1999 National Hockey League All-Star Game

Professional ice hockey exhibition game August 2023 1999 NHL All-Star Game 1999 NHL All Star Game logo.gif 225 World North America 6 8 1 3 2 4 3 1 January 24, 1999 Ice Palace Tampa Wayne Gretzky (NY Rangers) 19,758 1998 2000 The 1999 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 24, 1999, at Ice Palace in Tampa, home to the Tampa Bay Lightning. "North America" and the World The major criticism of the North America versus World format was that Canadians still represented the majority of the NHL players, and it clearly showed in the team selection: the 49th game only saw five Americans as part of the North America roster, and many notable greats were left off the all-star ballot simply as there were too many names to choose from. Some pundits even claimed that a second competitive North American all-star team could have been made from players that were not invited. The format also allowed for teammates to face each other, something that had not been done since the 6th National Hockey League All-Star Game. Where the Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, and Vancouver Canucks were among the teams that sent players to both all-star teams the year before, the fact that teammates now opposed each other was more evident in this game. Among the more pronounced comments came from last year's winning coach Ken Hitchcock, who came off his first ever all-star game victory at any level of hockey (he had been 0–11 prior to this game): he wished that perhaps the game could be held in Europe so that the World team would have a "home game". Super Skills Competition The World All-Stars won their second-straight skills competition over the North American All-Stars. Boston Bruins' Ray Bourque for the second straight season would have to share his Accuracy Shooting event victory with Phoenix Coyotes' Keith Tkachuk and Jeremy Roenick. In the Hardest Shot event, St. Louis Blues' defencemen Al MacInnis would win the event for the third-straight season and fifth all-time. Individual event winners Puck Control Relay – Paul Kariya (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) Fastest Skater – Peter Bondra (Washington Capitals) – 14.640 seconds Accuracy Shooting – Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins)/Keith Tkachuk (Phoenix Coyotes)/Jeremy Roenick (Phoenix Coyotes) – 4 hits, 6 shots Hardest Shot – Al MacInnis (St. Louis Blues) – 98.5 mph Goaltenders Competition – Arturs Irbe (Carolina Hurricanes) - 2 GA, 16 shots The game The North American All-Stars defeated the World All-Stars for the second-straight year by a score of 8–6. Dallas Stars' Mike Modano and Toronto Maple Leafs' Mats Sundin recorded four points, while Carolina Hurricanes' goaltender Arturs Irbe recorded an assist to become the first goaltender in history to be credited with a point in the All-Star Game. However, New York Rangers' center Wayne Gretzky would steal the spotlight in his last All-Star appearance by recording three points to win his third-career All-Star M.V.P. honor. Summary North America World Final score 8 6 Scoring summary Modano (Robitaille, Pronger) 4:09 first Robitaille (Roenick, Clark) 10:06 first Kariya (Amonte, Modano) 16:45 first Recchi (Gretzky, Fleury) 17:18 first Bourque (Modano) 0:17 second Gretzky (Fleury, Pronger) 1:14 second Blake (Gretzky, Recchi) 14:23 second (GWG) Sydor (Modano, Amonte) 4:02 third Sturm (Forsberg, Sundin) 9:42 first Selanne (Yashin, Irbe) 2:02 second Demitra (Zhitnik, Sundin) 8:59 second Ohlund (Sundin, Naslund) 15:08 second Sundin (Ohlund, Jagr) 2:57 third Zubov (Khristich, Holik) 4:20 third PenaltiesNone Shots on goal19–15–15–499–15–12–36 Win/loss W - Ron Tugnutt L - Arturs Irbe Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy Television: Fox, CBC, SRC Rosters North America World Head coach CAN Ken Hitchcock (Dallas Stars) CAN Lindy Ruff (Buffalo Sabres) Assistant coach CAN Jim Schoenfeld (Phoenix Coyotes) USA Robbie Ftorek (New Jersey Devils) LineupStarting lineup: 2 – CAN D Al MacInnis (St. Louis Blues) 9 – CAN LW Paul Kariya (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) 14 – CAN LW Brendan Shanahan (Detroit Red Wings) 30 – CAN G Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils) 77 – CAN D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins) 99 – CAN C Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers), Captain1 Reserves: 3 – CAN D Rob Blake (Los Angeles Kings) 4 – CAN D Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils) 5 – CAN D Darryl Sydor (Dallas Stars) 7 – USA LW Keith Tkachuk (Phoenix Coyotes) 8 – CAN RW Mark Recchi (Montreal Canadiens) 10 – USA LW John LeClair (Philadelphia Flyers) 12 – USA RW Tony Amonte (Chicago Blackhawks) 17 – CAN LW Wendel Clark (Tampa Bay Lightning) 20 – CAN G Ed Belfour (Dallas Stars) 21 – CAN LW Luc Robitaille (Los Angeles Kings) 22 – CAN C Keith Primeau (Carolina Hurricanes) 27 – USA C Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) 31 – CAN G Ron Tugnutt (Ottawa Senators)3 44 – CAN D Chris Pronger (St. Louis Blues) 55 – CAN D Larry Murphy (Detroit Red Wings) 74 – CAN RW Theoren Fleury (Calgary Flames) 88 – CAN C Eric Lindros (Philadelphia Flyers)1 97 – USA C Jeremy Roenick (Phoenix Coyotes)Starting lineup: 5 – SWE D Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit Red Wings) 8 – FIN RW Teemu Selanne (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) 21 – SWE C Peter Forsberg (Colorado Avalanche) 27 – FIN D Teppo Numminen (Phoenix Coyotes)2 39 - CZE G Dominik Hasek (Buffalo Sabres) 68 – CZE RW Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh Penguins), Captain Reserves: 1 - LAT G Arturs Irbe (Carolina Hurricanes) 2 – SWE D Mattias Ohlund (Vancouver Canucks) 9 – SWE LW Markus Naslund (Vancouver Canucks) 12 – SVK LW Peter Bondra (Washington Capitals) 13 – SWE C Mats Sundin (Toronto Maple Leafs) 14 – SWE D Mattias Norstrom (Los Angeles Kings) 16 – CZE C Bobby Holik (New Jersey Devils) 19 – RUS C Alexei Yashin (Ottawa Senators) 20 – GER LW Marco Sturm (San Jose Sharks) 22 – CZE D Roman Hamrlik (Edmonton Oilers) 25 – RUS RW Sergei Krivokrasov (Nashville Predators) 35 – RUS G Nikolai Khabibulin (Phoenix Coyotes) 38 – SVK LW Pavol Demitra (St. Louis Blues) 44 – RUS D Alexei Zhitnik (Buffalo Sabres) 56 – RUS D Sergei Zubov (Dallas Stars) 80 – UKR LW Dmitri Khristich (Boston Bruins) 82 – CZE LW Martin Straka (Pittsburgh Penguins) See also 1998–99 NHL season Notes 1 1Steve Yzerman was voted as a starter, but was not able to play due to injury. Eric Lindros was selected to replace Yzerman in the starting lineup, but passed the honor to Wayne Gretzky. 2 2Uwe Krupp was voted as a starter, but was not able to play due to injury. Teppo Numminen was named as his replacement in the starting lineup. 3 3Curtis Joseph was selected, but did not play. Ron Tugnutt was his replacement. Kenny Jonsson and Viktor Kozlov were named to the World team, but did not play. All-Star Game National Hockey League All-Star Game Category:20th century in Tampa, Florida Category:National Hockey League All-Star Games Category:Ice hockey competitions in Tampa, Florida National Hockey League All-Star Game