Former Phantoms named all-stars

DETROIT — College Hockey America has named former Mahoning Valley Phantoms players Nathan Longpre and Denny Urban to the CHA all-rookie team.

Longpre, a freshman forward at Robert Morris University collected 23 points this season to rank second among rookie scorers in the CHA. The 19-year-old from Peterborough, Ont., was 12th overall in league scoring, and fifth on the team.

While with the Phantoms during the 2006-2007 season, Longpre totaled 27 goals and 38 assists to help lead the team to the Robertson Cup Championship game and the best record in the North American Hockey League (47-14-1).

In his freshman season as a defenseman at Robert Morris, Urban is third among rookie scorers in the league with 21 points. His 21 points is also good for third among all defensemen in the league, and tops on the team.

A Phantoms’ defenseman for the 2005-2006 campaign, the 19-year-old Pittsburgh native totaled 30 points and 88 penalty minutes.

This season Robert Morris is 15-14-4 and will face Niagara in the CHA semifinals Saturday in Lewiston, N.Y.