NHL All-Star Game
National Hockey League All-Star Game | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Sports event |
Date(s) | January or February |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Various |
Inaugurated | October 13, 1947 |
Organized by | 2024 NHL All-Star Game |
The National Hockey League All-Star Game (French: Match des étoiles de la Ligue nationale de hockey) is an
The NHL All-Star Game, held in late January or early February, marks the symbolic halfway point in the regular season, though not the mathematical halfway point which, for most seasons, is usually one or two weeks earlier. Between 2007 and 2020, it was held in late January. After skipping 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] the 2022 to 2024 editions were held on the first Saturday of February.[2][3][4]
Formats
From 1947 to 1968, the All-Star Game primarily saw the previous season's Stanley Cup champions take on a team of All-Stars from the other clubs. There were two exceptions during this period: The 1951 and 1952 games instead featured two teams of All-Star players, one consisting of players on American-based teams and the other with players on Canadian-based teams.
Beginning in 1969, the format was geographic with the
The
During the
On November 18, 2015, the NHL announced significant changes to the All-Star Game format, starting with the 2016 game: instead of one game featuring two teams, there are four All-Star teams based on the league's four divisions, competing in a single-elimination tournament. The format of all three games in the tournament is three-on-three, with 10-minute halves each. If a tie remains after 20 minutes, then it directly goes to a three-round shootout plus extra rounds as needed to determine the winner; there is no standard overtime. The winners of the two semifinal games then meet in an All-Star Game Final.[9] In 2017, the format was slightly changed: the division that wins the NHL All-Star Skills Competition during the previous night then gets to pick which team they will play first in the semifinals.[10]
On November 27, 2023, the NHL announced that it would be combining the four-team, three-on-three format with the fantasy draft used in the previous system. The league selected the captains for each of the four teams from a combined pool of both fan balloting and the NHL Hockey Operations Department, and the players then conducted a draft to determine the rosters for each team.[11]
Skills Competition
The All-Star Game is preceded by the
History
Benefit games
The first official
Hod Stuart Benefit All-Star Game
The first All-Star game in ice hockey predates the NHL. It was played on January 2, 1908, before 3,500 fans at the Montreal Arena between the Montreal Wanderers and a team of All-Stars players from the teams the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association. It was held in memory of Wanderers player Hod Stuart, who had drowned three months after the Wanderers won the Stanley Cup in 1907. The proceeds of that game (over $2,000) went to Stuart's family.[13]
Ace Bailey Benefit Game
On December 12, 1933, Toronto's King Clancy tripped Boston's Eddie Shore, and in retaliation, Shore hit the Leafs' Ace Bailey from behind, flipping him over backwards. Bailey hit his head on the ice so hard that a priest in attendance gave him last rites. Bailey lived for almost 60 more years, but his playing career was over. Shore was suspended for 16 games of a 48-game season for the hit.[14]
As a benefit for Bailey and his family, the NHL held its first ever All-Star game on February 14, 1934. The game was held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, during which Bailey's #6 uniform was retired by the Leafs. It was the first number to be retired in the NHL. The game saw the Leafs battle against an All-Star team made of players from the other seven teams, which the Leafs won 7–3. One of the more memorable moments before the game was when Bailey presented Shore with his All-Star jersey, showing to the public that Bailey had clearly forgiven him for his actions. Bailey also presented a trophy to NHL President Frank Calder before the game in the hope that the trophy would go to the winner of an annual All-Star Game for the benefit of injured players.[15]
Howie Morenz Memorial Game
