1997 National Hockey League All-Star Game

Professional ice hockey exhibition game August 2023 1997 NHL All-Star Game 1997 All-Star Game.gif 200 East West 11 7 4 6 1 2 4 1 January 18, 1997 San Jose Arena San Jose Mark Recchi (Montreal) 17,422 1996 1998 The 1997 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 18, 1997, at San Jose Arena in San Jose, home of the San Jose Sharks. The final score was Eastern Conference 11, Western Conference 7. This game was originally scheduled for the 1994–95 season, but was cancelled due to the 1994–95 NHL lockout. Super Skills Competition The Eastern Conference won the skills competition for the first time since 1992. St. Louis Blues' Al MacInnis won the Hardest Shot event for the third time in his career by slapping the puck at 98.9 mph. Boston Bruins' defenceman Ray Bourque won the Shooting Accuracy event for the fourth time, hitting four targets in seven shots. Florida Panthers' goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck stopped all 10 shots by Mats Sundin and Derian Hatcher in Rapid-Fire Relay to outduel Colorado Avalanche netminder Patrick Roy who made nine saves. In the Power-Play Relay, Vanbiesbrouck allowed only two of six shots to elude him that were taken by Mighty Ducks of Anaheims' Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya to claim the Goaltenders Competition. Individual event winners Puck Control Relay - Geoff Sanderson (Hartford Whalers) Fastest Skater - Peter Bondra, (Washington Capitals) - 13.610 seconds Accuracy Shooting - Ray Bourque, (Boston Bruins) - 4 hits, 7 shots Hardest Shot - Al MacInnis, (St. Louis Blues) - 98.9 mph Goaltenders Competition - John Vanbiesbrouck, (Florida Panthers) - 2 GA, 16 shots The Game Montreal Canadiens' right-winger Mark Recchi had a hat-trick to lead the Eastern Conference to an 11–7 victory and to be named All-Star M.V.P. Mark Recchi would become the fourth Montreal Canadien to receive the award. A record 10 goals was scored in the second period, including two from hometown favorite San Jose Sharks' right-winger Owen Nolan in a record eight seconds. Nolan would complete his hat-trick in the third period as he closed in on a breakaway towards Buffalo Sabres' goaltender Dominik Hasek. Nolan pointed to the top left corner and then fired a shot right off the bar top corner. Mike Emrick called it saying, "here come the chapeaus!". The crowd erupted, throwing hats everywhere. Boxscore Western Conference Eastern Conference Final score 7 11 Head coach CANKen Hitchcock (Dallas Stars) CANDoug MacLean (Florida Panthers) Honorary captain CANDoug Wilson CANAndy Bathgate Assistant coach LineupStarting Lineup: USA 7 - D Chris Chelios (Chicago Blackhawks), Captain LAT 8 - D Sandis Ozolinsh (Colorado Avalanche) CAN 9 - LW Paul Kariya (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) USA 16 - RW Brett Hull (St. Louis Blues) USA 21 - LW Tony Granato (San Jose Sharks)2 CAN 33 - G Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) Commissioner's Selection: USA 21 - LW Tony Granato (San Jose Sharks)2 RUS 22 - D Viacheslav Fetisov (Detroit Red Wings) Reserves: CAN 2 - D Al MacInnis (St. Louis Blues) USA 3 - D Derian Hatcher (Dallas Stars) USA 10 - RW Tony Amonte (Chicago Blackhawks) CAN 11 - RW Owen Nolan (San Jose Sharks) SWE 13 - C Mats Sundin (Toronto Maple Leafs) CAN 14 - RW Theoren Fleury (Calgary Flames) FIN 17 - RW Teemu Selanne (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)2 CAN 18 - LW Brendan Shanahan (Detroit Red Wings)3 CAN 19 - C Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings) RUS 20 - D Oleg Tverdovsky (Phoenix Coyotes) USA 31 - G Guy Hebert (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)5 CAN 35 - G Andy Moog (Dallas Stars) CAN 70 - C Jason Arnott (Edmonton Oilers) USA 77 - LW Keith Tkachuk (Phoenix Coyotes)6 UKR 80 - LW Dmitri Khristich (Los Angeles Kings)7 RUS 96 - RW Pavel Bure (Vancouver Canucks)Starting Lineup: USA 2 - D Brian Leetch (New York Rangers) USA 10 - LW John LeClair (Philadelphia Flyers)1 CAN 22 - RW Dino Ciccarelli (Tampa Bay Lightning) USA 34 - G John Vanbiesbrouck (Florida Panthers) CAN 77 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins) CAN 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers), Captain Commissioner's Selection: CAN 15 - C Dale Hawerchuk (Philadelphia Flyers) CAN 32 - C Dale Hunter (Washington Capitals) Reserves: CAN 4 - D Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils) CAN 7 - D Paul Coffey (Philadelphia Flyers) CAN 8 - RW Mark Recchi (Montreal Canadiens) SWE 9 - RW Daniel Alfredsson (Ottawa Senators) CAN 11 - C Mark Messier (New York Rangers) SVK 12 - LW Peter Bondra (Washington Capitals) USA 16 - D Scott Lachance (New York Islanders)4 CAN 18 - LW Geoff Sanderson (Hartford Whalers) CAN 21 - C Adam Oates (Boston Bruins)1 SVK 24 - D Robert Svehla (Florida Panthers) CAN 30 - G Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils) CZE 39 - G Dominik Hasek (Buffalo Sabres) USA 44 - D Kevin Hatcher (Pittsburgh Penguins) CAN 66 - C Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) CAN 88 - C Eric Lindros (Philadelphia Flyers) Scoring summary Bure (Sundin, Amonte) 17:36 1st Kariya (Bure, Ozolinsh) 18:36 1st Bure (2) (Selanne, Fetisov) 4:40 2nd Shanahan (Hull, Ozolinsh) 16:38 2nd (PPG) Nolan (Fleury, Ozolinsh) 18:54 2nd Nolan (2) (Amonte) 19:02 2nd Nolan (3) (unassisted) 17:57 3rd LeClair (Bondra, Stevens) 8:52 1st Lemieux (Gretzky) 9:49 1st Recchi (Messier, Alfredsson) 15:32 1st Hawerchuk (Lindros, Coffey) 16:19 1st Recchi (2) (Svehla, Messier) 1:56 2nd Sanderson (Lindros) 3:21 2nd Lemieux (2) (Svehla, Ciccarelli) 6:09 2nd Messier (K. Hatcher, Alfredsson) 8:45 2nd (GWG) Recchi (3) (Oates, Lemieux) 10:57 2nd Hawerchuk (2) (LeClair, Stevens) 17:28 2nd LeClair (2) (Bondra, Oates) 8:50 3rd Penaltiesnone Coffey, hooking 15:37 2nd Hatcher, hooking 14:56 3rd Shots on goal12–13–21–4615–15–11–41 Win/loss L - Andy Moog W - Martin Brodeur Referee: Rob Shick Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Bob Hodges, Leon Stickle Television: FOX, CBC, SRC See also 1996–97 NHL season Notes 1 1Jaromir Jagr was voted as a starter, but could not play due to injury. Adam Oates replaced him, and John LeClair replaced him in the starting lineup. 2 2Joe Sakic was voted as a starter, but could not play due to injury. Teemu Selanne replaced him, and Tony Granato — who was already selected by the Commissioner — replaced him in the starting lineup. 3 3Peter Forsberg was selected, but could not play due to injury. Brendan Shanahan replaced him. 4 4Zigmund Palffy was selected, but could not play due to injury. Scott Lachance replaced him. 5 5Chris Osgood was selected, but could not play due to injury. Guy Hebert replaced him. 6 6Mike Modano was selected, but could not play due to injury. Keith Tkachuk replaced him. 7 7Rob Blake was selected, but was could not play due to injury. Dmitri Khristich replaced him. Further reading The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition Podnieks Andrew 2000 HarperCollins Toronto 0-00-200058-X NHL Official Guide & Record Book 1997-98 1997 Toronto, ON National Hockey League 0-920445-53-5 registration https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000nati_q4y5 All-Star Game Category:National Hockey League All-Star Games Category:Sports competitions in San Jose, California National Hockey League All-Star Game Category:20th century in San Jose, California Category:January 1997 sports events in the United States