1994 National Hockey League All-Star Game

Professional ice hockey exhibition game October 2026 August 2023 1994 NHL All-Star Game 1994 All-Star Game.gif 225 West East 8 9 4 2 2 3 2 4 January 22, 1994 Madison Square Garden New York City Mike Richter (NY Rangers) 18,200 1993 1996 The 1994 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in Madison Square Garden in New York City, home of the New York Rangers, on January 22, 1994. It was the 45th All-Star Game held in NHL history and the first to be rebranded under the year the game was held rather than the edition title. Super Skills Competition The Western Conference would win the Skills Competition for the second straight season. In the individual events Al Iafrate won the Hardest Shot event for the second straight season, while both John Vanbiesbrouck and Patrick Roy would share the Goaltenders Competition victory. In addition, the Puck Control Relay event would be introduced as part of the individual competition with its first winner being Russ Courtnall. Individual event winners Puck Control Relay – Russ Courtnall (Dallas Stars) Fastest Skater – Sergei Fedorov (Detroit Red Wings) – 13.525 seconds Accuracy Shooting - Brendan Shanahan (St. Louis Blues) – 4 hits, 5 shots Hardest Shot – Al Iafrate (Washington Capitals) – 102.7 mph Goaltenders Competition – John Vanbiesbrouck (Florida Panthers)/Patrick Roy (Montreal Canadiens) – 4 GA, 16 shots The game A capacity crowd saw Ottawa Senators' rookie Alexei Yashin score with 3:42 left in the third period, to give the Eastern Conference a 9–8 victory. The Western Conference were leading 8–6 in the third period, until Quebec Nordiques' centre Joe Sakic scored his first All-Star Game goal to cut the lead to 8–7. Florida Panthers' centre Bob Kudelski then scored with 6:01 left to tie the game at 8–8, before Yashin would score the eventual game-winner. New York Rangers' goaltender Mike Richter was named All-Star MVP after he saved 19 of 21 shots in the second period, including three saves on breakaways by sniper Pavel Bure. Kudelski was added onto the Eastern Conference lineup due to injuries to Mario Lemieux, who along with Ed Belfour were the highest-profile players among the several players on the rosters who were unable to play due to injury. (Curtis Joseph was the only injured player who played in this game.) Other first time All-Stars in New York included all three Western Conference goaltenders—the Toronto Maple Leafs' Felix Potvin (who started in place of Ed Belfour), the San Jose Sharks' Arturs Irbe and the Blues' Curtis Joseph (the game's losing goaltender, who gave up the winning goal in the third period). This was the most recent All-Star Game in which the head coaches were also the head coaches of the defending conference champions (Barry Melrose was the Western Conference's head coach and Jacques Demers was the Eastern Conference's head coach). Uniforms The 1994 All-Star Game saw the most radical departure from All-Star uniform design since the star-laden 1982 All-Star Game uniforms. The NHL retired the use of its league colors of black and orange, and had the uniforms designed based on the new Eastern and Western Conference logos. Both uniforms featured a giant star-based pattern across the entirety of the uniform, utilizing a dye-sublimation process that had been piloted in the National Basketball Association. The Eastern team's jersey featured a teal star pattern over a white base, while the Western team wore purple over a black base. Silver trim (along with the reverse of the base color) separated the star pattern from the base. The respective conference logos appeared on the front, replacing the NHL shield. The NHL All-Star shield, an orange version of the NHL logo with five black sticks forming the outline of a white star, had been worn on the left shoulder of the uniform since 1983. The patch was retired for this game, replaced with a patch featuring each player's individual team logo. This uniform design would continue to be used through the 1997 All-Star Game, with one minor change - the names and sleeve numbers on the Eastern jerseys would be changed from black to white. These uniforms would also