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.
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.; 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. 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.
Game summary Campbell Conference Wales Conference Final score 3 4 (OT) Head coach Glen Sather (Edmonton Oilers) Mike Keenan (Philadelphia Flyers) Honorary captain Phil Esposito Gordie Howe LineupStarting lineup: 7 - D Paul Coffey (Edmonton Oilers) 24 - D Doug Wilson (Chicago Black Hawks), Alternate 17 - RW Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers) 9 - LW Glenn Anderson (Edmonton Oilers) 31 - G Grant Fuhr (Edmonton Oilers) 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers), Captain Reserves: 2 - D Lee Fogolin (Edmonton Oilers) 4 - D Kevin Lowe (Edmonton Oilers) 5 - D Rob Ramage (St. Louis Blues) 10 - C Dale Hawerchuk (Winnipeg Jets) 11 - LW Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers) 12 - C Neal Broten (Minnesota North Stars) 14 - RW Tony Tanti (Vancouver Canucks) 15 - LW Wendel Clark (Toronto Maple Leafs) 18 - RW Dave Taylor (Los Angeles Kings), Alternate 19 - C Denis Savard (Chicago Black Hawks) 20 - RW Mark Hunter (St. Louis Blues) 21 - D Gary Suter (Calgary Flames) 25 - LW John Ogrodnick (Detroit Red Wings) 35 - G Andy Moog (Edmonton Oilers)Starting lineup: 5 - D Rod Langway (Washington Capitals) 7 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins) 12 - RW Tim Kerr (Philadelphia Flyers) 16 - LW Michel Goulet (Quebec Nordiques) 66 - C Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) 33 - G Mario Gosselin (Quebec Nordiques) Reserves: 2 - D Mark Howe (Philadelphia Flyers), Alternate 6 - D Mike Ramsey (Buffalo Sabres) 9 - C Kirk Muller (New Jersey Devils) 11 - RW Mike Gartner (Washington Capitals) 15 - LW Sylvain Turgeon (Hartford Whalers) 19 - D Larry Robinson (Montreal Canadiens), Captain 20 - C Dave Poulin (Philadelphia Flyers) 22 - RW Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) 25 - C Peter Stastny (Quebec Nordiques) 26 - LW Brian Propp (Philadelphia Flyers) 27 - LW Mats Naslund (Montreal Canadiens) 29 - D Reijo Ruotsalainen (New York Rangers) 35 - G Bob Froese (Philadelphia Flyers) 61 - C Bryan Trottier (New York Islanders), Alternate 31 - G Pelle Lindbergh (Philadelphia Flyers) (Voted Posthumously) Scoring summary Tanti (unassisted) 7:56 2nd Gretzky (Coffey, Savard) 17:09 3rd Hawerchuk (Savard, Coffey) 19:17 3rd (pp) Propp (Naslund, Bourque) 17:56 2nd Stastny (Robinson, Turgeon) 4:45 3rd Propp (Robinson) 17:38 3rd (pp) Trottier (Bossy) 3:05 OT (GWG) Penalties Suter, 8:51 1st Lowe, 6:14 3rd Messier, 16:31 3rd Gartner, 12:55 1st Turgeon, 15:22 3rd Gartner, 18:45 3rd Shots on goal8–15–9–3–356–11–10–2–29 Win/loss L - Andy Moog W - Bob Froese Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Gord Broseker, John D'Amico TV: TSN, ESPN
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