PHOTOS: 2017 AHL All-Star Skills Competition

Former Philadelphia Flyers assistant and Lehigh Valley Phantoms inaugural season head coach was back at PPL Center Sunday night. Photo: Nina Weiss/Highland Park Hockey

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After the jump, some photos from last night's AHL All-Star Skills Competition

The Eastern Conference All-Stars

All-Star weekend is all about reuniting with former teammates, and that's what Jordan Weal did - catching up with his former roommate when Vincent LoVerde and Jordan Weal played in Manchester and won a Calder Cup together.

T.J. Brennan catching up with Spencer Abbott, who were teammates together in Toronto a few years ago.

This was Leier's second run through of the puck control relay after his 1st attempt ended when he got to the far end and there wasn't a puck waiting for him.

Jordan Weal got the Eastern Conference All-Stars on the board, winning his 1-on-1 race against Taylor Leier's former linemate in junior hockey - Cleveland's Oliver Bjorkstrand.

  

San Jose Barracuda goaltender Troy Grosenick was taking some photos of his own from the Western Conference bench.

  

Phantoms forward Taylor Leier signed plenty of autographs last night for the hometown fans at PPL Center.

All-Star weekend is also about enjoying it with family and friends, and that's exactly what T.J. Brennan is doing in his fourth straight AHL All-Star appearance. Here he is with his nephew during last night's Skills Competition.