Former Blazers' Logan Stankoven (left) and Olen Zellweger in action for their respective AHL teams.
A pair of former Kamloops Blazers stars will play in the 2024 AHL All-Star game next month.
Logan Stankoven of the Texas Stars and Olen Zellweger of the San Diego Gulls will make their first all-star appearances on Feb. 4 and 5 in San Jose.
Stankoven leads all AHL rookies in scoring with 15 goals and 39 points, along with a +11 rating through his first 31 professional games.
The 20-year-old is second in AHL scoring behind fellow Texas teammate Mavrik Bourque, who has 41 points. Bourque and Matej Blumel were also named all-stars Wednesday.
A second-round pick of the Dallas Stars in the 2021 NHL Draft, Stankoven was named AHL rookie of the month for November. His 11-game point streak from Nov. 10 to Dec. 9 tied a Stars franchise-record 11-game point streak with 16 points (8-8=16)
The Kamloops native is into his first season of professional hockey after an award-filled junior career with his hometown Kamloops Blazers, that included him being named to the Canadian Hockey League First Team All-Star in 2022-23 and the CHL’s Player of the Year in 2021-22.
TERRIFIC TEXAS TRIO 💫
Congratulations to Mavrik Bourque, Logan Stankoven and Matej Blumel on being named to the 2024 AHL All-Star Classic! The trio will represent the Central Division alongside Head Coach Neil Graham in San Jose.
— Texas Stars (@TexasStars) January 10, 2024
Zellweger, the reigning CHL Defenceman of Year will represent the Pacific Division at the Tech CU Arena.
The Anaheim Ducks prospect is second among rookie defencemen in goals (six), assists (16), and points (22) this season. He also co-leads all AHL blueliners with three power-play goals in 29 games.
Here are just a few reasons why @OlenZellweger is heading to the 2024 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Tech CU 🚨#LetsGoGulls | #AHLAll-Star pic.twitter.com/vS8fU9rP0F
— San Diego Gulls (@SDGullsAHL) January 10, 2024
The AHL’s all-stars will be divided into four teams representing the league’s four divisions. They will play a round-robin 3-on-3 tournament on Monday, Feb. 5, featuring six games that last 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 game 3-on-3 game.
The All-Star Skills Competition will take place the day before, with players from the two Eastern Conference divisions facing off against those from the two Western Conference divisions in seven skills events.
