2024 AHL All-Star Classic: Western Conference All-Stars Shine in San Jose
SAN JOSE, CA - The Western Conference All-Stars stole the show at the 2024 AHL All-Star Classic Skills Competition Sunday night in San Jose, defeating the Eastern Conference All-Stars 18-13.
Brandt Clarke (Ontario Reign) became just the fifth-ever AHL All-Star to go four-for-four in the Accuracy Shooting event while also securing a point for the West All-Stars in a one-vs-one with his older brother Graeme (Utica Comets) in the puck control relay.
Riley Tufte (Colorado) edged out Dylan McIlrath (Hershey) by one tenth of a mile per hour, winning the hardest shot competition with a 100.2 mph slap shot.
Ethen Frank (Hershey) won the fastest skater event for the second straight year, with his 13.032 second time around the rink now sitting second all-time in AHL history behind his 2023 record-setting 12.915 time.
Goaltenders Jet Greaves (Cleveland) and Jesper Wallstedt (Iowa) shared the honor of top goalie on the night as both tied for the fewest total goals allowed in the Rapid Fire, Pass & Score, Breakaway Relay events.
Inclement weather in the San Jose area in the form of heavy rain and wind caused seven players (Abbotsford's Arshdeep Bains, Belleville's Angus Crookshank, Charlotte's Lucas Carlsson, Providence's Georgii Merkulov, Rochester's Jiri Kulich & Isak Rosen and host city San Jose's Shakir Mukhamadullin) to miss the event while several other All-Stars from Hershey, Syracuse and Toronto arrived to the hotel hosting the league's 2024 event just in time to catch the shuttle to TechCU Arena for the All-Stars red carpet walk-in.
Crookshank hopped on the ice midway through the Skills Competition, while Mukhamadullin gave the home crowd a jolt when he appeared on the ice during the final event of the night and scored as the final shooter of the breakaway relay to conclude the on-ice festivities.
The other players who missed Sunday night's Skills Competition are expected to arrive in time to participate in Monday's All-Star Challenge - a 3-on-3 tournament with the players split into their respective divisions (Atlantic, North, Central & Pacific)
Full recap of the 2024 AHL All-Star Classic Skills Competition below.
Event 1 - Puck Control Relay
Race #1 - EAST
EAST - Georgii Merkulov, Angus Crookshank and Ruslan Iskhakov
WEST - Olen Sellweger, Rocco Grimaldi and Josh Doan
Race #2 - WEST
EAST - Mac Hollowell, Dylan Coghlan and Alex Steeves
WEST - Ryker Evans, Mavrik Bourque and
Race #3 - WEST
EAST - Gage Goncalves
WEST - Jonatan Berggren
Race #4 - WEST
EAST - Graeme Clarke
WEST - Brandt Clarke
SCORE AFTER EVENT ONE: 4-1 WEST
### Event 2 - Fastest Skater
Fastest Skater: EAST (Ethen Frank, 13.032) Fastest Team Average: WEST (13.683 average)
EAST
Adam Gaudette (14.479) Trey Fix Wolansky (13.961) Ethen Frank (13.032)
WEST
Matej Blunel (13.645) Arshdeep Bains (13.855) Spencer Stastney (13.415)
SCORE AFTER EVENT TWO: 4-2 WEST
Event 3 - Rapid Fire
Team with the most total saves: EAST (Jet Greaves stopped 9 of 10)
Round 1
Brad Lambert and Raphael Lavoie vs Dennis Hildeby
Saves: 7
Round 2
Brennan Othmann and () vs Yaroslav Askarov
