8th National Hockey League All-Star Game explained

Game Name:	8th NHL All-Star Game
Visitor:	All-Star team
Home:	Detroit Red Wings
Visitor Total:	2
Home Total:	2
Visitor Per1:	0
Visitor Per2:	2
Visitor Per3:	0
Home Per1:	2
Home Per2:	0
Home Per3:	0
Date:	October 2, 1954
Arena:	Detroit Olympia
City:	Detroit
Attendance:	10,689
Coaches:	All-Star team: King Clancy Detroit Red Wings: Jimmy Skinner
Previous:	1953
Next:	1955

The 8th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at the Detroit Olympia, home of the Detroit Red Wings, on October 2, 1954. The Red Wings, winner of the 1954 Stanley Cup Finals, played a team of All-Stars, with the game ending in a 2–2 tie.

Game summary

	NHL All-Stars	Detroit Red Wings
Final score	2	2
Head coach	King Clancy (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Jimmy Skinner (Detroit Red Wings)
Lineup	Starting lineup: 1 - G Harry Lumley (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1 - G Al Rollins (Chicago Black Hawks) 2 - D Doug Harvey (Montreal Canadiens) 3 - D Gus Mortson (Chicago Black Hawks) 4 - D Bill Gadsby (Chicago Black Hawks) 5 - RW Bernie Geoffrion (Montreal Canadiens) 6 - C Fleming Mackell (Boston Bruins) 8 - LW Sid Smith (Toronto Maple Leafs) 9 - RW Maurice Richard (Montreal Canadiens) 10 - D Harry Howell (New York Rangers) 11 - D Bill Quackenbush (Boston Bruins) 12 - C Ted Kennedy (Toronto Maple Leafs) 14 - C Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) 15 - LW Ed Sandford (Boston Bruins) 16 - C Don Raleigh (New York Rangers) 17 - C Ken Mosdell (Montreal Canadiens) 18 - D Tim Horton (Toronto Maple Leafs) 20 - C Paul Ronty (New York Rangers) 23 - LW Doug Mohns (Boston Bruins)	Starting lineup: 1 - G Terry Sawchuk 2 - D Bob Goldham 3 - D Marcel Pronovost 4 - D Red Kelly 5 - D Benny Woit 7 - LW Ted Lindsay, C 8 - LW Tony Leswick 9 - RW Gordie Howe 10 - C Metro Prystai 11 - LW Marty Pavelich 12 - C Glen Skov 14 - C Earl Reibel 15 - C Alex Delvecchio 16 - LW Johnny Wilson 17 - RW Bill Dineen 18 - D Keith Allen 19 - C Don Poile 20 - LW Marcel Bonin
Scoring summary	Mortson (Gadsby, Kennedy), 4:19 2nd (PPG) Mohns (Beliveau), 13:10 2nd	Delvecchio (Lindsay, Reibel), 9:50 1st (PPG) Howe (Reibel, Kelly), 19:55 1st (PPG)
Penalties	Mortson, 1:37 1st Mackell, 8:30 1st Howell, 18:03 1st Horton, 18:26 1st Howell, 7:53 2nd Sandford, 13:27 2nd Mohns, 19:51 2nd Mortson, 3:57 3rd	Bonin, 5:48 1st Bonin, 13:18 1st Dineen, 4:01 2nd Bonin, 7:53 2nd Lindsay, 1:09 3rd Wld, 9:09 3rd
Win/Loss		T - Terry Sawchuck

• Referee: Bill Chadwick
• Linesmen: George Hayes, Doug Young

Notes

• Named to the first All-Star team in 1953–54.
• Named to the second All-Star team in 1953–54.