January 10, 2024
| BELLEVILLE, ON – The Belleville Senators are proud to announce that both Angus Crookshank and Max Guenette have been selected by the American Hockey League to represent Belleville at the 2024 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Tech CU. The event will be held on Sunday, February 4, 2024, and Monday, February 5, 2024, and will be hosted by the San Jose Barracuda at Tech CU Arena, in San Jose, California. This is the first All-Star selection for both Guenette and Crookshank and the third time the Senators will be represented by two players. Crookshank, 24, is playing in his second full professional season, after missing the 2021-22 campaign with an injury, and has registered 84 points (41 goals, 43 assists) in 114 career AHL games, all with Belleville. He’s currently tied for Belleville’s team lead in scoring, with 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) and made his National Hockey League debut with Ottawa on December 17, 2023, against the Vegas Golden Knights. Crookshank, who played three seasons at the University of New Hampshire before turning pro, scored his first NHL goal on December 19, 2023, against the Arizona Coyotes. Guenette, 22, is playing in his third full pro season, is tied for the Belleville Sens team lead in scoring and leads all Belleville defencemen in points with 21 (four goals, 17 assists). He also ranks 15th among AHL defenders in point production. Guenette has played 151 games in his AHL career, all with Belleville, picking up 85 points (15 goals, 65 assists). Guenette made his NHL debut on April 13, 2023, against the Buffalo Sabres, and played four seasons with the Val-d’Or Foreurs of QMJHL before turning pro, being named an alternate captain for his final two seasons there. Crookshank and Guenette become the seventh and eighth Belleville Sens players to represent the club at the AHL All-Star Classic, including the likes of Drake Batherson (2019), Christian Wolanin (2019), Rudolfs Balcers (2020), and Egor Sokolov (2023). Festivities begin with the 2024 AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday, February 4, followed by the AHL All-Star Challenge on Monday, February 5. Tickets for the AHL All-Star Skills Competition can be purchased by clicking here, while tickets for the AHL All-Star Challenge are available by clicking here. Tickets for all Belleville Sens home games for the remainder of the 2023-24 season are now on sale online, via Ticketmaster or the Belleville Sens Ticket Hub, by visiting the Belleville Sens Box Office at the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre, or by emailing tickets@bellevillesens.com. Box Office hours are available by clicking here. Fans can also click the following links for more information on season seat memberships, flex packs, group experiences or Business Elite memberships, or send an email to tickets@bellevillesens.com. The full 2023-24 Belleville Senators regular season schedule can be found by clicking here. |
| About the Belleville Senators The Belleville Senators are the American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey Leagues’ Ottawa Senators and have been operating in the AHL since the 2017-18 season. The Senators play their home games out of the CAA Arena at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre and have graduated more than 60 players to the NHL since moving from Binghamton, New York. —Visit the Belleville Sens website: www.bellevillesens.com Engage with the Belleville Sens on X: @BellevilleSens Like the Belleville Sens on Facebook: www.facebook.com/BellevilleSens Follow the Belleville Sens on Instagram: @BellevilleSensListen to the Belleville Sens on Mixlr:www.bellevillesens.mixlr.com |