provide the inspiration for the Dallas Stars to redesign their uniforms later in the decade, introducing their green version as a third jersey in 1997 and adding a white version in 1999. Summary Western Conference Eastern Conference Final score 8 9 Scoring summaryRoenick (Nieuwendyk, Blake), 7:31 1st Fedorov (Bure, Ozolinsh), 10:20 1st Shanahan (Gretzky, Hull), 13:21 1st Andreychuk (MacInnis, Fedorov), 15:10 1st Coffey (Andreychuk, Gilmour), 12:36 2nd Ozolinsh (Taylor, Roenick), 14:39 2nd Ozolinsh (Bure), 0:55 3rd Shanahan (Gretzky, Chelios), 7:40 3rdKudelski (Turgeon, Bourque), 9:46 1st Lindros (unassisted), 11:00 1st Yashin (Sakic, Turgeon), 14:29 1st Stevens (Oates, Sanderson), 10:37 2nd Messier (Mullen, Graves), 15:05 2nd Mullen (Graves, Messier), 1:28 3rd Sakic (Turgeon, Stevens), 10:41 3rd Kudelski (Messier), 13:59 3rd Yashin (Sakic, Turgeon), 16:18 3rd (GWG) Penaltiesnonenone Shots on goal17–21–8–4619–18–19–56 Win/loss L - Curtis Joseph W - John Vanbiesbrouck Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Gord Broseker, Pat Dapuzzo Television: NBC, CBC Rosters Western Conference Eastern Conference Final score 8 9 Head coach CANBarry Melrose (Los Angeles Kings) CANJacques Demers (Montreal Canadiens) Assistant coach Trainer Jim Ramsay (Winnipeg Jets) Joe Murphy (New York Rangers)Dave Smith (New York Rangers) Honorary captain CANGordie Howe CANRod Gilbert LineupStarting lineup: USA 7 - D Chris Chelios (Chicago Blackhawks), Alternate CAN 77 - D Paul Coffey (Detroit Red Wings), Alternate RUS 10 - RW Pavel Bure (Vancouver Canucks) USA 16 - RW Brett Hull (St. Louis Blues) CAN 29 - G Felix Potvin (Toronto Maple Leafs) CAN 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (Los Angeles Kings), Captain Commissioner's selection: CAN 18 - RW Dave Taylor (Los Angeles Kings), Alternate Reserves: CAN 2 - D Al MacInnis (Calgary Flames) CAN 4 - D Rob Blake (Los Angeles Kings) RUS 5 - D Alexei Kasatonov (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) LAT 6 - D Sandis Ozolinsh (San Jose Sharks) CAN 9 - LW Shayne Corson (Edmonton Oilers) FIN 13 - RW Teemu Selanne (Winnipeg Jets) CAN 14 - LW Dave Andreychuk (Toronto Maple Leafs) CAN 19 - LW Brendan Shanahan (St. Louis Blues) CAN 25 - C Joe Nieuwendyk (Calgary Flames) CAN 26 - RW Russ Courtnall (Dallas Stars) USA 27 - C Jeremy Roenick (Chicago Blackhawks) CAN 31 - G Curtis Joseph (St. Louis Blues) LAT 32 - G Arturs Irbe (San Jose Sharks) RUS 91 - C Sergei Fedorov (Detroit Red Wings) CAN 93 - C Doug Gilmour (Toronto Maple Leafs)Starting lineup: USA 2 - D Brian Leetch (New York Rangers) CAN 11 - C Mark Messier (New York Rangers), CaptainCZEJaromir Jagr was voted as a starter, but was not able to play due to injury. Mark Messier was his replacement in the starting lineup.t CAN 33 - G Patrick Roy (Montreal Canadiens) CAN 77 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins), Alternate CAN 88 - C Eric Lindros (Philadelphia Flyers) RUS 89 - RW Alexander Mogilny (Buffalo Sabres) Commissioner's selection: USA 7 - RW Joe Mullen (Pittsburgh Penguins)USAMark Howe was originally selected by the commissioner, but was not able to play due to injury. Joe Mullen was his replacement. Reserves: CAN 3 - D Garry Galley (Philadelphia Flyers) CAN 4 - D Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils) CAN 8 - RW Mark Recchi (Philadelphia Flyers) CAN 9 - LW Adam Graves (New York Rangers) CAN 10 - LW Geoff Sanderson (Hartford Whalers) CAN 12 - C Adam Oates (Boston Bruins) CAN 17 - C Pierre Turgeon (New York Islanders) CAN 18 - C Joe Sakic (Quebec Nordiques) CAN 19 - C Brian Bradley (Tampa Bay Lightning) USA 34 - D Al Iafrate (Washington Capitals) RUS 20 - C Alexei Yashin (Ottawa Senators) USA 22 - C Bob Kudelski (Florida Panthers) CAN 55 - D Larry Murphy (Pittsburgh Penguins), Alternate USA 34 - G John Vanbiesbrouck (Florida Panthers) USA 35 - G Mike Richter (New York Rangers) See also 1993–94 NHL season Notes All-Star Game National Hockey League All-Star Game Category:1990s in Manhattan National Hockey League All-Star Game Category:National Hockey League All-Star Games Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan Category:Ice hockey competitions in New York City