38th National Hockey League All-Star Game
The 38th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, home to the Hartford Whalers, on February 4, 1986.
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| Date | February 4, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Hartford Civic Center | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Hartford | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Grant Fuhr (Edmonton) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,100 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Highlights
The Professional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) had annually chosen participants of the NHL All-Star Game prior to the league's fans voting for the starting players as of the 1986 All-Star Game.[1] When the league's fans voted Pelle Lindbergh as a starting goaltender in the 1986 game despite his death a few months earlier, PHWA president Rod Beaton doubted that the PHWA would have been chosen Lindbergh since its members were not sentimental and took the choice seriously.[1] Beaton felt that the fans "had voted with reasonable intelligence", and choosing Lindbergh "was a quality gesture", but was disappointed when a deserving player did not play because fans voted for a long-term star instead.[2]
Game summary
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- Referee: Ron Wicks
- Linesmen: Gord Broseker, John D'Amico
- TV: TSN, ESPN
Sources
- Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: Fifty Years of the Great Tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. pp. 192–197.
References
- Ross, Sherry (January 31, 1986). "Fans salute Pelle with one last start". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 81.
; Ross, Sherry (January 31, 1986). "Pelle a favorite with hockey fans (continued)". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 85. - Konrad, Jim (February 3, 1986). "The fans have first choice". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 45.