Howie Morenz was one of the NHL's superstars of the 1930s. However, his career, and eventually life, ended in a game between his Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks on January 28, 1937, at the Montreal Forum. In that game, Morenz was checked by Chicago player Earl Seibert into the boards in what seemed like a normal hit. However, as the boards were made of wood at the time, Morenz's leg shattered in five separate locations above the ankle. He was carried off the ice on a stretcher to a hospital, where he would stay for four and a half weeks until his death from a heart attack. At one time, one visitor noted that it was as if a party was being held inside of Morenz's hospital room, complete with whiskey and beer. Morenz died on March 8 the same year, from, as teammate Aurele Joliat put it, "a broken heart" (Morenz suffered a heart attack the night before). Morenz's #7 sweater, which had been hanging in its usual stall while he was in hospital, was finally retired for good.[16]
While Morenz was in the hospital, plans for a game for Morenz's benefit were already under way. However, the game was not as successful as Bailey's game, partially because it took place many months after Morenz's passing (on November 3 at the Forum) and partially because Morenz had not survived. The game saw two All-Star teams, the first being a team of stars from the Canadiens and the Montreal Maroons, the second being an All-Star team made of players from the other teams, with the latter team winning 6–5.[17]
Babe Siebert Memorial Game
On August 25, 1939, Babe Siebert, a Montreal Canadien who had just retired from play and had been named head coach, drowned in Lake Huron. To benefit his family, the Canadiens and Montreal Maroons organized a benefit, held on October 29 at the Montreal Forum. Six thousand fans attended a game between the Canadiens and the "NHL All-Stars", raising CA$15,000 (CA$275,844 in 2021 dollars[18]) for Siebert's family. The All-Stars won the game 5–2.[19]
Official games
Despite Bailey's hopes of an annual All-Star Game, it did not become an annual tradition until the 1947–48 NHL season. In 1966, the All-Star Game was moved from the start of the season to its current position in the middle of the season. In 1979, the Challenge Cup series replaced the game, and in 1987 it was replaced with Rendez-vous '87. Lockouts disrupted the NHL season in 1995, 2005, and 2013 and resulted in the cancellation of the game in those years. COVID-19 led to the cancelation of the 2021 game. As part of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that expired in 2012 and was later renewed, the NHL agreed with the NHLPA not to hold an All-Star Game during Winter Olympic years that they participated in, consequently, the contest was cancelled in 2006, 2010 and 2014. In 2018, however, the contest was still played, as NHL players did not participate in that year's Winter Olympics, and in 2022, the contest was still played, with players originally going to the 2022 Winter Olympics after, but ultimately did not due to COVID-19 postponing many games.
1940s
Both parts of Bailey's vision would, however, come true: The first game of the annual tradition, and the first official NHL All-Star Game, would be played in Maple Leaf Gardens, on October 13, 1947. The format of the All-Star Game, which remained the same, with two exceptions, until the 1967–68 NHL season, called for the defending Stanley Cup champions to play against a selection of players from the other five teams. For the first year, the All-Stars were a team composed of the First and Second NHL All-Star teams (not to be confused with the All-Stars that played against the Cup champions), as well as three players from the New York Rangers and one player each from the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Black Hawks.
For the game, the Gardens facilities were upgraded to use glass on the boards (in an era where wire fences were the norm), a point that fans complained about as the sounds of the checks were somewhat muted. In what would be another tradition, the defending Stanley Cup champions were presented before the game with various gifts that included sweater coats, golf balls, cigarette boxes, ties, cufflinks, pocket knives, watches and lifetime passes to Maple Leaf Gardens. All-in-all, the game was a success, with the All-Stars winning 4–3.[20]
Although the All-Star Game called for the defending Cup champion to host it, the game was held in Chicago Stadium in its second year as a consequence of the negotiations that set up the first game. Also as a peculiarity as a result of the scheduling, the game was held not before the season started (as was the case before and would be for almost 20 years following the game), but three weeks into the season. Like the year before, players from the First and Second NHL All-Star teams were automatically awarded spots on the All-Star Game rosters (an exception was Leafs goaltender Turk Broda, having won the Cup, played for the Leafs instead), with the rest of the all-stars being assembled so that each team was represented with at least three players on the All-Stars. As for the game itself, the All-Stars had won 3–1 with all scoring coming in the second period.
