MLN FAB50 Hockey 2005 - By Minor League Team - MLN Sports Zone

The MLN FAB50™ By Team
The Best of the Best hockey players for 2004-2005

This year's log-jam in hockey, where talent is in cold storage awaiting the resolution of the contract stalemate in the National Hockey League (NHL), has pushed the distribution of rising talent in the top fifty almost exclusively into the American Hockey League (AHL). One player (No. 50) is in the ECHL for a short stint, making the Greenville Grrowl the only Class AA team in the FAB50 2005 survey. Below are the top fifty players in minor league hockey by team. To see larger images and their bios, click on the photos.

Houston Aeros

Mikko Koivu - No 19 Overall Pick in the MLN FAB50 2005 Hockey - The Best of the Best in the Minor Leagues - Minor League News

Josh Harding No. 47 Overall Pick in the MLN FAB50 2005 Hockey survey - The Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Milwaukee Admirals

Ryab Suter - No. 3 Pick MLN Fab50 Hockey 2005

Scottie Upshall - No 17. MLN Fab50 Hockey 2005 - The Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Norfolk Admirals

Anton Babchuk - No 23 in the FAB50 2005 Hockey Survey

Rene Borque - No. 35 Overall Pick in the MLN FAB50 Hockey 2005 - The Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Rochester Americans

Rochester, which had one top ten player (Miller) in 2004, sports two top ten talents in the 2005 FAB50 Hockey survey: They are akso only one of four teams with three players in the 50.

Cleveland Barons

Marcel Goc - No. 39 in the FAB50 2005 Hockey - The Best of the Best in Minor League Sports

Garrett Stafford - No. 41 Overall Pick in the MLN FAB50 Hockey - The Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Hershey Bears

Marek Svatos - No. 48 Overall in the MLN FAB50 2005 - The Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Providence Bruins

No 4. Hannu Toivonen - MLN FAB50 Hockey 2005

Brad Boyes - No 15 Overall - MLN FAB50 Hockey 2005 - The Best of the Best in the Minor Leagues

Hamilton Bulldogs

The Bulldogs are only one of four teams to have three players in the FAB50.

Syracuse Crunch

Pascale Leclaire - No. 27 in the FAB50 2005 Hockey - Best of the Best in the Minor Leagues

Grand Rapids Griffins

Niklas Kronwall - No. 2 Pick MLN Fab50 Hockey 2005

Jiri Hudler is No. 23 in the FAB50 MLN Hockey Survey

Utah Grizzlies

David LeNeveu - No. 20 Pick Overall in the MLN FAB50 Hockey 2005 Survey - The Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Keith Ballard - No 36 Pick Overall - MLN FAB50 Hockey 2005 - Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Greenville Grrrowl (ECHL)

Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers - No. 50 Overall in the MLN FAB50 2005 Hockey survey - The Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Worcester IceCats

Jason Bacashihua - No. 16 of the MLN FAB50 2005 Top Hockey Players - The Best of the Best in the Minor Leagues

Dennis Wideman - No. 32 of the FAB50 2005

Lowell Lock Monsters

Cam Ward - No. 33 in the FAB50 2005 Hockey MLN's Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

St. John's Maple Leafs

Carlo Colaiacovo - No. 9 Pick MLN Fab50 Hockey 2005

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks have one

Manchester Monarchs

Denis Grebeshkov - No. 7 - FAB50 2005 Hockey

Yanick Lehoux - No. 14 MLN FAB50 2005 - Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Manitoba Moose

Kirill Koltsov is the No. 46 Player Overall in the MLN FAB50 2005 Hockey survey - The Best of the Best in Minor League Hockey

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Marc-Andre Fluery MLN FAB50 2005 Hockey No. 6 Overall Pick

Philadelphia Phantoms

The Phantoms rack three, one of four teams to do so in 2005. The players represent the breadth of the FAB50.

Portland Pirates

San Antonio Rampage

Despite a soft beginning to his 2004-2005 season, Krajicek moves up on the FAB50 and provides the Rampage with their first player to break the top 25.