2000 National Hockey League All-Star Game
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Date | February 6, 2000 | |||||||||||||||
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Arena | Air Canada Centre | |||||||||||||||
City | Toronto | |||||||||||||||
MVP | Pavel Bure (Florida) | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 19,300 | |||||||||||||||
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The 2000 NHL All-Star Game was the 50th
The All-Star week festivities saw the Canadian Hockey League Top Prospects Game played on February 2, and an exhibition game between the Canadian and American women's national teams on February 3. The Heroes of Hockey game and the Skills Competition were held on February 5. It is to note that the opening face-off for the Heroes of Hockey game were Ted Lindsay and Fleming Mackell, two players who played in the 1st All-Star Game.
Gretzky also made it clear that he would not partake in any oldtimer or Heroes of Hockey game unless it was held in Edmonton, a statement that was realized with the 2003 Heritage Classic three years later.[citation needed]
Super Skills Competition
In the Skills Competition, the World All-Stars would win their third-straight skills competition. In the individual events, the Boston Bruins' Ray Bourque and Florida Panthers' Viktor Kozlov shared the Accuracy Shot event, which was Bourque's seventh victory in the event. In addition, the St. Louis Blues' Al MacInnis won his fourth-straight Hardest Shot event, which was also his sixth all-time victory in the event, and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim's Paul Kariya would win his second-straight Puck Control Relay event.
Individual event winners
- Puck Control Relay – Paul Kariya (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)
- Fastest Skater – Sami Kapanen (Carolina Hurricanes) - 13.649 seconds
- Accuracy Shooting – Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins)/ Viktor Kozlov (Florida Panthers) - 4 hits, 5 shots
- Hardest Shot – Al MacInnis (St. Louis Blues) - 100.1 mph
- Goaltenders Competition – Mike Richter (New York Rangers) - 2 GA, 16 shots
Uniforms
Since
The uniform design would be reused for the
Referees Kerry Fraser and Don Koharski were also clad in special sweaters for the game. A vertical orange stripe was added to the left side of their jerseys in order to help further distinguish the referees and linesmen.[2] The jersey design was never used again.
The game
The Florida Panthers' Pavel Bure and his brother, the Calgary Flames' Valeri Bure, combined for six points (Pavel 3–1–4, Valeri 0–2–2) to lead the World All-Stars to their first All-Star Game victory over the North American All-Stars. Valeri would assist on two of Pavel's three goals to become the first brother combination to set up a goal, since the 1956 All-Star Game when Maurice and Henri Richard hooked up for an All-Star goal. Pavel Bure would become the first Russian-born player to win All-Star MVP honors.
Boxscore
- Referees: Kerry Fraser, Don Koharski
- Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Ray Scapinello
- Television: SRC
See also
Notes
- ^1 Dominik Hasek was voted as a starter, but was not able to play due to injury. Roman Turek was selected to replace Hasek as the starting goaltender.
- ^2 Pierre Turgeon was selected, but was not able to play due to injury. Ray Whitney was named as his replacement.
- ^3 Peter Forsberg was selected, but was not able to play due to injury. Patrik Elias was named as his replacement.
References
- ^ "Perfect setting: Gretzky's number retired before All-Star Game". CNN Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. February 6, 2000. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ "The History of NHL Referees Jerseys". December 29, 2014.