1950s
The defending Stanley Cup champions would win their first All-Star Game in
Criticisms of this new format, as well as the boring hockey, was what made the NHL revert the format of the All-Star Game to its original incarnation. Some of the criticisms included the fact that teammates often opposed each other in the All-Star Game under the new format, and some stated that the early date of the game was detrimental to the exposure of the NHL in the States, being held at the same time as the World Series and the National Football League (NFL) season. In what would be later a reality, Toronto Star columnist Red Burnett suggested that the game should be played mid-season and that fans should choose their starting lineup, a system which had long been in use in the States with regard to Major League Baseball (MLB).
1960s
The game was moved from the start of the season to mid-season in the 1966–67 season as part of the move to promote the NHL to six new cities who would have their own teams (in October 1967). Because of the move to mid-season, the method of player selection for the All-Stars, largely unchanged for 20 years, was much scrutinized, as playing the All-Star Game mid-season meant that the first and second All-Star teams were decided almost a full year before the game itself, and that by mid-season, the Cup winners were a vastly different team from the team that had won the Cup some eight or nine months before. The mid-season move also meant that rookies with outstanding first years, such as Bobby Orr, would be shut out of the game even if they deserved a spot on the All-Stars.
The
1970s
With the realignment of the NHL into four divisions for the 1974–75 season, the 1975 All-Star Game was the first to pit the Wales Conference against the Campbell Conference.
In 1978, amidst renewed interest in international hockey, the NHL decided to replace the 1979 All-Star Game with a three-game series where the League's top players played against the
The Challenge Cup was being touted as a miniature world championship, and for the first time, fans could vote for certain members of the roster. The NHL would lose the three-game series two games to one, with the third game being lost by an embarrassing 6–0 margin.
Over the next few years, various aspects of the All-Star Game came under scrutiny, including the format of the game. To make things worse, the All-Star Game itself was viewed in some circles as a bad thing, with players opting out of the game in favour of the rest and prospective hosts repeatedly declining to host the event.
1980s
With the geographical realignment of the NHL for the 1981–82 season, the 1982 All-Star Game was the first between the Wales and Campbell Conferences that featured players from eastern teams against players from western teams.
The 37th All-Star Game in 1985 marked the first time that honorary captains were selected for each team. The game also brought forth the notion of fan balloting of the starting lineup (already adopted in the National Basketball Association and by this time had returned, following a hiatus brought on by ballot box stuffing, to MLB; the NFL gave the fans the vote in the 1990s), as the game was suffering from having little media coverage. The idea came into fruition the following year.
In 1987, the All-Star Game was pre-empted in favour of
During the series, NHL President
1990s
The
With the renaming of conferences and divisions on a geographical basis for the 1993–94 season, the 1994 All-Star Game was the first between East and West in name since 1974, although the Wales vs. Campbell format pitted east against west from 1982 to 1993.
The All-Star Game in 1995 was a casualty of the
The 1998 All-Star Game featured the first change in format in years in an attempt to promote the first Olympic hockey tournament with participation from NHL players.[21] From 1998 to 2002, a team of North American All-Stars faced a team of non-North Americans, known as the World All-Stars. Some critics suggested replacing the game with a miniature national tournament,[citation needed] in the style of the World Cup of Hockey. Some fans were unhappy with a team consisting of 75% Canadian players being labeled "North America."[citation needed] The "First International Showdown", as it was billed, resulted in the North American All-Stars winning 8–7.
2000s
The 2003 Game's format was reverted to its classic East vs. West format. Dany Heatley scored four goals, tying an All-Star Game record, in addition to recording a shootout goal. Heatley also set the record for being the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the All-Star Game, a record previously held by the Edmonton Oilers' Wayne Gretzky. This shootout, the first of its kind in the NHL in the modern era, received an enthusiastic, frenzied response from the crowd when it was announced, and carried on during the event. This was influential in the later decision to decide regular season games tied after overtime with a shootout, thus eliminating tie games.
