2009 National Hockey League All-Star Game

Professional ice hockey exhibition game August 2023 2009 NHL All-Star Game 200px West East 11 12 2 6 3 0 0/2 4 4 3 0 2/3 January 25, 2009Habs unveil 2009 NHL All-Star Game logo http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=359312 Montreal Canadiens 2008-04-05 2008-11-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090217223049/http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=359312&page=NewsPage&service=page 2009-02-17 Montreal Bell Centre 21,273 Alexei Kovalev (Montreal) 2008 2011 The 2009 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, home of the Montreal Canadiens, in conjunction with the Montreal Canadiens centennial celebrations on Sunday evening, January 25, 2009. The game was held between two teams, each representing a conference (Eastern and Western) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Eastern Conference team won the game 12–11, decided by shootout.Adami Hugh Ottawa All-Star Game is in works, NHL chief says http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=7b6f9cd6-a384-417c-8355-02953ae7faba The Gazette 2008-06-21 2009-01-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121104151107/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=7b6f9cd6-a384-417c-8355-02953ae7faba 2012-11-04 The game was part of a weekend of activities. On Saturday, a game featuring NHL rookies and sophomores preceded a skills competition among the NHL players, called the NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition. In a first for the All-Star Game, the "Breakaway Challenge," a part of the skills competition, had fans voting for the winner using their mobile phones, with the real-time voting results posted on the NHL's website.Klayman Ben Jeffrey Benkoe NHL to offer real-time results in all-star voting https://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSTRE4A246X20081103?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews Reuters 2008-11-04 2008-11-04 The game was preceded by a circus arts display and a concert was held between the second and third periods. __TOC__ Skills Competition Unlike previous years, the Skills Competition did not have players playing on the behalf of their respective conferences (thus, there was no conference-based scoring) and the team-based Obstacle Course was removed. In addition, YoungStars players became eligible to play in the Fastest Skater, Hardest Shot, Shooting Accuracy, and Breakaway Challenge events. In reaction to the changed format for the skills competition the year before, the Fastest Skater event reverted to the traditional one-lap format. The breakaway challenge used Jason Maggio, a local minor hockey goaltender defending the goal (to answer criticisms that the all-star goaltenders simply poke-checked the players as they were making the shot) as well as the player being able to take as many shots as possible in one minute (instead of only one shot). Finally, instead of being a judged competition, the breakaway challenge allowed the public to vote for the winner via text messaging. The public chose Alexander Ovechkin, whose highlight was a shot using two sticks while wearing a series of props provided by Evgeni Malkin, by a landslide, with 47% of the votes. Malkin won the shooting accuracy over Dany Heatley in a sudden death shoot-off after both scored 4-for-4 in the preliminaries. Malkin shot 3-4, missing the last target, while Heatley hit his first two but missed on the third. Andrew Cogliano walked off as the winner of the Fastest Skater competition. The Hardest Shot competition was played for charity, with each competitor contributing $1,000, to be matched by their team and the league, as well as the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), for a total of $24,000 to the charity chosen by the winner of the competition. Zdeno Chara won the event, with a record 105.4 mph shot (eclipsing Al Iafrate, who had set the record the last time the All-Star game was in Montreal). The Elimination Shootout involved all 40 skaters (but only four of the six goaltenders – leaving Roberto Luongo as the only player to not participate in any of the skills events), with the goaltenders being able to choose which skaters they will face off against. The field was narrowed from 40 to just 12 after one round, and Shane Doan eventually outlasted Marc Savard after seven rounds (including two rounds in which none of the three remaining players — Doan, Savard nor Milan Hejduk — scored). YoungStars Game For the first time, the YoungStars game, part of the Skills Competition featured a three-on-three rookies versus sophomores format, consisting of three six-minute periods with the clock stopping only within the last minute of each game.http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=403149&page=NewsPage&service=page NHL YoungStars roster announced 2009-01-09 NHL.com 2009-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090111123730/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=403149 2009-01-11 dead Coaching the rookies was Luc Robitaille and for the sophomores was Pete Mahovlich. Unlike the previous All-Star Game, YoungStars goaltenders were named prior to the game, though sophomore goaltender Carey Price volunteered to do double duty after Erik Ersberg withdrew from the game due to injury. The game saw rookie goaltender