(5+6=11) both pushed their scoring streaks to eight games, while Kurtis McLean (4+4=8) picked up a point in his fifth straight contest.

FORWARD JEFF TAFFE NAMED TO PlanetUSA AHL ALL-STAR TEAMgroup

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Jeff Taffe has been named to the PlanetUSA AHL All-Star Team for the 2008 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Reebok, to be played later this month at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y.

Taffe, currently with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League, started the season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, recording 21 points (11+10) in 27 games with the AHL club.  He was promoted to Pittsburgh on December 19, and has recorded two points (1+1) in nine games with the NHL Penguins.

The 6-3, 215 pound native of Hastings, MN has appeared in 254 AHL contests, registering 178 points (85+93) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Springfield, Utah, Hartford and San Antonio.

The 2008 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Reebok will feature the top young talent in the American Hockey League competing in the 2008 CCM AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday, January 27 (7:00 ET), and the 2008 AHL All-Star Game on Monday, January 28 (7:00 ET). The event will be televised nationally in the United States and Canada.

Of the 427 players to take part in the AHL All-Star Classic since 1995, more than 93 percent have competed in the National Hockey League, including Patrice Bergeron, Brad Boyes, Daniel Briere, Zdeno Chara, Jonathan Cheechoo, Pavol Demitra, Rick DiPietro, Patrik Elias, Ray Emery, Jiri Hudler, Miikka Kiprusoff, Kari Lehtonen, Ryan Miller, Martin St. Louis, Jason Spezza, Eric Staal and Steve Sullivan.
 

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