41st National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 41st National Hockey League All-Star Game was played on January 21, 1990 in Pittsburgh . The game took place at the Civic Arena , home of the host Pittsburgh Penguins . The All-Stars of the Prince of Wales Conference clearly beat those of the Campbell Conference with 12: 7. 17,503 spectators saw the game. Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins was named MVP .

Ticket set for the 1990 NHL All-Star Weekend

host

The Montréal Canadiens were actually intended to host the 41st All-Star Game. However, since Québec had set new standards with the Rendez-vous '87 , they wanted to wait with their own implementation of the All-Star-Game. Instead, Pittsburgh was awarded the contract, which should have waited until 1993.

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The league management introduced some decisive innovations in the 41st edition. The game no longer took place on a Tuesday evening, as before, but on a Sunday afternoon so that the whole country could follow the game live. In addition, a "Heroes of Hockey" game was introduced in which former NHL players should compete against each other in two sections. The organizers also introduced the All-Star Skills Competition , in which the NHL All-Stars competed against each other in order to be able to compare their individual skills. This was the first time that an all-star weekend was held. In order to make the whole thing even more interesting for the TV viewers, numerous officials, the referees and the coaches of both teams were equipped with microphones. During the breaks in the game, the television stations were allowed to conduct short interviews with the players, which particularly annoyed the employees of Hockey Night in Canada , who tried to establish this without success in previous years.

Heroes of Hockey

For the first and only time, the best former players from both conferences competed against each other. From the following all-star game onwards, the host's best ex-players always played against the best of the rest.

Gordie Howe , who wanted to do this four years earlier but was prevented from doing so by the league, boycotted the game along with several other former league greats.

Super skills competition

The individual winners:

• Shot Accuracy: Ray Bourque ( Boston Bruins ) - 4 goals (7 shots)
• Shot Power: Al Iafrate ( Toronto Maple Leafs ) - 96.0 mph
• Top Goalkeeper: Kirk McLean ( Vancouver Canucks ) - 4 goals conceded (27 shots)

Teams

Wales Conference All-Stars Head Coach: Pat Burns ( Montréal Canadiens ) # country player Item team goalkeeper 31 Daren Puppa Buffalo Sabers 33 Patrick Roy Montréal Canadiens defender 2 Brian Leetch New York Rangers 4th Kevin Hatcher Washington Capitals 6th Phil Housley Buffalo Sabers 7th Paul Coffey Pittsburgh Penguins 24 Chris Chelios Montréal Canadiens 77 Ray Bourque Boston Bruins attacker 8th Cam Neely RW Boston Bruins 9 Kirk Muller C. New Jersey Devils 10 Ron Francis C. Hartford Whalers 16 Pat LaFontaine C. New York Islanders 17th Pierre Turgeon C. Buffalo Sabers 19th Joe Sakic C. Québec Nordiques 22nd Rick Tocchet RW Philadelphia Flyers 25th Dave Andreychuk LW Buffalo Sabers 26th Brian Propp RW Philadelphia Flyers 27 Shayne Corson LW Montréal Canadiens 44 Stéphane Richer RW Montréal Canadiens 66 Mario Lemieux C. Pittsburgh Penguins

Campbell Conference All-Stars Head Coach: Terry Crisp ( Calgary Flames ) # country player Item team goalkeeper 1 Kirk McLean Vancouver Canucks 30th Mike Vernon Calgary Flames defender 2 Al MacInnis Calgary Flames 4th Kevin Lowe Edmonton Oilers 14th Paul Cavallini St. Louis Blues 24 Doug Wilson Chicago Blackhawks 28 Steve Duchesne Los Angeles Kings 33 Al Iafrate Toronto Maple Leafs attacker 7th Joe Mullen RW Calgary Flames 9 Bernie Nicholls C. Los Angeles Kings 11 Mark Messier C. Edmonton Oilers 12 Mike Gartner RW Minnesota North Stars 16 Brett Hull RW St. Louis Blues 17th Jari Kurri RW Edmonton Oilers 19th Steve Yzerman C. Detroit Red Wings 20th Luc Robitaille LW Los Angeles Kings 25th Doug Smail LW Winnipeg Jets 26th Joe Nieuwendyk C. Calgary Flames 27 Steve Larmer RW Chicago Blackhawks 99 Wayne Gretzky C. Los Angeles Kings G = goalkeeper; D = defender; C = center; LW / RW = winger

Also were Denis Savard ( Montreal Canadiens ) and Thomas Steen ( Winnipeg Jets ) nominated for the game. But neither took part.

Course of the game

Wales Conference All-Stars 12-7 Campbell Conference All-Stars

All Star Game MVP : Mario Lemieux (4 goals)

team	time	was standing	scorer	Submitter	Submitter
1st third
	0:21	1–0	Mario Lemieux	Brian Propp	Cam Neely
	5:13	2–0	Dave Andreychuk
	9:22	3–0	Pierre Turgeon	Ron Francis
	11:01 am	3–1	Mark Messier	Brett Hull	Doug Smail
	13:00	4–1	Mario Lemieux	Phil Housley
	14:31	4-2	Steve Yzerman
	16:55	5–2	Rick Tocchet	Ray Bourque	Kirk Muller
	17:37	6–2	Mario Lemieux	Paul Coffey
	18:52	7-2	Pierre Turgeon	Ron Francis	Dave Andreychuk
2nd third
	28:47	8-2	Kirk Muller	Paul Coffey	Joe Sakic
	29:03	8-3	Al MacInnis	Kevin Lowe
	33:00	8-4	Joe Mullen	Bernie Nicholls
	36:43	9-4	Shayne Corson	Pat LaFontaine
3rd third
	41:07	10-4	Mario Lemieux	Cam Neely
	51:20	11-4	Cam Neely	Joe Sakic	Kevin Hatcher
	55:09	11-5	Luc Robitaille	Steve Yzerman	Brett Hull
	56:11	11-6	Luc Robitaille	Brett Hull	Steve Yzerman
	57:50	12-6	Kirk Muller	Rick Tocchet
	59:35	12-7	Doug Smail	Joe Mullen	Joe Nieuwendyk

Referee: Kerry Fraser
Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Dan McCourt
Spectators: 17,503

Records

Several all-star records were broken in this game. It was the all-star game with the most goals overall (19), the most goals by a team (12) and the most goals in a third (9). In addition, Mario Lemieux , who was also named Most Valuable Player, scored four goals. He was only the second player in the 41st match to do so as an All-Star.

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