1996 National Hockey League All-Star Game

Professional ice hockey exhibition game August 2023 1996 NHL All-Star Game 200px West East 4 5 0 3 1 2 2 1 January 20, 1996 FleetCenter Boston Ray Bourque (Boston) 17,565 1994 1997 The 1996 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at the FleetCenter in Boston on January 20, 1996. The 46th game was originally scheduled to take place in 1995, but the lockout of the 1994–95 NHL season led to its postponement. Super Skills Competition The Western Conference would win their third-straight Skills Competition on a second round tie-breaking penalty shot goal. In the individual events Sergei Fedorov tied the record for Fastest Skater (13.510s '93 Gartner), only a few races later to have Mike Gartner break his previous record by finishing the event at 13.386 seconds, which stood as the record until Dylan Larkin scored a 13.172 second skate in 2016.https://www.si.com/nhl/2016/01/31/nhl-skills-competition-dylan-larkin-fastest-skater-record Larkin sets record for fastest skater Kloke Joshua Sports Illustrated en-us 2020-01-25 Mark Messier would win the Accuracy Shooting event by becoming the second player to hit four targets on four shots. Individual event winners Puck Control Relay – Pierre Turgeon (Montreal Canadiens) Fastest Skater – Mike Gartner (Toronto Maple Leafs) – 13.386 seconds Accuracy Shooting – Mark Messier (New York Rangers) – 4 hits, 4 shots Hardest Shot – Dave Manson (Winnipeg Jets) – 98.0 mph+ Goaltenders Competition - Dominik Hasek (Buffalo Sabres) - 4 GA, 16 shots The game Boston Bruins' defensemen Ray Bourque scored with just 37.3 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Eastern Conference to a 5–4 victory in front of the home crowd in Boston. For his heroics, the 17-year veteran was named All-Star M.V.P.Dicesare Bob Kelley Jim 1996-01-21 BOURQUE GETS WINNER FOR EAST ALL-STARS https://buffalonews.com/news/bourque-gets-winner-for-east-all-stars/article_6fc400c0-0efd-5f46-8915-bb9239ed4b57.html 2023-08-17 Buffalo News en The East built a 2–0 lead after the first period as New Jersey Devils' goaltender Martin Brodeur was able to stop all 12 shots. Philadelphia Flyers' Eric Lindros and New York Rangers' Pat Verbeek opened the scoring in the first period. In the second period, Pittsburgh Penguins' Jaromir Jagr would score to increase the East lead to 3–0. However, the Western Conference responded by scoring three of the next four goals in the second period to pull within one, going into the third. Winnipeg Jets' Teemu Selanne tied he game at 4–4 with 3:29 remaining, before Bourque scored the winning goal. Additional information This was also the first game where the FoxTrax was used in the All-Star Game.Morris Jeff 2021-01-23 25 Years Later: The FoxTrax Glowing Puck Makes Its Debut https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-foxtrax-puck-25th-anniversary/ 2023-08-17 The Hockey Writers en-us Jim Kelley revealed on Prime Time Sports that Dominik Hasek, the winning goaltender, was chosen as the game MVP but he overruled the voteCole Mike 2016-01-20 Ray Bourque's 1996 Heroics Among Bruins' Best All-Star Game Moments (Videos) https://nesn.com/2016/01/ray-bourques-all-star-game-moment-among-bruins-best-20-years-later-gallery/ 2023-08-17 NESN.com en-USElliott Helene 1996-01-21 It All Works Out for Bourque https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-21-sp-30453-story.html 2023-08-17 Los Angeles Times en-US because Bourque scored the game winner and the game was in Boston, where Bourque played most of his career. The losing goaltender was the Chicago Blackhawks' Ed Belfour, starting his fourth All-Star Game. The third Eastern Conference goaltender, Jim Carey of the Washington Capitals, would later in the 1995–96 NHL season win the Vezina Trophy as hockey's best goaltender. All three Eastern Conference goalies, and Western Conference goalie Chris Osgood were making their All-Star debuts in Boston. Beginning with this year's All Star Game, the head coaches were selected by whose team had the best regular season record in his respective conference, during the season up to the All-Star break. Before this, the head coaches of the previous season's Stanley Cup finalist were chosen.2008 NHL All-Star Game http://www.nhlallstar2008.com/HISTORY.HTM 