38th National Hockey League All-Star Game

38th NHL All-Star Game
Date	February 4, 1986
Arena	Hartford Civic Center
City	Hartford
MVP	Grant Fuhr (Edmonton)
Attendance	15,100
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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.^[1] 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	Phil Esposito	Gordie Howe
Lineup	Starting lineup: 7 - D Paul Coffey (Edmonton Oilers) 24 - D Doug Wilson (Chicago Black Hawks), Alternate 17 - RW Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers) 9 - LW Glenn Anderson (Edmonton Oilers) 31 - G Grant Fuhr (Edmonton Oilers) 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers), Captain Reserves: 2 - D Lee Fogolin (Edmonton Oilers) 4 - D Kevin Lowe (Edmonton Oilers) 5 - D Rob Ramage (St. Louis Blues) 10 - C Dale Hawerchuk (Winnipeg Jets) 11 - LW Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers) 12 - C Neal Broten (Minnesota North Stars) 14 - RW Tony Tanti (Vancouver Canucks) 15 - LW Wendel Clark (Toronto Maple Leafs) 18 - RW Dave Taylor (Los Angeles Kings), Alternate 19 - C Denis Savard (Chicago Black Hawks) 20 - RW Mark Hunter (St. Louis Blues) 21 - D Gary Suter (Calgary Flames) 25 - LW John Ogrodnick (Detroit Red Wings) 35 - G Andy Moog (Edmonton Oilers)	Starting lineup: 5 - D Rod Langway (Washington Capitals) 7 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins) 12 - C Tim Kerr (Philadelphia Flyers) 16 - LW Michel Goulet (Quebec Nordiques) 66 - C Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) 33 - G Mario Gosselin (Quebec Nordiques) Reserves: 2 - D Mark Howe (Philadelphia Flyers), Alternate 5 - D Mike Ramsey (Buffalo Sabres) 9 - C Kirk Muller (New Jersey Devils) 11 - RW Mike Gartner (Washington Capitals) 15 - LW Sylvain Turgeon (Hartford Whalers) 19 - D Larry Robinson (Montreal Canadiens), Captain 20 - C Dave Poulin (Philadelphia Flyers) 22 - RW Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) 25 - C Peter Stastny (Quebec Nordiques) 26 - LW Brian Propp (Philadelphia Flyers) 27 - LW Mats Naslund (Montreal Canadiens) 29 - D Reijo Ruotsalainen (New York Rangers) 35 - G Bob Froese (Philadelphia Flyers) 61 - C Bryan Trottier (New York Islanders), Alternate 31 - G Pelle Lindbergh (Philadelphia Flyers) (Voted Posthumously)
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 goal	8–15–9–3–35	6–11–10–2–29
Win/Loss	L - Andy Moog	W - Bob Froese

Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Gord Broseker, John D'Amico
TV: TSN, ESPN

Sources[]

Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: Fifty Years of the Great Tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. pp. 192–197.

References[]

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

[jan-31-1986-1] Ross, Sherry (January 31, 1986). "Fans salute Pelle with one last start". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 81.; Ross, Sherry (January 31, 1986). "Pelle a favorite with hockey fans (continued)". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 85.

[2] Konrad, Jim (February 3, 1986). "The fans have first choice". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 45.

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