38th National Hockey League All-Star Game explained

Game Name:38th NHL All-Star Game
Visitor:Wales
Home:Campbell
Visitor Per1:0
Visitor Per2:1
Visitor Per3:2
Visitor Ot:1
Visitor Total:4
Home Per1:0
Home Per2:1
Home Per3:2
Home Ot:0
Home Total:3
Date:February 4, 1986
Arena:Hartford Civic Center
City:Hartford
Mvp:Grant Fuhr (Edmonton)
Attendance:15,100
Coaches:Wales: Mike Keenan
Campbell: Glen Sather
Previous:1985
Next:1987

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.

Highlights

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. 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

Campbell Conference Wales Conference
Final score 3 4 (OT)
Head coach Glen Sather (Edmonton Oilers) Mike Keenan (Philadelphia Flyers)
Honorary captain Gordie Howe
LineupStarting 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 goal8–15–9–3–356–11–10–2–29
Win/Loss W - Bob Froese

Sources

Notes and References

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