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The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has released the names of the forty players chosen to participate in the SJHL All-Star Game, which will be played Sunday, January 20 at 2 p.m. in Yorkton. The hosts, Terriers, have placed three players on the squad, including the Sherwood Conference starting goaltender, Lynden Sammartino.Ê Defensemen Michael Trebish and Jordan Pawelec will also represent Yorkton. Joining Sammartino in the starting line-up will be defensemen Derek Edwards of Melville and Kealin Wong of the Estevan Bruins.Ê The Kindersley dynamic trio of Jonathan Redlick (centre), Brett Leedahl (left wing), and Ryan Sawka (right wing) comprise the starting forwards. The Klippers lead all Sherwood Conference teams with five players selected to take part in the mid-season classic.Ê Goalie Ryan Nieszner and defenseman Scott Linnell join Redlick, Sawka, and Leedahl. Weyburn placed four players on the roster as defenseman Kyle Haines, and forwards Brayden Nargang, Torrey Lindsay, and Preston Shupe were added.Ê Joining Wong from the Estevan Bruins will be forwards Kyle Stroh, Payden Benning, and Kyle Ermel.Ê Two forwards, Dion Campbell and Kale Dolinski, round out the Melville contingent, along with Edwards.Ê The lone Notre Dame Hound to get selected is 1990 rookie sensation Rylan Schwartz. The defending Credential Cup champion Humboldt Broncos will have six players on the Itech Conference All-Stars. Goalie Taylor Nelson was the only one of them to make the starting line-up.Ê HeÕll have some familiar faces playing directly in front of him as defensemen Matthew Rintoul, Tanner Vandesype, and Russ Nielsen all made the grade.Ê Forwards Jordan Schindel and Laurent Benjamin are also headed to Yorkton. Flin FlonÕs exciting forwards that consist of Reid MacLeod, Pierre-Luc Boucher, and Dennis Kubat are also going to the All-Star Game, along with defenseman Myles Masse.Ê Former Bomber Shawn McNulty was selected to go as heÕll be the lone representative for the Battlefords North Stars. Three other teams are sending three players each.Ê The Melfort Mustangs will be represented by goalie Ilia Ejov, defenseman Riley Clark, and forward Taylor Watt.Ê La Ronge is sending its entire top line of Jordie Johnston, Bruno-Pier Gosselin, and Jarrid Dowhay.Ê Nipawin HawksÕ All-Stars are defenseman Blair Toms and forwards Brent Ottmann and Torrie Dyck. The Itech starting line-up features Nelson, Toms, Masse, Johnston, Dyck, and MacLeod. SJHL All-Stars are determined by way of a voting process by the leagueÕs head coaches with criteria that stipulate coaches being forbidden from voting for his own players.Ê Coaches had to return ballots to the SJHL Head Office by December 21st.Ê All SJHL teams must have, at least, one representative in the game. The coaching staffs were determined by winning percentages.Ê The team with the best winning percentage in the Itech Conference gets to send its staff to Yorkton, and ditto for the Sherwood Conference.Ê With this in mind, the Humboldt Broncos coaching fraternity of Dean Brockman, Murray Brookbank, and Tim Klimosko; as well as trainer Ramandeep Dhanjal has earned the right for the Itech Conference.Ê The Broncos had a winning percentage of .776 as of the end of December (59 points in 38 games).Ê Thanks to a nine game winning streak near the end of the month, that enabled BrockmanÕs staff to beat out MelfortÕs Darrell Mann and Trevor Blevins, who had their Mustangs sitting at a winning percentage of .667. The Sherwood Conference coaching staff will be comprised of the Weyburn Red Wings Head Coach in Dwight McMillan, Assistant Coach Darcy Pindus, Assistant Coach Tyler McMillan, General Manager Ron Rumball, and Trainers Tom Sanders, Don Pindus, and Edward Istace.Ê The Wings also employ Safety Person Ward Borys. The Red Wing staff had a winning percentage of .641 (50-points in 39-games), which narrowly beat KindersleyÕs coaches of Larry Wintoneak and Kevin Edgerton, who had their Klipper team playing at a .615 clip (48-points in 39-games). The SJHL All-Star Weekend begins on Friday, January 18th with the Terriers facing off against the Melville Millionaires; followed by a Meet & Greet Terrier 35th Anniversary Social.Ê On Saturday, January 19th there will be a Terrier Alumni Game that also features the Hanson Brothers, from the famous movie ÔSlapshotÕ.Ê The supper banquet headlines NHL Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler and Saskatchewan Roughrider wide receiver Matt Dominguez, who will be bringing along the Grey Cup.Ê The actual All-Star Game goes Sunday, January 20th at 2 p.m. at the Farrell Agencies Arena.
