto
x-Yannick Weber, Hamilton

Goaltenders
Jeff Frazee, Lowell
Daniel Larsson, Grand Rapids
x-Cory Schneider, Manitoba

Note: “x” means the player is a starter

The score was 7-5 Planet USA after the second period, but Team Canada outscored Planet USA 3-1 in the 3rd period to force the game into a shootout.

Ted Purcell also scored the game winning goal in the shootout propelling Team Canada to a 9-8 win in the AHL All Star Game.  Ted Purcell was named the AHL All Star MVP.

Goalies

Drew MacIntyre Manitoba

Michael Leighton Albany

Nolan Schaefer Houston

Players

Adam Pardy Quad City

Brett Skinner Providence

Jeff Tambellini Bridgeport

Joel Kwiatkowski Chicago

Jason Krog Chicago

Andrew Ebbett

Joey Tenute San Antonio

Denis Hamel (“C”) Binghamton

Justin Keller Norfolk

Micki DuPont Peoria

Mark Mancari Rochester

Mike Iggulden Worcester

Lawrence Nycholat Binghamton

Derrick Walser Toronto

Martin St. Pierre Rockford

Alexandre Picard Philadelphia

Teddy Purcell Manchester

Corey Locke Hamilton

Goalie

Tuukka Rask Providence

Jimmy Howard Grand Rapids

Pekka Rinne Milwaukee

Players

Peter Harrold Manchester

Clay Wilson Syracuse

Erik Reitz Houston

Brian Lee Binghamton

Bobby Ryan Portland

Petr Vrana Lowell

 Keith Aucoin (“C”) Albany

Joe Motzko Hershey

Alex Goligoski W-B/Scranton

Greg Moore Hartford 6-1

T.J. Hensick Lake Erie

Toby Petersen Iowa

Matt Lashoff Providence

Brian Salcido Portland

Gabe Gauthier Manchester

Brett Sterling Chicago

Joakim Lindstrom Syracuse  

Rob Schremp Springfield

Jonathan Ericsson Grand Rapids