Agozzino & Francouz Named 2019 AHL All Stars for Eagles
Jan 3, 2019
WINDSOR, CO. – The Colorado Eagles, proud affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche, have announced that goaltender Pavel Francouz and forward Andrew Agozzino will represent the Colorado Eagles at the 2019 Lexus AHL All-Star Classic presented by MGM Springfield, to be held January 27-28 in Springfield, Mass.
EVENT DETAILS
The 2019 AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Jan. 27 (7 p.m. ET) will pit the All-Stars from the two Eastern Conference divisions against those from the two Western Conference divisions in seven skills events.
In the 2019 AHL All-Star Challenge on Jan. 28 (7 p.m. ET), the four teams will participate in a 3-on-3, round-robin tournament featuring six games of 10 minutes each. The two teams with the best records at the end of the round-robin will face off for the championship, a six-minute, 3-on-3 game.
Tickets for the 2019 Lexus AHL All-Star Classic presented by MGM Springfield are priced at $39, $49, $59 and $99, and include admission to both the Skills Competition on Jan. 27 and the All-Star Challenge on Jan. 28. Tickets are available now at springfieldthunderbirds.com/allstar.
The 2019 Lexus AHL All-Star Classic presented by MGM Springfield will feature the top young talent in the American Hockey League: since 1995, more than 94 percent of All-Star Classic participants have gone on to compete in the National Hockey League, including Jake Allen, Patrice Bergeron, Ben Bishop, Zdeno Chara, Logan Couture, Connor Hellebuyck, Braden Holtby, Tyler Johnson, Martin Jones, Jonathan Marchessault, Brandon Montour, William Nylander, Zach Parise, Mikko Rantanen, Tuukka Rask, Pekka Rinne, Jason Spezza, P.K. Subban and Mats Zuccarello.
BROADCAST DETAILS
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced that the telecast of the 2019 Lexus AHL All-Star Classic presented by MGM Springfield will air live to national audiences on NHL Network in the United States and on Sportsnet ONE and Sportsnet NOW in Canada.
Produced in high definition by Concom Inc., live broadcasts of the event from the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass., will air Sunday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. ET for the AHL All-Star Skills Competition, and Monday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. ETfor the AHL All-Star Challenge.
Former award-winning AHL broadcaster Brendan Burke, now the TV voice of the New York Islanders on MSG Networks, will handle play-by-play duties for the broadcasts. Alan May, a former AHL and NHL forward who is now an analyst for Washington Capitals games on NBC Sports Washington, will provide color commentary, and Todd Crocker, the voice of the Toronto Marlies on Leafs Nation Network, will work rinkside.
The 2019 Lexus AHL All-Star Classic presented by MGM Springfield is part of packages of American Hockey League action airing on NHL Network and Sportsnet this season.
In addition, the two-day event can be seen worldwide on the AHL’s new streaming platform, AHLTV (theahl.com/AHLTV).
Francouz has gone 13-7-2 with a 2.65 goals-against average, .919 save-percentage and has posted one shutout with the Eagles. The 28 year-old has also appeared in two NHL games this season with the Avalanche, making 33 saves on 35 shots. This will be his first appearance in the AHL All-Star Game.
Agozzino currently leads Colorado in goals (12), assists (18), points (30) and plus/minus rating (+9) and is making his second appearance at the AHL All-Star Game after earning a spot at the 2012-13 contest while a member of the Lake Erie Monsters.
Each of the AHL’s four divisions will be represented by 12 players. Rosters were determined by committees of AHL coaches, and all 31 AHL teams are represented by at least one All-Star.
In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and staff of all 31 National Hockey League teams. More than 87 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 100 honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL in their careers. In 2017-18, over 6 million fans attended AHL regular-season and playoff games across North America for the 17th year in a row.
