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Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas and Tyler Seguin will represent the Boston Bruins in the 2012 NHL All-Star Game on January 29, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario. Claude Julien, head coach of the Bruins, will also coach in the All-Star game.
Jonathan Quick, a goalie for the Los Angeles Kings and a Milford, Connecticut native, was selected to play in the 2012 NHL All-Star Game on January 29 in Ottawa, ON. Quick, a graduate of UMass-Amherst, is the first-ever Minutemen alumni to be named an NHL All-Star, according to Fear The Triangle.
Quick played two seasons with the UMass Minutemen, compiling a 23-22-6 record in net. In 2005-06, Quick was 4-10-1 with a Goals Against Average (GAA) of 2.98 and a save percentage of .920. The next season, Quick went 19-12-5 and posted a 2.16 GAA with a .929 save percentage.
Quick was drafted No. 73 overall in the 2005 NHL Draft by the Kings and began his career with the Reading Royals of the ECHL, where he played 38 games and had a 23-11-3 record with a 2.79 GAA and a .905 save percentage. Quick played in 19 games with the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL in the 2007-08 season but was promoted to the Kings later that year. In three games with Los Angeles in 2007-08, Quick was 1-2 with a 3.84 GAA and an .855 save percentage.
The next year began in similar fashion for Quick, who played 14 games with the Monarchs (6-5-2; 2.68 GAA, .919 save percentage). However, Quick received another shot with the Kings, and that's when he became a mainstay.
Quick was 21-18 in his first full season with a 2.48 GAA and a .914 save percentage in 44 games in 2008-09. The next season, Quick posted a 39-24 mark (2.54 GAA, .907 save percentage) in a career-high 72 games and followed that up with a 35-22 season in 2010-11 (2.24 GAA, .918 save percentage).
Through 35 games this year, Quick is 18-11-6 with a 1.93 GAA and a .934 save percentage.
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According to ESPN Boston, Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien has been selected by the NHL as one of the coaches in the 2012 NHL All Star game. Julien will face New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella as the coach as the coach of the other team.
Julien will be joined by Doug Houda and Geoff Ward from his coaching staff on the bench during the All-Star game. For Julien, the added bonus about this honor for him is that it will be in his hometown of Ottawa, Canada where he will be playing in front of his friends and family. After practice Friday, Julien spoke of what an honor it is to coach in the All-Star game and how special it will be playing in front of people very close to to him.
Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas was named one of the First Six selections for the 2012 NHL All-Star game on Jan. 5. Thomas finished first in the fan vote with 626,540 votes, clobbering second place goalkeeper James Reimer of Toronto by more than 128,000 votes.
All-Star game host Ottawa landed four players on the First Six:
Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson led the voting with 939,951 votes, garnering 42,536 more votes than veteran teammate Daniel Alfredsson, the Ottawa captain. Center Jason Spezza is also among the First Six, joined by surprise addition Milan Michalek, who used a stunning last-day push to oust Toronto's Phil Kessel by 42,144 votes for the final forward spot. (via NHL.com)
Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas has taken over first place in goalie voting for the 2012 NHL All-Star Game.
After trailing to Toronto's James Reimer for most of the voting, Thomas has erased a deficit that was approximately 5,000 votes and turned it into a lead of approximately 10,000 votes. Thomas now has 420,504 votes compared to 410,342 for Reimer. Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury is a distant third with 349,332 votes of his own.
2012 NHL All-Star Game: Zdeno Chara, Tyler Seguin, Tim Thomas Represent Boston Bruins
Three Boston Bruins were selected to the 2012 NHL All-Star Game, where they will be coached by Claude Julien.
Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas and Tyler Seguin were all selected to the Eastern Conference team and will compete in the game on Sunday, Jan. 29. Thomas was named one of the First Six All-Stars after being voted in by fan balloting.
Chara has seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points, the most of any Bruins defensemen. He is recording 24:29 of ice time per game, most on the team.
Seguin, a 19-year old who tops the Bruins in scoring with 17 goals and 21 assists for 38 points, will be making his All-Star debut. He was mostly a bit player last season during his rookie campaign.
Thomas has been ever-solid in net, racking up a 17-7 record with a 1.99 goals against average and a .938 save percentage.
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Jan 12 1:36p by Jay King