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Four Wild players on select team

by Submitted Ed Topoleski
| January 27, 2012 5:00 AM

WENATCHEE - Defensemen Dylan Abood and Brendan Vetter, and forward Shawn Pauly and goaltender Greg Lewis were selected Tuesday for the NAHL Top Prospects Tournament, which will take place Feb. 20-22 at the Troy Sports Center in Troy, Mich.

Abood, Lewis and Pauly, were placed on the West team. Vetter was named to the NAHL 18U Selects team, which is primarily comprised of players born in 1994.

Defenseman Kyle Huson (Parker, Colo.) was originally picked for the tournament, but since he committed to UConn earlier this week and no longer required the exposure of the Top Prospects Tournament, Abood was selected in his stead.

An 18-year-old, Abood has 12 points (1G, 11A) in 36 games this season.

Lewis, 20, is 8-8-1 this season. He owns the second-best goals-against average in the league (1.59) and is tied for the fourth-best save percentage (.930). Lewis also has four shutouts, which ties him for the third most among all NAHL goalies.

He was named the league's first star of the week on Oct. 31 after he pitched a pair of shutouts during a road trip in Alaska.

The NAHL named Lewis the Brian's Goaltender of the Month for October. f .958.

This is Pauly's second selection to the Top Prospects Tournament. He was named to the tournament in 2009-10.