Laliberte helps seal American Conference All-Star victory
January 18, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Trenton Devils News Release
BOISE, ID (January 18, 2007) - The Trenton Titans' John Laliberte helped seal the game for the American Conference as he scored on a one timer over Ryan MacDonald's (Fresno) shoulder from the right face off circle to send his team to a 6-3 victory over the National Conference in the 2007 ECHL Rbk Hockey All-Star Game.
The ECHL showcased its best players at the host Idaho Steelheads' Qwest Arena Wednesday night before 4,371 fans.
The American Conference tallied the first point of the game on Mike McKenna (Las Vegas) at 4:26 when Brad Schell (Gwinnett) scored after teammate Ryan Lang (Augusta) put the puck in front of the net. Kevin Baker (Texas) also recorded a helper.
The tying goal drew a roar from the crowd when hometown favorite Derek Nesbitt faked a shot on goalie and game MVP Adam Berkhoel, and then scored on a backhander. Troy Bodie (Stockton) and Nathan Marks (Stockton) each recorded an assist.
The American Conference scored all three goals against netminder Devan Dubnyk (Stockton) in the middle frame, beginning with Kevin Baker's (Texas) tap in at 1:30. The fifth goal of the game came from Ken Magowan (Toledo) after he skated the puck in, took a shot on Dubnyk, who made the save, but then Magowan managed to dig it out of the goalie's pads and tucked it behind the sprawled-out goalie at 8:55. Colton Fretter (Gwinnett) tallied at 16:44 on a rebound, after Dubnyk had gone down on his knees to stop the original shot and was caught out of position.
The National Conference mounted a comeback in the third period. Last year's All-Star MVP Luke Curtin (Fresno) made a nice maneuver, beating out a defenseman, and scored five hole on goalie MacDonald. Beau Geisler (Stockton) got the assist at 4:12. The goal gave the National team a boost, and Greg Rallo (Idaho) took the puck into the corner, passed it into the slot and to a wide open Julian Talbot (Alaska) who notched his team's third goal of the evening just a couple minutes later. But that was all the National Conference could do, as Laliberte pushed the lead back to two goals and the Americans later put the game away on an empty-netter from Jamie Tardif (Toledo) at 19:01.
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