26th National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 26th National Hockey League All-Star Game was played on January 30, 1973 in New York . The game took place in Madison Square Garden , home of the New York Rangers host . The Eastern Conference All-Stars beat the Western Conference in a high-class game with 5: 4. The game saw 16,426 spectators. Greg Polis of the Pittsburgh Penguins was named MVP .

Entrance ticket to the 1973 NHL All-Star Game

The teams

Eastern Conference All-Stars Head Coach: Tom Johnson ( Boston Bruins ) # country player Item team goalkeeper 1 Eddie Giacomin New York Rangers 30th Gilles Villemure New York Rangers defender 2 Brad Park New York Rangers 3 Gary Bergman Detroit Red Wings 4th Bobby Orr Boston Bruins 5 Guy Lapointe Montréal Canadiens 18th Serge Savard Montréal Canadiens 20th Dallas Smith Boston Bruins attacker 6th Rick Martin LW Buffalo Sabers 7th Phil Esposito C. Boston Bruins 8th Ken Hodge RW Boston Bruins 9 Bobby Schmautz RW Vancouver Canucks 12 Yvan Cournoyer RW Montréal Canadiens 14th Dave Keon C. Toronto Maple Leafs 15th René Robert RW Buffalo Sabers 17th Ed Westfall RW New York Islanders 19th Jean Ratelle C. New York Rangers 21st Paul Henderson LW Toronto Maple Leafs 25th Jacques Lemaire C. Montréal Canadiens 27 Frank Mahovlich LW Montréal Canadiens

Western Conference All-Stars Head Coach: Billy Reay , Chicago Black Hawks # country player Item team goalkeeper 1 Tony Esposito Chicago Black Hawks 30th Rogatien Vachon Los Angeles Kings defender 2 Bill White Chicago Black Hawks 3 Terry Harper Los Angeles Kings 4th Gilles quirk Los Angeles Kings 5 Barry Gibbs Minnesota North Stars 6th Barclay Plager St. Louis Blues 14th Randy Manery Atlanta Flames attacker 7th Pit Martin C. Chicago Black Hawks 8th Jim Pappin RW Chicago Black Hawks 9 Garry Unger C. St. Louis Blues 10 Dennis Hull LW Chicago Black Hawks 11 Jean-Paul Parisé LW Minnesota North Stars 12 Gary Dornhoefer RW Philadelphia Flyers 16 Bobby Clarke C. Philadelphia Flyers 16 Lowell MacDonald RW Pittsburgh Penguins 18th Bob Berry LW Los Angeles Kings 21st Stan Mikita C. Chicago Black Hawks 22nd Greg Polis LW Pittsburgh Penguins 23 Joey Johnston LW California Golden Seals G = goalkeeper; D = defender; C = center; LW / RW = winger

Course of the game

Eastern All-Stars 5 - 4 Western All-Stars

All Star Game MVP : Greg Polis (2 goals)

team	time	was standing	scorer	Submitter	Submitter
2nd third
Western film	20:55	0-1	Greg Polis	Bobby Clarke	Lowell MacDonald
Eastern	33:55	1-1	René Robert	Brad Park
Eastern	36:27	2–1	Frank Mahovlich
Eastern	39:12	3–1	Paul Henderson	Phil Esposito	Ken Hodge
Western film	39:29	3–2	Pit Martin	Dennis Hull	Jim Pappin
3rd third
Eastern	43:19	4-2	Jacques Lemaire	Frank Mahovlich	Guy Lapointe
Western film	44:27	4-3	Greg Polis	Terry Harper
Western film	49:27	4-4	Terry Harper	Stan Mikita
Eastern	53:59	5-4	Bobby Schmautz	Serge Savard

Referee: Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, John D'Amico
Spectators: 16,426

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