Saves: 6
Round 3
Kyle Capobianco and Matt Coronato vs. Clay Stevenson
Saves: 7
Round 4
Logan Mailloux and Ethen Frank vs Dustin Wolf
Saves: 6
Round 5
Grigori Denisenko and Nic Petan vs Jet Greaves
Saves: 9
Round 6
Dylan McIlrath and Graeme Clarke vs Jesper Wallstedt
Saves: 8
Round 7
Ethan Del Mastro and Brandt Clarke vs. Joel Blomqvist
Saves: 5
Round 8
Ruslan Iskhakov and Gage Goncalves vs. Matthew Villalta
Saves: 7
SCORE AFTER EVENT 3: 4-3 WEST
Event 4 - Hardest Shot
Player with hardest shot: Riley Tufte (100.9 mph) Team with higher average:
EAST
Jake Christensen (95.3 mph, 98.8 mph) Dylan McIlrath (98.8 mph, 100.8 mph) Samu Tuomaala (96.0 mph, 97.3 mph) Jack Thompson (95.7 mph, 96.0)
WEST
Matej Blumel (90.8 mph, 93.0 mph) Raphael Lavoie (95.0 mph, 99.7 mph) Riley Tufte 96.8 mph, 100.9 mph) Spencer Stastney (91.0 mph, 97.2 mph)
SCORE AFTER EVENT 4: 5-4 WEST
Event 5 - Accuarcy Shooting
Player with most hits in fewest attempts: Brandt Clarke (4-for-4) Team with most total hits in fewest attempts: WEST (15-for-26)
EAST
Ruslan Iskhakov: 3-for-7 Graeme Clarke: 4-for-8 Samu Tuomaala: 2-for-8 Trey Fix Wolansky: 4-for-6
WEST
Logan Stankoven: 3-for-8 Brandt Clarke: 4-for-4 Olen Zellweger: 4-for-8 Riley Tufte: 4-for-6
SCORE AFTER EVENT 5: 7-4 WEST
Event 6 - Pass and Score
Round 1
Ethen Frank, Ryan Steeves and Trey Fix-Wolansky vs Yaroslav Askarov
EAST goals by: Trey Fix-Wolansky
Round 2
Nic Petan, Matt Coronato and Arshdeep Bains vs. Dennis Hildeby
WEST goals by: none
Round 3
Brennan Othmann, Dylan Coghlan and Gage Goncalves vs Dustin Wolf
EAST goals by: Dylan Coghlan, Brennan Othmann, Jack Thompson
Round 4
Brad Lambert, Josh Doan and Spencer Stastney vs Clay Stevenson
WEST goals by: Josh Doan
Round 5
Logan Mailloux, Mac Holloerll and Dylan McIlrath vs. Jesper Wallstedt
EAST goals by: Logan Mailloux
Round 6
Jonatan Berggren, Rocco Grimaldi and Ryker Evans vs. Jet Greaves
WEST goals by: Jonatan Berggren
Round 7
Adam Gaudette, Jack Thompson and Jake Christiansen vs. Matthew Villalta
EAST goals by: none
Round 8
Logan Stankoven, Ethan Del Mastro and Mavrik Bourque vs Joel Blomqvist
WEST goals by: Ethan Del Mastro, Logan Stankoven
SCORE AFTER EVENT 6: 12-9 WEST
Event 7 - Breakaway Relay
Round 1
Jake Christiansen Trey Fix-Wolansky Georgii Merkulov Angus Crookshank Mac Hollowell - GOAL
vs. Yaroslav Askarov
Round 2
Rocco Grimaldi
Riley Tufte Olen Zellweger Grigori Denisenko Mavrik Bourque - GOAL
vs. Dennis Hildeby
Round 3
Samu Tuomaala Graeme Clarke Dylan Coghlan Jack Thompson Ruslan Iskhakov
vs Dustin Wolf
Round 4
Nic Petan - GOAL Matt Coronato Logan Stankoven - GOAL Brandt Clarke Brad Lambert
vs Clay Stevenson
Round 5
Ethen Frank Gage Goncalves Jake Christiansen Ruslan Iskhakov Dylan McIlrath
vs Jesper Wallstedt
Round 6
Matej Blumel Raphael Lavoie Kyle Capobianco Ryker Evans Jonatan Berggren
vs Jet Greaves
Round 7
Alex Steeves Adam Gaudette - GOAL Logan Mailloux - GOAL Brennan Othmann Trey Fix-Wolansky - GOAL
vs Matthew Villalta
Round 8
Logan Stankoven Ethan Del Mastro - GOAL Josh Doan - GOAL Spencer Stastney Shakir Mukhamadullin - GOAL
vs Joel Blomqvist
SCORE AFTER EVENT 7: 18-13 WEST
