38th National Hockey League All-Star Game

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The 38th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, home to the Hartford Whalers, on February 4, 1986.

38th NHL All-Star Game
123OT Total
Wales 0121 4
Campbell 0120 3
DateFebruary 4, 1986
ArenaHartford Civic Center
CityHartford
MVPGrant Fuhr (Edmonton)
Attendance15,100
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Highlights

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The Professional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) had annually chosen participants of the NHL All-Star Game prior to the league's fans voting for the starting players as of the 1986 All-Star Game.[1] When the league's fans voted Pelle Lindbergh as a starting goaltender in the 1986 game despite his death a few months earlier, PHWA president Rod Beaton doubted that the PHWA would have been chosen Lindbergh since its members were not sentimental and took the choice seriously.[1] Beaton felt that the fans "had voted with reasonable intelligence", and choosing Lindbergh "was a quality gesture", but was disappointed when a deserving player did not play because fans voted for a long-term star instead.[2]

Game summary

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Campbell Conference Wales Conference
Final score 3 4 (OT)
Head coach   Glen Sather (Edmonton Oilers)   Mike Keenan (Philadelphia Flyers)
Honorary captain   Phil Esposito   Gordie Howe
Lineup Starting lineup:

Reserves:

Starting lineup:

Reserves:

Scoring summary
  • Tanti (unassisted) 7:56 2nd
  • Gretzky (Coffey, Savard) 17:09 3rd
  • Hawerchuk (Savard, Coffey) 19:17 3rd (pp)
  • Propp (Naslund, Bourque) 17:56 2nd
  • Stastny (Robinson, Turgeon) 4:45 3rd
  • Propp (Robinson) 17:38 3rd (pp)
  • Trottier (Bossy) 3:05 OT (GWG)
Penalties
  • Suter, 8:51 1st
  • Lowe, 6:14 3rd
  • Messier, 16:31 3rd
  • Gartner, 12:55 1st
  • Turgeon, 15:22 3rd
  • Gartner, 18:45 3rd
Shots on goal 8–15–9–3–35 6–11–10–2–29
Win/Loss L - Andy Moog W - Bob Froese

Sources

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  • Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: Fifty Years of the Great Tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. pp. 192–197.

References

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  1. ^ a b Ross, Sherry (January 31, 1986). "Fans salute Pelle with one last start". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 81. ; Ross, Sherry (January 31, 1986). "Pelle a favorite with hockey fans (continued)". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 85. 
  2. ^ Konrad, Jim (February 3, 1986). "The fans have first choice". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 45.