2008 ICSHL All-Star Game

The trend with the ICSHL all-star game is a circular one. After essentially negating the chance for AAA all-stars in the past, most likely because elite teams did not want to chance injuries, the ICSHL has moved forward with these games. However, the only AAA teams to participate this year are Malvern Prep, which has five players on the National Division Blue roster, and Salesianum with four players on the American Division White roster. Both the Friars and Salesianum players will be participating against AA players, although they are playing in different all-star games against different teams, despite both playing in the Philadelphia AAA ICSHL. What is strikingly bizarre is that Salesianum all-stars will be playing with La Salle II, Malvern Prep II, and Roman Catholic II players. Perhaps Malvern Prep and Salesianum are trying to normalize the all-star game experience again for their teams, league, and players by participating. But with the intermingling of players from what are essentially different leagues across different levels of play it seems more like a showcase than a league's all-star game.