The All-Star Game was dealt two serious blows in 2005. Not only was the game canceled along with the rest of the season as a result of the 2004–05 NHL lockout,[22][23][24] but the subsequent CBA that ended the lockout stipulated that heretofore the game was to be held only in non-Olympic years. Thus, there was no All-Star Game held during the 2005–06 season either.[25]
After a two-season absence, the 2007 Game was played in Dallas, where the West defeated the East, 12–9. Daniel Briere of the Buffalo Sabres recorded a goal and four assists and was named the game's MVP.
The Atlanta Thrashers hosted the 2008 Game, as they had been originally scheduled to host the canceled Game in 2005. The Eastern Conference won the game 8–7 on a late game-winning goal by Marc Savard with 20.9 seconds remaining in the third period, beating St. Louis Blues goaltender Manny Legace. Eric Staal was named the MVP.
In 2009, the Bell Centre, the home of the Montreal Canadiens, hosted the
A small number of All-Star players questioned their potential participation in 2009. Past and current All-Stars must obtain an excused absence (often related to injury or personal circumstances) by the League if they will not participate. If this approved absence is not obtained, a one-game regular season suspension is possible.[26]
2010s
There was no All-Star Game in 2010 because of both a change to the CBA and 2010 being an Olympic Games year—the 2010 Winter Olympics marked the first time that the Olympics had been hosted in an NHL market since the league allowed its players to compete in the Olympics.[27][28]
The
The 2012 Game repeated the fantasy draft format, with Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara as captains. The game was played in Ottawa to honor the 20th anniversary of the Senators' joining the NHL.
The 2013 All-Star Game was originally scheduled for January 27, 2013, at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The game was postponed to 2015, however, first due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout,[29] which delayed the start of the 2012–13 season until January 19, 2013, followed by the inability to play in 2014 due to it falling on an Olympic Games year, where NHL players competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The game was eventually played on January 25, 2015.[30][31]
The
The
The 2019 All-Star Game was hosted by the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on January 26, 2019, the first time it was held on a Saturday after many years of the game being played on a Sunday.[34][35]
2020s
The 2020 All-Star Game was hosted by the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on January 25. The city last hosted the All-Star Game in February 1988.[36]
Originally, the 2021 All-Star Game would be hosted by the
On June 28, 2021, the league announced that the 2022 All-Star Game would be played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, home of the Vegas Golden Knights, for the first time.[39] The league cited the fact that they had not yet signed a deal with the International Olympic Committee on sending players to the 2022 Winter Olympics, so they decided to schedule an All-Star Game anyway, at an arena in western North America to shorten travel to China if players did go.[40] On September 3, a deal was officially reached to send players to the Olympics, with an opt-out clause should COVID-19 health conditions worsen.[41] However, on December 22, the NHL announced that it would not send its players to the Olympics due to rising COVID-19 cases and increasing number of postponed games. Consequently, the originally scheduled Olympic break following the All-Star Game from February 7 to 22 was used to play 95 postponed games.[42]
On February 4, 2022, the NHL awarded Sunrise, Florida, the 2023 All-Star Game, two years after Sunrise's game was cancelled due to the pandemic.[43]
The 2024 All-Star Game took place on February 3, 2024, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The format was changed, combining the four-team, three-on-three format used since 2016 with the "fantasy draft" format used from 2011 to 2015.[11] In addition to player captains Quinn Hughes, Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews, and Connor McDavid, each team featured a celebrity co-captain, with Will Arnett, Justin Bieber, Michael Buble, and Tate McRae serving in the roles.[44]
Future
There will not be an All-Star game in 2025, as the NHL will instead hold a new Four Nations Face-Off tournament as a preview for the league's return to Olympic participation in 2026.[45] The following season's 2026 All-Star Game will be hosted by the New York Islanders at UBS Arena, at an undetermined date prior to the Olympics.[46]
Yet to host
As of the completion of the 2024 All-Star Game, a number of current NHL cities, teams or arenas have never hosted the event.
