Playing in Belleville’s 4-2 win over Utica Saturday night followed by a cross continent flight to Los Angeles yesterday morning did nothing to slow down B-Sens rookie Alex Formenton.
Formonton won the CCM Fastest skater event at the American Hockey League’s All Star skills competition in Ontario California just hours after touching down at LAX.
Formenton had a lap of 13.356 seconds, the third fastest time in the competitions history.
Martin Frk of the hometown Ontario Reign shattered the AHL record in the Hardest Shot event. His blast clocked at 109.2 miles per hour. The previous mark of 105.5 mph was set by Colin Miller in 2015. Frk’s shot also surpassed the NHL mark of 108.8 set by Zdeno Chara in 2011.
Formenton joins Belleville teammate Rudolfs Balcers in the AHL All Star Classic tonight. Drake Batherson was also named to the North team but was recalled by the Ottawa Senators along with centre Filip Chlapik yesterday. They’ll be in Ottawa’s lineup tonight (Mon) against New Jersey.
The B-Sens are in first place in the AHL North. They end their All Star break with games in Laval Friday and Saturd