Pekka Rinne (who replaced Steve Mason) make 20 saves in a 9–5 victory for the rookies. Rookie Blake Wheeler was named the MVP of the YoungStars game after scoring four goals. Roster Rookies Sophomores Coaches Luc Robitaille Pete Mahovlich Roster FIN 35 – G Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators) CAN 8 – D Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings) CAN 2 – D Luke Schenn (Toronto Maple Leafs) SWE 21 – F Patrik Berglund (St. Louis Blues) DEN 19 – F Mikkel Boedker (Phoenix Coyotes) CZE 67 – F Michael Frolik (Florida Panthers) CAN 18 – F James Neal (Dallas Stars) CAN 91 – F Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning) CAN 32 – F Kris Versteeg (Chicago Blackhawks) USA 26 – F Blake Wheeler (Boston Bruins) CAN 31 – G Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens) CAN 58 – D Kris Letang (Pittsburgh Penguins) CAN 18 – D Marc Staal (New York Rangers) CAN 36 – F Dave Bolland (Chicago Blackhawks) CAN 13 – F Andrew Cogliano (Edmonton Oilers) USA 17 – F Brandon Dubinsky (New York Rangers) CAN 10 – F Bryan Little (Atlanta Thrashers) CAN 57 – F David Perron (St. Louis Blues) CAN 21 – F Mason Raymond (Vancouver Canucks) CAN 16 – F Devin Setoguchi (San Jose Sharks) + Final score Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Final Sophomores 1 3 1 5 Rookies3429 Milan Lucic was named to the YoungStars game, but did not play. Erik Ersberg was named to the YoungStars game, but did not play. Steve Mason was named to the YoungStars game, but did not play Nicklas Backstrom was named to the YoungStars game, but did not play. Absentee punishment Due to a growing number of otherwise healthy players choosing to skip the All-Star Game to rest, the NHL began to enforce the understanding that players that are named to the event must participate in some capacity. Those who choose not to participate must miss a game, either before the Game or after. Players named to the YoungStars game will not be subject to this policy, as their consent is required for participation. Thus, because Detroit Red Wings players Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidström declined to attend the festivities due to injury,http://redwings.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=405618&page=NewsPage&service=page Datsyuk, Lidstrom to miss All-Star Game Kreiser John 2009-01-21 NHL.com 2009-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090123101042/http://redwings.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=405618 2009-01-23 dead they were each forced to miss one regular season game. Sidney Crosby, who was also ruled out due to injury, participated in off-ice activities and was not forced to miss a game.Darren Dreger Darren Dreger https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=264365&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main TSN NHL threatens to suspend absent All-Stars 2009-01-23 2009-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090201203947/http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=264365&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main 1 February 2009 live Rosters Fan voting for the All-Star Game starting line-up was closed on January 2, 2009. The rosters were announced on January 3 by retired Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame player Jean Beliveau, who played in 13 All-Star games during his career.NHL Public Relations Montreal Canadiens legend Jean Beliveau to announce starting line-ups for the 2009 NHL All-Star Game http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=401540 https://web.archive.org/web/20100310035820/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=401540 dead March 10, 2010 National Hockey League 2009-01-02 2009-01-06 Eastern Conference Western Conference Coach: CAN Claude Julien (Boston Bruins) CAN Todd McLellan (San Jose Sharks) Assistant coach: CAN Guy Carbonneau (Montreal Canadiens) CAN Mike Babcock (Detroit Red Wings) Captains:The Sports Network Kovalev, Thornton named All-Star team captains http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=264258 TSN 2009-01-22 2009-01-23 The Sports Network (wire service) June 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607015741/http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=264258 dead RUS Alexei Kovalev CAN Joe Thornton Starters:CAN 31 – G Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens) USA 44 – D Mike Komisarek (Montreal Canadiens) RUS 79 – D Andrei Markov (Montreal Canadiens) RUS 71 – F Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins) CAN 4 – F Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay Lightning) RUS 27 – F Alexei Kovalev (Montreal Canadiens) - (C)CAN 35 – G Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Anaheim Ducks) CAN 27 – D Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks) CAN 51 – D Brian Campbell (Chicago Blackhawks) CAN 15 – F Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks) CAN 19 – F Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks) USA 88 – F Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks) Reserves:USA 30 – G Tim Thomas (Boston Bruins) SWE 35 – G Henrik Lundqvist (New York Rangers) SUI 2 – D Mark Streit (New York Islanders) CAN 3 – D Jay Bouwmeester (Florida Panthers) CZE 15 – D Tomas Kaberle (Toronto Maple Leafs) SVK 33 – D Zdeno Chara (Boston Bruins) CAN 7 – F Jeff Carter (Philadelphia Flyers) RUS 8 – F Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals) USA 9 – F Zach Parise (New Jersey Devils) CAN 12 – F Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes) RUS 17 – F Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta Thrashers) AUT 20 – F Thomas Vanek (Buffalo Sabres) CAN 26 – F Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning) CAN 51 – F Dany Heatley (Ottawa Senators) CAN 91 – F Marc Savard (Boston Bruins)CAN 1 – G Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks) FIN 32 – G Niklas Backstrom (Minnesota Wild) CAN 3 – D Stephane Robidas (Dallas Stars) CAN 6 – D Shea Weber (Nashville Predators) CAN 22 – D Dan Boyle (San Jose Sharks) CAN 44 – D Sheldon Souray (Edmonton Oilers) USA 7 – F Keith Tkachuk (St. Louis Blues) USA 9 – F Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) CAN 10 – F Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks) CAN 12 – F Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames) CAN 18 – F Shane Doan (Phoenix Coyotes) CZE 23 – F Milan Hejduk (Colorado Avalanche) USA 24 – F Dustin Brown (Los Angeles Kings) CAN 61 – F Rick Nash (Columbus Blue Jackets) CAN 97 – F Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks) - (C) Referees: CAN Marc Joannette and USA Brad Meier Linesmen: CAN Greg Devorski and CAN Pierre RacicotMontreal pair among NHL all-star game crew Notes W1 W1Nicklas Lidstrom was named to the Western Conference All-Star Team, but chose not to play. Stephane Robidas was named as his replacement.The Canadian Press The Canadian Press Marleau, Robidas added to Western All-Stars https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=264105 TSN 2009-01-21 2009-01-21 W2 W2Pavel Datsyuk was named to the Western Conference All-Star Team, but was unable to play due to injury. Patrick Marleau was named as his replacement. E1 E1Sidney Crosby was voted into the starting lineup for the Eastern Conference All-Star Team, but was unable to play due to injury. Martin St. Louis was named as his replacement on the roster and Vincent Lecavalier as his replacement in the starting lineup.TSN Penguins' Crosby withdraws from All-Star game http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=264274 TSN 2009-01-22 2009-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090131153825/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=264274 31 January 2009 liveHometown hero Lecavalier added as Eastern starterJune 2024 medicmedic Uniforms Replacing the prototypical Reebok Edge design of the previous two games, the 2009 All-Star Game featured a unique design inspired by the Canadiens, featuring the host team's colors of bleu, blanc et rouge. The Eastern Conference team's jerseys were primarily red, while the Western Conference wore white. The uniform featured an asymmetrical design, with a contrasting color stripe coming down one side of the body of the uniform and wrapping around at the waistline. One sleeve on each jersey featured three stars with the years 1969, 1975, and 1993 on them, representing the three previous times the Canadiens had hosted the All-Star Game since the league dropped the Stanley Cup Champions vs. NHL All-Stars format. Summary WEST 11 – 12 (SO)(2-4, 6-4, 3-3, 0-0, 0-2) EASTBell Centre (21,273)Montreal First period Tkachuk (Nash, Hejduk) 1:16 Referees: 6:26 Ovechkin (Savard) Marc Joannette 9:30 Staal (Bouwmeester, Kovalev) Brad Meier 16:34 Kovalev (Kaberle) 19:23 Markov (Ovechkin, Savard) Linesmen: Marleau (Thornton, Niedermayer) 19:48 Greg Devorski Second period Pierre Racicot 1:21 St. Louis (Kaberle) 2:11 Parise (St. Louis, Streit) MVP: Souray (Hejduk) 3:29 Alexei Kovalev (Montreal) (3G,1A) Boyle (Doan, Campbell) 5:14 7:45 Malkin Nash 8:27 Hejduk (Boyle, Nash) 9:02 Souray (2) (Thornton, Marleau) 10:34 13:35 Kovalev (2) Iginla (Thornton, Marleau) 16:46 Third period Doan (Modano, Brown) 0:32 2:17 Heatley (Savard) Toews (Kane, Souray) 2:32 13:19 St. Louis (2) (Streit, Bouwmeester) Kane 15:18 16:21 Bouwmeester (Ovechkin) Overtime period no scoring Shootout SAVE Vincent Lecavalier Shane Doan SAVE Alexei Kovalev Rick Nash Alexander Ovechkin W - Tim Thomas L - Roberto Luongo Features A pre-game performance featured acrobatics and music by circus arts group Cirque Eloize. The U.S. national anthem was sung by soul singer Alan Prater and the Canadian national anthem was performed by the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, under the direction of its founder Trevor Payne. Simple Plan and Marie-Mai performed during the intermission.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=406218&navid=DL%7cNHL%7cAllStarGame2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20150113101551/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=406218&navid=DL%7cNHL%7cAllStarGame2009 dead January 13, 2015 NHL.com - 2009 NHL All-Star Game: Quebec performers rock, roll and spin the Bell Centre - 01/25/2009 NHL.com January 25, 2008 2008-01-26 References External links All-Star Game website at NHL.com s2yYcAmOguM Game highlights of the 57th NHL All-Star Game lKIWcTvJ4T4 Highlights of the 2009 NHL SuperSkills Competition iA9Xrqu_W3Y Game Highlights of the 2009 NHL YoungStars Game All Category:National Hockey League All-Star Games Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Category:2009 in sports in Quebec Category:2009 in Montreal Category:January 2009 sports events in Canada