Six current NHL cities have never hosted the All-Star Game: Anaheim, Newark, Seattle, Tempe, Washington, D.C., and Winnipeg.[47]
Of the NHL home teams in those six cities, four have never hosted the All-Star Game: Anaheim Ducks (started play in 1993), Arizona Coyotes (started play, as Coyotes, in 1996), Seattle Kraken (started play in 2021) and Winnipeg Jets (started play, as Jets, in 2011). The teams in the remaining two cities, New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals, hosted the game while located in a nearby suburb of their current city.
Of the current NHL arenas in the league, accounting for both new arenas and cities that have never hosted, 13 current NHL arenas have never hosted the All-Star Game: Anaheim's Honda Center, Buffalo's KeyBank Center, Chicago's United Center, Detroit's Little Caesars Arena, Edmonton's Rogers Place, Elmont's UBS Arena, Newark's Prudential Center, Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, Pittsburgh's PPG Paints Arena, Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena, Tempe's Mullett Arena (temporary home of the Coyotes), Washington, D.C.'s Capital One Arena and Winnipeg's Canada Life Centre.
Results
Game (Year) | Result | Host team | Host arena | Host city | Game MVP, Team |
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1st (1947) | All–Stars 4 – Maple Leafs 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs[a] | Maple Leaf Gardens | Toronto, Ontario |
N/A |
2nd (1948) | All–Stars 3 – Maple Leafs 1 | Chicago Black Hawks |
Chicago Stadium | Chicago, Illinois |
N/A |
3rd (1949) | All–Stars 3 – Maple Leafs 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (2)[a] | Maple Leaf Gardens (2) | Toronto, Ontario (2) | N/A |
4th (1950) | Red Wings 7 – All–Stars 1 | Detroit Red Wings[a] | Olympia Stadium | Detroit, Michigan |
N/A |
5th (1951) | First Team 2 – Second Team 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (3)[a] | Maple Leaf Gardens (3) | Toronto, Ontario (3) | N/A |
6th (1952) | First Team 1 – Second Team 1 | Detroit Red Wings (2)[a] | Olympia Stadium (2) | Detroit, Michigan (2) | N/A |
7th (1953) | All–Stars 3 – Canadiens 1 | Montreal Canadiens[a] | Montreal Forum | Montreal, Quebec |
N/A |
8th (1954) | All–Stars 2 – Red Wings 2 | Detroit Red Wings (3)[a] | Olympia Stadium (3) | Detroit, Michigan (3) | N/A |
9th (1955) | Red Wings 3 – All–Stars 1 | Detroit Red Wings (4)[a] | Olympia Stadium (4) | Detroit, Michigan (4) | N/A |
10th (1956) | All–Stars 1 – Canadiens 1 | Montreal Canadiens (2)[a] | Montreal Forum (2) | Montreal, Quebec (2) | N/A |
11th (1957) | All Stars 5 – Canadiens 3 | Montreal Canadiens (3)[a] | Montreal Forum (3) | Montreal, Quebec (3) | N/A |
12th (1958) | Canadiens 6 – All–Stars 3 | Montreal Canadiens (4)[a] | Montreal Forum (4) | Montreal, Quebec (4) | N/A |
13th (1959) | Canadiens 6 – All–Stars 1 | Montreal Canadiens (5)[a] | Montreal Forum (5) | Montreal, Quebec (5) | N/A |
14th (1960) | All–Stars 2 – Canadiens 1 | Montreal Canadiens (6)[a] | Montreal Forum (6) | Montreal, Quebec (6) | N/A |
15th (1961) | All–Stars 3 – Black Hawks 1 | Chicago Black Hawks (2)[a] | Chicago Stadium (2) | Chicago, Illinois (2) | N/A |
16th (1962) | Maple Leafs 4 – All–Stars 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (4)[a] | Maple Leaf Gardens (4) | Toronto, Ontario (4) | Eddie Shack, Toronto Maple Leafs |
17th (1963) | All–Stars 3 – Maple Leafs 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (5) | Maple Leaf Gardens (5) | Toronto, Ontario (5) | Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs |
