13th National Hockey League All-Star Game explained

Game Name:	13th NHL All-Star Game
Visitor:	All-Star Team
Home:	Montreal Canadiens
Visitor Total:	1
Home Total:	6
Visitor Per1:	0
Visitor Per2:	1
Visitor Per3:	0
Home Per1:	0
Home Per2:	2
Home Per3:	4
Date:	October 3, 1959
Arena:	Montreal Forum
City:	Montreal
Attendance:	13,818
Coaches:	All-Star Team: Punch Imlach Montreal Canadiens: Toe Blake
Previous:	1958
Next:	1960

The 13th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at the Montreal Forum on October 3, 1959, which saw the hometown Montreal Canadiens defeat the NHL all-stars 6–1.

Contracts and eligibility

A few of the game's top stars were absent from the game, due to a new NHL ruling that players be signed under contract in order to play in the all-star game. The intention of this clause was to intimidate players who were holding out from their team, a tactic that worked for Dickie Moore, Frank Mahovlich and George Armstrong, yet failed for others, resulting in All-Star coach Punch Imlach being unable to choose six of the best players (Tim Horton, Dick Duff, Bobby Hull, Tod Sloan, Pierre Pilote and Bob Pulford). Combined with six Montreal Canadiens being named to the First and Second team All-Stars, this meant that coach Imlach had to fill the voids with inferior players.

The subsequent snubbing of these players also went into the pre-game festivities, as they were also denied the multitude of gifts that traditionally was given to players in the game - including those already with their names engraved on it.

It was Maurice Richard's 13th consecutive appearance, making him the only player to that date who had appeared in all of the all-star games. He would retire after winning the Stanley Cup later that season. Montreal goaltender Jacques Plante appeared in the game without a mask, despite his intention of wearing one throughout the season.

Game summary

		All-Stars
Final score	6	1
Head coach		Punch Imlach (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Lineup	1 - G Jacques Plante 2 - D Doug Harvey 4 - C Jean Beliveau 5 - RW Bernie Geoffrion 6 - C Ralph Backstrom 8 - RW Bill Hicke 9 - RW Maurice Richard (Captain) 10 - D Tom Johnson 11 - D Bob Turner 12 - RW Dickie Moore 14 - RW Claude Provost 15 - LW Ab McDonald 16 - C Henri Richard 18 - LW Marcel Bonin 19 - D Al Langlois 20 - C Phil Goyette 21 - D J. C. Tremblay 22 - LW Don Marshall 23 - LW Andre Pronovost	First team All-Stars: 4 - D Bill Gadsby (New York Rangers) 8 - RW Andy Bathgate (New York Rangers) Second team All-Stars: 1 - G Terry Sawchuk (Detroit Red Wings) 3 - D Marcel Pronovost (Detroit Red Wings) 9 - RW Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) 10 - C Alex Delvecchio (Detroit Red Wings) Other players: 5 - D Carl Brewer (Toronto Maple Leafs) 7 - C Red Sullivan (New York Rangers) 11 - RW Jerry Toppazzini (Boston Bruins) 14 - D Fern Flaman (Boston Bruins) 15 - LW Frank Mahovlich (Toronto Maple Leafs) 16 - LW Bert Olmstead (Toronto Maple Leafs) 17 - LW Ed Litzenberger (Chicago Black Hawks) 18 - C Don McKenney (Boston Bruins) 19 - D Doug Mohns (Boston Bruins) 24 - RW George Armstrong (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Scoring summary	Beliveau (Hicke, Harvey) 4:25 2nd McDonald (Backstrom, Geoffrion) 13:43 2nd Moore (H. Richard, Johnson) 7:44 3rd H. Richard (Moore, Harvey) 9:31 3rd Beliveau (Hicke, Bonin) 11:34 3rd Pronovost (Harvey) 15:31	McKenney (Litzenberger) 18:30 2nd
Penalties	Tremblay 8:43 3rd Turner 12:45 3rd	Bathgate 9:21 3rd
Win/Loss		Terry Sawchuk

Montreal

9	14	10	33
All-Stars	14	16	5	35

• Referee: Frank Udvari
• Linesmen: George Hayes, Bob Frampton
• Attendance: 13,818

See also

• 1959–60 NHL season

References

• Book: Podnieks, Andrew . The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition . 2000 . HarperCollins . Toronto . 0-00-200058-X.