2008-09-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714180804/http://www.nhlallstar2008.com/HISTORY.HTM 2011-07-14 dead Elliott Helene 1995-11-30 NHL to Base Selection of All-Star Coaches on Current Performance https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-30-sp-8621-story.html 2023-02-25 Los Angeles Times en-US Summary Western Conference Eastern Conference Final score 4 5 Scoring summary Hull (Kariya, Coffey), 5:33 2nd Coffey (Fedorov, Mogilny), 11:42 2nd Kariya (Sundin), 17:47 2nd Selanne (unassisted), 16:31 3rd Lindros (Leetch, LeClair), 11:05 1st Verbeek (Lemieux, Schneider), 13:49 1st Jagr (Lemieux, Francis), 2:07 2nd Shanahan (Turgeon, Neely), 8:51 2nd Bourque (Verbeek, Messier), 19:22 3rd (GWG) Penalties Western, too many men 4:35, 1st Eastern, too many men 15:14 2nd Shots on goal12–7–13–3218–15–8–41 Win/loss L - Felix Potvin W - Dominik Hasek Referee: Mark Faucette Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Brad Lazarowich Television: Fox Rosters Western Conference Eastern Conference Head coach CANScotty Bowman (Detroit Red Wings) CANDoug MacLean (Florida Panthers) Honorary captain CANGlenn Hall CANBobby Orr Assistant coach CANMarc Crawford (Colorado Avalanche) CANEddie Johnston (Pittsburgh Penguins) LineupStarting lineup: USA 7 – D Chris Chelios (Chicago Blackhawks), Alternate CAN 9 – LW Paul Kariya (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)1 USA 16 – RW Brett Hull (St. Louis Blues) CAN 30 – G Ed Belfour (Chicago Blackhawks) CAN 77 – D Paul Coffey (Detroit Red Wings), Alternate CAN 99 – C Wayne Gretzky (Los Angeles Kings), Captain Commissioner's selection: CAN 18 – C Denis Savard (Chicago Blackhawks) Reserves: CAN 2 – D Al MacInnis (St. Louis Blues) USA 4 – D Kevin Hatcher (Dallas Stars) SWE 5 – D Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit Red Wings) FIN 8 – RW Teemu Selanne (Winnipeg Jets) CAN 11 – RW Owen Nolan (San Jose Sharks) SWE 13 – C Mats Sundin (Toronto Maple Leafs) CAN 14 – RW Theoren Fleury (Calgary Flames) CAN 19 – C Joe Sakic (Colorado Avalanche) SWE 21 – C Peter Forsberg (Colorado Avalanche) CAN 22 – RW Mike Gartner (Toronto Maple Leafs) CAN 29 – G Felix Potvin (Toronto Maple Leafs) CAN 31 – G Chris Osgood (Detroit Red Wings) USA 39 – C Doug Weight (Edmonton Oilers) CAN 55 – D Larry Murphy (Toronto Maple Leafs) RUS 89 – LW Alexander Mogilny (Vancouver Canucks) RUS 91 – C Sergei Fedorov (Detroit Red Wings)Starting lineup: CAN 4 – D Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils) CAN 30 – G Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils) CAN 66 – C Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins), Alternate CZE 68 – RW Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh Penguins) CAN 77 – D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins), Captain CAN 94 – LW Brendan Shanahan (Hartford Whalers) Commissioner's selection: CAN 14 – C Craig MacTavish (Philadelphia Flyers) Reserves: USA 2 – D Brian Leetch (New York Rangers) CAN 7 – C Pierre Turgeon (Montreal Canadiens) CAN 8 – LW Cam Neely (Boston Bruins) CAN 10 – C Ron Francis (Pittsburgh Penguins) CAN 11 – C Mark Messier (New York Rangers), Alternate SVK 12 – LW Peter Bondra (Washington Capitals) SWE 15 – RW Daniel Alfredsson (Ottawa Senators) CAN 16 – RW Pat Verbeek (New York Rangers) USA 20 – LW John LeClair (Philadelphia Flyers) CAN 27 – RW Scott Mellanby (Florida Panthers) USA 34 – G John Vanbiesbrouck (Florida Panthers) CAN 37 - D Eric Desjardins (Philadelphia Flyers) CZE 39 - G Dominik Hasek (Buffalo Sabres) CZE 44 – D Roman Hamrlik (Tampa Bay Lightning) USA 72 – D Mathieu Schneider (New York Islanders) CAN 88 – C Eric Lindros (Philadelphia Flyers) See also 1995–96 NHL season Notes + +Even though he participated in the Super Skills Competition, Dave Manson was not in the Western Conference All-Star roster. 1 1Pavel Bure was voted as a starter, but was not able to play due to injury. Paul Kariya was his replacement in the starting lineup. Murphy replaced Gary Suter, who was injured, in the lineup. References Further reading Podnieks Andrew NHL all-star game : 50 years of the great tradition 2000 0-00-200058-X Harper Collins Toronto All-Star Game Category:National Hockey League All-Star Games Category:Ice hockey competitions in Boston National Hockey League All-Star National Hockey League All-Star Game