18th (1964) | All–Stars 3 – Maple Leafs 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (6)[a] | Maple Leaf Gardens (6) | Toronto, Ontario (6) | Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens |
19th (1965) | All–Stars 5 – Canadiens 2 | Montreal Canadiens (7)[a] | Montreal Forum (7) | Montreal, Quebec (7) | Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings |
(1966) | No game was held in calendar 1966 as the event was shifted from the 1966 to the 1967 portion of 1966–67 season. | ||||
20th (1967) | Canadiens 3 – All–Stars 0 | Montreal Canadiens (8)[a] | Montreal Forum (8) | Montreal, Quebec (8) | Henri Richard, Montreal Canadiens |
21st (1968) | Maple Leafs 4 – All–Stars 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (7)[a] | Maple Leaf Gardens (7) | Toronto, Ontario (7) | Bruce Gamble, Toronto Maple Leafs |
22nd (1969) | East 3 – West 3 | Montreal Canadiens (9)[a] | Montreal Forum (9) | Montreal, Quebec (9) | Frank Mahovlich, Detroit Red Wings |
23rd (1970) | East 4 – West 1 | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Arena | St. Louis, Missouri |
Chicago Black Hawks
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24th (1971) | West 2 – East 1 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Boston, Massachusetts |
Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks |
25th (1972) | East 3 – West 2 | Minnesota North Stars | Met Center | Bloomington, Minnesota | Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins |
26th (1973) | East 5 – West 4 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | New York City, New York |
Greg Polis, Pittsburgh Penguins |
27th (1974) | West 6 – East 4 | Chicago Black Hawks (3) | Chicago Stadium (3) | Chicago, Illinois (3) | Garry Unger, St. Louis Blues |
28th (1975) | Campbell 1 |
Montreal Canadiens (10) | Montreal Forum (10) | Montreal, Quebec (10) | Syl Apps Jr., Pittsburgh Penguins |
29th (1976) | Wales 7 – Campbell 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Peter Mahovlich , Montreal Canadiens
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30th (1977) | Wales 4 – Campbell 3 | Vancouver Canucks | Pacific Coliseum | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Rick Martin, Buffalo Sabres |
31st (1978) | Wales 3 – Campbell 2 (OT) | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Buffalo, New York | Billy Smith, New York Islanders |
Challenge Cup (1979) | NHL All-Stars 4 – Soviet Union 2Soviet Union 5 – NHL All-Stars 4 Soviet Union 6 – NHL All-Stars 0 Soviet Union wins series 2–1 |
New York Rangers (2) | Madison Square Garden (2) | New York, New York (2) | Not awarded |
32nd (1980) | Wales 6 – Campbell 3 | Detroit Red Wings (5) | Joe Louis Arena | Detroit, Michigan (5) | Reggie Leach, Philadelphia Flyers |
33rd (1981) | Campbell 4 – Wales 1 | Los Angeles Kings | The Forum |
Inglewood, California | Mike Liut, St. Louis Blues |
34th (1982) | Wales 4 – Campbell 2 | Washington Capitals | Capital Centre | Landover, Maryland | Mike Bossy, New York Islanders |
35th (1983) | Campbell 9 – Wales 3 | New York Islanders | Nassau Coliseum | Uniondale, New York | Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers |
36th (1984) | Wales 7 – Campbell 6 | New Jersey Devils | Brendan Byrne Arena |
East Rutherford, New Jersey | Don Maloney, New York Rangers |
37th (1985) | Wales 6 – Campbell 4 | Calgary Flames | Olympic Saddledome |
Calgary, Alberta |
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins |
