Feb. 28, 2008

DETROIT - Wayne State University men's hockey senior captain Mike Forgie (Scarborough, Ont./Stouffville Spirit) has been selected to participate in the third annual Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 11 at the Pepsi Center in Denver and broadcast live on ESPNU.

The competition will be conducted in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two female goaltenders.

Joining Forgie on the West squad is Michigan's Kevin Porter, who leads Division I in points (25-26--51), Jimmy Kilpatrick (Colorado College), Andrew Thomas (Denver), Bryan Lerg (Michigan State), and Tommy Goebel (Ohio State). The West goaltenders will be St. Norbert's Kyle Jones, who leads Division III with a goals against average of 1.18, and Denver's Peter Mannino, who was the 2006 Men's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.

The competitions will include puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot. Each competitor will receive a complete set of equipment and a full uniform from Nike Bauer Hockey.

To be eligible, all players must have exhausted their collegiate eligibility and be nominated by their head coach. The players were selected by representatives from the American Hockey Coaches Association, the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee and NCAA national office staff.

To read the full release by the NCAA, click here.