Date: Saturday, January 12, 2008
Location: RMU Island Sports Center; Pittsburgh, PA
Teams: CHE South (Champions) vs. CHE North (Challengers)
Final Score: North 8 d. South 5
MVP: North, Ryan Jones (#11, California of PA-I)
Skills Competition: South 19 d. North 18
North Defeats South 8-5 in the 8th Annual CHE All Star Game
The North used a fast start to defeat the South 8-5 in the 9th Annual College Hockey East All Star Game. The North stormed out to a 5-1 lead in the 1st period and never looked back. Ryan Jones of California of PA-I was named the MVP of the game for his two goals and one assist. The North avenged the South’s 11-8 victory in the 2006-2007 All-Star Game.
The South opened the scoring on a goal from Jason Layman (UPJ), thanks to an assist from teammate Bryan Relihan (UPJ). Four minutes later the North tied the score on a Mark Barakat (Pitt D-III) goal. The North then tacked on an additional four goals to end the first period score at 5-1. The goals came from Jones, Dustin Gaworski (RMU), DJ Craven (PSB) and Matt Warco (CUP-I).
The South worked their way back into the game, cutting the lead to 7-5 in the third period. Layman notched his first ever CHE All-Star game hat trick with six minutes left to bring the South within two. Mike Dziura(Pitt D-III) scored for the North to ice the game.
The Annual Skills Competition was won by the South by a score of 19-18.
Three Stars:
< >Ryan Jones (CUP-I): 2-Goals and 1-AssistJason Layman (UPJ): 3-GoalsChris Simanic (PSB): GW Goal, 1-Goal and 1-Assist
ALL-STAR ROSTERS
North Division vs. South Division
| # | North PLAYER | POS. | TEAM | # | South PLAYER | POS. | TEAM | |
| 1 | Blake Dawson | G | FSU | 1 | Curt Mascherino | G | WVU D-II | |
| 2 | Tim Johnson | G | CUP-I | 2 | Adam McCrorie | G | IUP-II | |
| 3 | Eric Theisen | G | PSB | 3 | Rich Sadlowski | G | SVC | |
| 4 | Mark Barakat | F | Pitt-II | 4 | Tom Bashore | D | WVU D-II | |
| 5 | Daniel Craven | F | PSB | 5 | Steve Blanken | F | PSA | |
| 6 | BJ DePaoli | F | CUP-I | 6 | Gary Bucci | F | Akron | |
| 7 | Jamie Dill | D | FSU | 7 | Dave Duncan | F | UPJ | |
| 8 | Mike Dziura | F | Pitt-II | 8 | Dave Glunt | F | SVC | |
| 9 | Dustin Gaworski | F | RMU D-III | 9 | Steve Graziani | F | WVU D-II | |
| 10 | Luke Heller | D | Pitt-II | 10 | Jason Grube | D | WVU D-II | |
| 11 | Ryan Jones | F | CUP-I | 11 | Brian Johnson | D | PSA | |
| 12 | Matt Laskey | D | PSB | 12 | Carl Jurrus | F | Akron | |
| 13 | Derek Lutterman | F | RMU D-III | 13 | Jeff Konyk | D | PSA | |
| 14 | Aaron Marks | D | PSB | 14 | Jason Layman | F | UPJ | |
| 15 | Lucas Pepper | F | RMU D-III | 15 | Tim Legath | D | SVC | |
| 16 | Joe Powell | D | CUP-I | 16 | Joe Manning | F | SVC | |
| 17 | Dave Reinhart | D | RMU D-III | 17 | Joe Meehan | F | IUP-II | |
| 18 | Jeff Schneeberger | F | FSU | 18 | Jesse Patnesky | F | PSA | |
| 19 | Chris Simanic | F | PSB | 19 | Phil Perreira | F | PSA | |
| 20 | Dan Tonini | F | CUP-I | 20 | Cory Rohan | D | IUP-II | |
| 21 | Matt Warco | D | CUP-I | 21 | Dan Thomas | D | UPJ | |
| ALTERNATES | ALTERNATES | |||||||
| Todd Hendry | G | RMU D-III | Wes Cramer | G | UPJ | |||
| Teddy Huckestein | D | RMU D-III | Corey Joseph | D | PSA | |||
| Patrick Hurley | F | FSU | Bryan Relihan | F | UPJ |