38th (1986) | Wales 4 – Campbell 3 (OT) | Hartford Whalers | Hartford Civic Center |
Hartford, Connecticut | Grant Fuhr, Edmonton Oilers |
Rendez-vous '87 (1987) | NHL All-Stars 4 – Soviet Union 3 Soviet Union 5 – NHL All-Stars 3 Soviet Union wins 8–7 on aggregate |
Quebec Nordiques | Le Colisée |
Quebec City, Quebec |
Not awarded |
39th (1988) | Wales 6 – Campbell 5 (OT) | St. Louis Blues (2) | St. Louis Arena (2) | St. Louis, Missouri (2) | Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins |
40th (1989) | Campbell 9 – Wales 5 | Edmonton Oilers | Northlands Coliseum | Edmonton, Alberta |
Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings |
41st (1990) | Wales 12 – Campbell 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins |
42nd (1991) | Campbell 11 – Wales 5 | Chicago Blackhawks (4) | Chicago Stadium (4) | Chicago, Illinois (4) | Vincent Damphousse, Toronto Maple Leafs |
43rd (1992) | Campbell 10 – Wales 6 | Philadelphia Flyers (2) | The Spectrum (2) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2) | Brett Hull, St. Louis Blues |
44th (1993) | Wales 16 – Campbell 6 | Montreal Canadiens (11) | Montreal Forum (11) | Montreal, Quebec (11) | Mike Gartner, New York Rangers |
1994 | East 9 – West 8 | New York Rangers (3) | Madison Square Garden (3) | New York, New York (3) | Mike Richter, New York Rangers |
(1995) | Game canceled due to the San Jose Arena in San Jose, California.
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1996 | East 5 – West 4 | Boston Bruins (2) | FleetCenter |
Boston, Massachusetts (2) | Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins |
1997 | East 11 – West 7 | San Jose Sharks | San Jose Arena |
San Jose, California | Mark Recchi, Montreal Canadiens |
1998 | North America 8 – World 7 | Vancouver Canucks (2) | General Motors Place |
Vancouver, British Columbia (2) | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
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1999 | North America 8 – World 6 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Ice Palace |
Tampa, Florida | Wayne Gretzky, New York Rangers |
2000 | World 9 – North America 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (8) | Air Canada Centre |
Toronto, Ontario (8) | Pavel Bure, Florida Panthers |
2001 | North America 14 – World 12 | Colorado Avalanche | Pepsi Center |
Denver, Colorado |
Bill Guerin, Boston Bruins |
2002 | World 8 – North America 5 | Los Angeles Kings (2) | Staples Center |
Los Angeles, California |
Eric Daze, Chicago Blackhawks |
2003 | West 6 – East 5 (SO) | Florida Panthers | Office Depot Center |
Sunrise, Florida | Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers |
2004 | East 6 – West 4 | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche |
(2005) | Game canceled due to the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
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(2006) | No game was held due to the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona .
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2007 | West 12 – East 9 | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Dallas, Texas |
Daniel Briere, Buffalo Sabres |
2008 | East 8 – West 7 | Atlanta Thrashers | Philips Arena |
Atlanta, Georgia |
Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes |
2009 | East 12 – West 11 (SO) | Montreal Canadiens (12) | Bell Centre | Montreal, Quebec (12) | Alexei Kovalev, Montreal Canadiens |
(2010) | No game was held due to the Vancouver, British Columbia .
