Gunderson - 2 Assists in All-Star Game

T-Devils rookie defenseman Ryan Gunderson picked up two assists in the ECHL All-Star game last night. The American Conference; however, fell to the National Conference in a shoot out, 10-7.

Gunderson joined Mathieu Melanson (Florida), Brett Hemingway (Reading), Jon D'Aversa (Wheeling) and Tomas Kudelka (Elmira) as one of five American Conference players who registered multi-point games.

The American Conference managed to go up 1-0, but then the National Conference proved its dominance and was on top by a score of 7-2 at one point, before Gunderson assisted on a goal by Melanson with 45 seconds left in the second to cut the lead to 7-3.

For the game, Gunderson was minus-two rating, but in an All-Star game, I don't think anyone is too concerned over defensive effort. The game is meant to showcase the great talent in this league and put on a show for the fans. Nobody wants to see a 2-1 All-Star game.

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I was able to catch most of the game on NHL Network, which is a fantastic channel, by the way. If you haven't checked it out, I recommend doing so. Aside from showing live games, the network produces great hour-long footage of great playoff series such as Red Wings/Avalanche (97) and Devils/Flyers (2000). Their programming of "NHL on the Fly" is also good, recapping each night's action on the frozen pond.

Back to the game...

It seemed like a very energetic crowd out in Stockholm, Calif. last night, drawing just about 7,500 fans. They got to see a ton of goal scoring, 17 of them, and got to see their "home" team win. The 10 goals from the National Conference is the most since the Canada All-Stars set the record with 11 goals on Jan. 20, 1998 at Lafayette, La. and it ties the record for second-most goals set by the North All-Stars on Jan. 23, 1996 at Tallahassee, Fla.

Victoria's Ash Goldie set an ECHL record recoring six points with three goals and three assists. He broke Andy MacIntyre's record when he recorded five points for the Canada All-Stars, scoring four goals and an assist on Jan. 20, 1998 at Lafayette, La.

The 17 goals by both teams is the most scored since 1998 when the teams combined for 18 goals and ties the record for second-most goals set by the teams in 1996. The two teams combined for four goals in the third period, tying the record for third-most goals by both teams in a period.

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T-Devils Return Home

The T-Devils will make their first trip home since the calendar turned to '08 tomorrow night against Reading for a 7:30 p.m. start at Sovereign Bank Arena.

I would expect Dave Caruso to be between the pipes, once again, coming off his shutout.

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Big Two Points for T-Devils

The T-Devils came away with a win, 2-0 over Wheeling, in their final game of the road trip to start the new year. They ended the trip just 2-4-1, but more importanlty, earned a valuable two points over division-rival Wheeling. Every game against Johnstown and Wheeling should be circled on the schedule because these are the games that will determine if the T-Devils are going to make the playoffs.

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Dave Caruso made 30 saves to record his second shutout of the season (his first coming against Johnstown on Dec. 27, 2007). Matt Rogers recorded both goals in the win. Caruso also recorded an assist on the first goal.

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With the win, Trenton stays two points up on the Chiefs; however, Johnstown still has a game at hand over the T-Devils. If the Chiefs win their game at end, the two teams will be tied in the standings with 41 points, but Trenton would land in the sixth spot because they have less wins. It looks like Trenton, Johnstown and Wheeling will be battling the rest of the way for that fifth spot to get a play-in series against the fourth place team in the division. Right now it trails the fourth place team, Dayton, by 10 points.

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