READING, Pa. � Mississippi Sea Wolves left wing Jeff Hutchins and center Nicolas Corbeil made their mark for the American Conference at the 2005 Coors Light ECHL All-Star Skills Competition before 6,000 at the Sovereign Center.

Hutchins, 26, finished second among eight shooters in the Hardest Shot competition registering a slapshot at 92.1 miles per hour. Toledo�s Dan Eberly won the competition with a 97.0 mph slapshot. In the Breakaway Relay event, Hutchins missed on a shot against Idaho Steelheads goaltender Frank Doyle.

Corbeil, 21, hit four targets on seven shots in the Accuracy Shooting event, finishing just behind the winners. Gwinnett�s Brett Engelhardt and Derek Edwardson of Atlantic City both hit four targets on six shots to take the event. Corbeil missed in the Breakaway Relay while shooting against goaltender Barry Brust of the host Reading Royals.

The National Conference defeated the American Conference 10-9. All of the 2005 Coors Light ECHL Skills Competition results follow:

Puck Control Relay Team

National Conference (Marco Rosa, Long Beach; Dana Lattery, Las Vegas; Ryan Kinasewich, Reading) d. American Conference (Mark Ardelan, South Carolina; Jeff Campbell, Gwinnett; Carl Mallette, Greenville).

Puck Control Relay Individual

National Conference (Andrew Canzanello, San Diego) d. American Conference (Tyler Beechey, Pensacola).

Fastest Skater

American Conference (14.536 average) d. National Conference (14.622 average)

1. Mark Mullen, Pee Dee - 14.299
2. Connor James, Bakersfield - 14.413
3. Joey Tenute, South Carolina - 14.521
4. Tyler Kolarik, Dayton - 14.680
5. Brent Robinson, Trenton - 14.774
6. Jim Jackson, Gwinnett - 14.789

Hardest Shot

National Conference (91.48 average) d. American Conference (90.68 average)

1. Dan Eberly, Toledo - 97.0
2. Jeff Hutchins, Mississippi - 92.1
3. Stephen Wood, Trenton - 92.0
4. Greg Amadio, Columbia - 91.5
5. Ken Magowan, Augusta - 90.5
6. Patrick Wellar, Peoria - 89.4
7. Corey Neilson, Pensacola - 88.6
8. Guy Dupuis, Bakersfield - 87.1

Rapid Fire

National Conference d. American Conference

American Conference (6 of 30) - Matt Pagnutti, Florida and Brian Collins, Pee Dee, 3 of 10 vs. Barry Brust (7 saves); Ryan Glenn, Charlotte and Lou Dickenson, Texas, 2 of 10 vs. Chris Madden, Long Beach (8 saves); Carl Mallette, Greenville and Joey Tenute, South Carolina, 1 of 10 vs. Frank Doyle (9 saves).

National Conference (9 of 30) - Chris Minard, Alaska and Brent Robinson, Trenton, 1 of 10 vs. Mike Minard, Columbia (9 saves); Nathan Forster, Victoria and Dan Tessier, Fresno, 3 of 10 vs. Todd Ford, Pensacola (7 saves); Marco Rosa, Long Beach and Jon Francisco, Reading, 5 of 10 vs. Nathan Marsters, Louisiana (5 saves).

Accuracy Shooting

American Conference (9 of 21) d. National Conference (8 of 24)

Individual Winner - Brett Engelhardt, Gwinnett and Derek Edwardson, Atlantic City - (4 of 6)

American Conference - Nicolas Corbeil, Mississippi (4 of 7), Matt Hendricks, Florida (1 of 8), Brett Engelhardt, Gwinnett (4 of 6).

National Conference - Derek Edwardson, Atlantic City (4 of 6), Jean Desrochers, Johnstown (3 of 8), Tyler Kolarik, Dayton (1 of 8).

Breakaway Relay

American Conference d. National Conference

National Conference vs. Nathan Marsters, Louisiana (Saves 4 of 6) - Luke Curtin, Atlantic City (made); Connor James, Bakersfield (missed); Dana Lattery, Las Vegas (missed); Patrick Wellar, Peoria (missed); Andrew Canzanello, San Diego (made); Dan Tessier, Fresno (missed).

American Conference vs. Frank Doyle, Idaho (Saves 3 of 6) - Lou Dickenson, Texas (missed); Brian Collins, Pee Dee (missed); Ken Magowan, Augusta (made); Mark Ardelan, South Carolina (made); Jim Jackson, Gwinnett (made); Jeff Hutchins, Mississippi (missed).

National Conference vs. Todd Ford, Pensacola (Saves 4 of 6) - Marco Rosa, Long Beach (missed); Tyler Kolarik, Dayton (missed); Ryan Kinasewich, Reading (missed); Nathan Forster, Victoria (made); Dan Eberly, Toledo (missed); Jean Desrochers, Johnstown (made).

American Conference vs. Chris Madden, Long Beach (Saves 5 of 6) - Tyler Beechey, Pensacola (missed); Matt Hendricks, Florida (made); Greg Amadio, Columbia (missed); Carl Mallette, Greenville (missed); Mark Mullen, Pee Dee (missed); Jeff Campbell, Gwinnett (missed).

National Conference vs. Mike Minard, Columbia (Saves 5 of 6) - Chris Minard, Alaska (missed); Derek Edwardson, Atlantic City (made); Guy Dupuis, Bakersfield (missed); Brent Robinson, Trenton (missed); Stephen Wood, Trenton (missed); Jon Francisco, Reading (missed).

American Conference vs. Barry Brust, Reading (Saves - 5 of 6) - Matt Pagnutti, Florida (made); Nicolas Corbeil, Mississippi (missed); Brett Engelhardt, Gwinnett (missed); Joey Tenute, South Carolina (missed); Corey Neilson, Pensacola (missed); Ryan Glenn, Charlotte (missed).


Flagship radio station WGCM-AM 1240 will be broadcasting the 2005 Coors Light ECHL All-Star Game live tomorrow beginning with the pregame show at 5:45 p.m.

Watch the telecast live at the Village Sports Pub in Biloxi and Beef O�Brady�s in D�Iberville getting underway at 6 p.m.

The ECHL, in association with Yahoo! Broadcast, is also making the telecast available online with live broadband video for the third year in a row. The live broadcast video requires a minimum connection speed of 100 Kbytes and Real Player. Dial-up customers will be able to listen to the radio broadcast on Yahoo! Broadcast, marking the seventh consecutive year that Yahoo! has carried the ECHL All-Star Game audio broadcast live on the Internet.

The Sea Wolves take to the ice at 7:35 p.m. on Friday against the Pee Dee Pride at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Promotions consist of Military 2-for-1, sponsored by Keesler Federal Credit Union, which offers all military personnel, active or retired, two tickets for the price of one by showing military identification at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office. It�s also SeaBee Appreciation Night and St. Martin High School Night with a performance by the St. Martin Yellow Jacket Band.

Mississippi also hosts Pee Dee at 7:35 p.m. on Saturday. Promotions feature $2 hotdogs and $2 drafts from 6:30-8:30 p.m., there�s a Mardi Gras Parade On Ice, plus a Mardi Gras Jersey Raffle to benefit the Gulf Coast Youth Hockey Association.

Individual tickets for home games can be purchased at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by calling (228) 385-2600 and online at ticketmaster.com.

Flex packs, discounted groups tickets, birthday packages and fundraiser opportunities are available by calling (228) 275-WOLF or online at msseawolves.com.