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2011 | Team Lidstrom 11 – Team Staal 10 | Carolina Hurricanes | RBC Center |
Raleigh, North Carolina | Patrick Sharp, Chicago Blackhawks |
2012 | Team Chara 12 – Team Alfredsson 9 | Ottawa Senators | Scotiabank Place |
Ottawa, Ontario |
Marian Gaborik, New York Rangers |
(2013) | Game canceled due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout. Game was originally set to play at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.[48] | ||||
(2014) | No game was held due to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. | ||||
2015 | Team Toews 17 – Team Foligno 12 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Nationwide Arena | Columbus, Ohio | Ryan Johansen, Columbus Blue Jackets |
2016 | Atlantic 4 – Metropolitan 3 Pacific 9 – Central 6 Pacific 1 – Atlantic 0 |
Nashville Predators | Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, Tennessee | John Scott[b] |
2017 | Pacific 10 – Central 3 Metropolitan 10 – Atlantic 6 Metropolitan 4 – Pacific 3 |
Los Angeles Kings (3) | Staples Center (2) | Los Angeles, California (2) | Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia Flyers |
2018 | Pacific 5 – Central 2 Atlantic 7 – Metropolitan 4 Pacific 5 – Atlantic 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning (2) | Amalie Arena (2) | Tampa, Florida (2) | Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks |
2019 | Central 10 – Pacific 4 Metropolitan 7 – Atlantic 4 Metropolitan 10 – Central 5 |
San Jose Sharks (2) | SAP Center (2) | San Jose, California (2) | Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins |
2020 | Atlantic 9 – Metropolitan 5 Pacific 10 – Central 5 Pacific 5 – Atlantic 4 |
St. Louis Blues (3) | Enterprise Center | St. Louis, Missouri (3) | David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins |
(2021) | Game canceled due to the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
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2022 | Metropolitan 6 – Pacific 4 Central 8 – Atlantic 5 Metropolitan 5 – Central 3 |
Vegas Golden Knights | T-Mobile Arena | Paradise, Nevada | Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers |
2023 | Central 6 – Pacific 4 Atlantic 10 – Metropolitan 6 Atlantic 7 – Central 5 |
Florida Panthers (2) | FLA Live Arena (2) |
Sunrise, Florida (2) | Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers |
2024 | Team McDavid 4 – Team MacKinnon 3 Team Matthews 6 – Team Hughes 5 Team Matthews 7 – Team McDavid 4 |
Toronto Maple Leafs (9) | Scotiabank Arena (2) | Toronto, Ontario (9) | Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs |
(2025) | No game will be held due to the Four Nations Face-Off tournament. | ||||
2026 | TBD | New York Islanders (2) | UBS Arena | Elmont, New York | TBD |
Statistical leaders
Leading scorers
Player | Points | Goals | Assists | Games Played |
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Wayne Gretzky | 25 | 13 | 12 | 18 |
Mario Lemieux | 23 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
Joe Sakic | 22 | 6 | 16 | 12 |
Mark Messier | 20 | 6 | 14 | 15 |
Gordie Howe | 19 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
Most appearances
- Gordie Howe, 23 times
- Ray Bourque, 19 times
- Wayne Gretzky, 18 times
- Frank Mahovlich, 15 times
- Paul Coffey, 15 times
- Mark Messier, 15 times
- Jean Beliveau, 13 times
- Scott Stevens, 13 times
- Alex Delvecchio, 13 times
- Glenn Hall, 13 times
- Al MacInnis, 13 times
- Jaromir Jagr, 13 times
- Joe Sakic, 12 times (elected to the team 13 times, was injured in 1997)
- Alexander Ovechkin, 12 times
- Terry Sawchuk, 11 times
- Claude Provost, 11 times
- Patrick Roy, 11 times
- Chris Chelios, 11 times
- Nicklas Lidstrom, 11 times
- Ted Lindsay 11 Times
- Teemu Selanne, 11 times
- Brian Leetch, 10 times
- Mario Lemieux, 10 times
- Jari Kurri, 10 times
- Steve Yzerman, 10 times
- Martin Brodeur, 9 times (elected to the team 10 times, was injured in 2008)
- Patrick Kane, 9 times
Notes
References
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