Vancouver Canucks prospect Arshdeep Bains picked up Most Valuable Player honors in Monday night’s AHL All-Star Challenge.
Bains, the local hockey star, scored with 12.9 seconds left in the to give the Pacific Division a 3-2 win over the Atlantic Division in the championship game and its second consecutive title in the 2024 AHL All-Star Challenge on Monday night at Tech CU Arena.
Bains, a forward from the Abbotsford Canucks, finished the night with two goals and three assists and earned All-Star Challenge Most Valuable Player honors, a day after travel delays had caused him to miss the Skills Competition on Sunday evening.
Bains led all scorers with five points (two goals, three assists) in the round-robin tournament, a series of 3-on-3 games played among the AHL’s four divisions.
The 23-year-old Surrey, B.C. product had to miss the skills competition on Sunday due to travel issues stemming from extreme weather in California.
The 2024 AHL All-Star Challenge featured 24 former first- or second-round NHL draft picks, and 28 players who have skated in the National Hockey League already this season.
