48th National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 48th National Hockey League All-Star Game was played on January 18, 1998 in Vancouver , British Columbia . The host of the game was the Vancouver Canucks for the second time since 1976 .

The event, which took place in the new General Motors Place , was attended by the best players of the National Hockey League . The Winter Olympics also took place in Nagano that year. Against this background and also to increase national pride, the composition of the teams had been changed. In the game, the best players from North America competed against the best players from other continents. The starting formations of the All-Star Teams could be determined by the fans through a vote. For the last time, two players per team were officially designated as "Commissioners Selections" . There was also no longer the honorary captain in the following years. There were 18,422 spectators in the stadium.

The supporting program included a game by the women's national teams from the United States and Canada, which also used this as an opportunity to prepare for the Olympics. Women's ice hockey was Olympic for the first time this year.

The teams

North America All-Stars Head Coach : Jacques Lemaire , New Jersey Devils Honorary Captain : Yvan Cournoyer # country player Item team goalkeeper 33 Patrick Roy Colorado Avalanche 20th Ed Belfour Dallas Stars 30th Martin Brodeur New Jersey Devils defender 2 Brian Leetch - C. New York Rangers 77 Ray Bourque Boston Bruins 4th Scott Stevens New Jersey Devils 5 Darryl Sydor Dallas Stars 7th Chris Chelios Chicago Blackhawks 22nd Al MacInnis St. Louis Blues 28 Scott Niedermayer New Jersey Devils attacker 10 John LeClair LW Philadelphia Flyers 14th Brendan Shanahan LW Detroit Red Wings 88 Eric Lindros C. Philadelphia Flyers 8th Mark Recchi RW Montréal Canadiens 9 Mike Modano C. Dallas Stars 11 Mark Messier C. New York Rangers 12 Tony Amonte RW Chicago Blackhawks 17th Keith Tkachuk LW St. Louis Blues 19th Joe Sakic C. Colorado Avalanche 27 Shayne Corson LW Montréal Canadiens 39 Doug Weight C. Edmonton Oilers 74 Theors Fleury RW Calgary Flames 99 Wayne Gretzky C. New York Rangers

World all stars Head Coach : Ken Hitchcock , Dallas Stars Honorary Captain : Ken Dryden # country player Item team goalkeeper 39 Dominik Hašek Buffalo Sabers 35 Nikolai Chabibulin Phoenix Coyotes 37 Olaf Koelzig Washington Capitals defender 2 Vyacheslav Fetisov Detroit Red Wings 6th Sandis Ozoliņš Colorado Avalanche 5 Nicklas Lidström Detroit Red Wings 15th Dmitri Mironov Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 29 Igor Kravchuk Ottawa Senators 56 Sergei Zubov Dallas Stars attacker 8th Teemu Selänne RW Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 21st Peter Forsberg C. Colorado Avalanche 68 Jaromír Jágr RW Pittsburgh Penguins 7th Igor Larionov - C. C. Detroit Red Wings 9 Saku Koivu C. Montréal Canadiens 10 Pavel Bure RW Vancouver Canucks 11 Daniel Alfredsson C. Ottawa Senators 12 Peter Bondra RW Washington Capitals 13 Mats Sundin C. Toronto Maple Leafs 16 Bobby Holík LW New Jersey Devils 17th Jari Kurri RW Colorado Avalanche 18th Valery Kamensky LW Colorado Avalanche 24 Žigmund Pálffy RW New York Islanders 26th Jere Lehtinen RW Dallas Stars Fat: player in the starting line-up G = goalkeeper; D = defender; C = center; LW / RW = winger

SuperSkills Competition

In the SuperSkills Competition, which took place the day before the All-Star Game, the players had to prove their skills in different areas, such as speed, puck control or shot hardness. The players of the World All-Stars competed against those of the North American All-Stars.

winner

Final score: World All-Stars 13 - 12 North America All-Stars

competition	Team ranking	Individual evaluation
Puck control	World all stars	Teemu Selänne (World)
speed	North America All-Stars	Scott Niedermayer (North America)
Shot hardness	North America All-Stars	Al MacInnis (North America)
Rapid fire	North America All-Stars	-
Shooting accuracy	North America All-Stars	Ray Bourque & Brendan Shanahan (North America) / Peter Forsberg (World)
Shootout	World all stars	-
Best goalkeeper	-	Dominik Hašek (world)

Course of the game

North America All-Stars 8 - 7 World All-Stars

All-Star Game MVP : Teemu Selänne (3 goals) This is the first time since the All-Star Game in 1986 that a player from the losing team was awarded.

team	time	was standing	scorer	Submitter	Submitter
1st third
World all stars	0:53	0-1	Teemu Selänne	Saku Koivu
World all stars	2:15	0-2	Jaromír Jágr	Peter Bondra	Dmitri Mironov
World all stars	4:00	0-3	Teemu Selänne	Jere Lehtinen	Vyacheslav Fetisov
North America All-Stars	4:13	1-3	John LeClair	Wayne Gretzky	Chris Chelios
North America All-Stars	10:50	2-3	Keith Tkachuk	Theors Fleury	Chris Chelios
North America All-Stars	18:25	3–3	Scott Niedermayer	Joe Sakic	Mark Recchi
2nd third
North America All-Stars	21:53	4-3	Theors Fleury	Mike Modano	Keith Tkachuk
World all stars	27:11	4-4	Teemu Selänne	Jere Lehtinen	Saku Koivu
World all stars	32:36	4-5	Jari Kurri	Saku Koivu	Jere Lehtinen
North America All-Stars	34:46	5-5	Eric Lindros	Chris Chelios	Mark Messier
North America All-Stars	35:19	6-5	Tony Amonte	Joe Sakic	Ray Bourque
3rd third
North America All-Stars	41:36	7-5	Keith Tkachuk	Mike Modano	Theors Fleury
North America All-Stars	44:00	8-5	Mark Messier	Wayne Gretzky
World all stars	47:03	8-6	Igor Kravchuk	Mats Sundin	Peter Forsberg
World all stars	49:41	8-7	Igor Larionov	Pavel Bure