Julius Honka Selected for AHL All-Star Game

(Credit: Andy Nietupski/Texas Stars)
Julius Honka has been selected as the Texas Stars representative to the AHL All-Star Game in Allentown later this month. Honka has 16 points in 23 games with the Stars this season. It is his first AHL All-Star selection.

Here's the release:
The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Dallas Stars, announced today that defenseman Julius Honka been selected to represent the team at the AHL's 2017 All-Star Classic, presented by Capital BlueCross.

Honka, 21, will be making the first All-Star Game appearance of his career. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound defenseman has tallied 16 points (3-13=16) in 23 games this season with Texas. Honka (HAHN-kuh) also tallied three assists in eight games on his first career NHL call-up with the Dallas Stars earlier this season.

The Jyvaskyla, Finland native was selected in the first round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft (14th overall).

The 2017 AHL All-Star Classic will be hosted in Lehigh Valley, Penn. this season. The event will begin on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. ET with the 2017 AHL All-Star Skills Competition. All-Stars from the Eastern Conference will square off against All-Stars from the Western Conference in seven skills events, including hardest shot, fastest skater and accuracy shooting.

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