The 2016 NHL All-Star Game which is the 61st National Hockey League All-Star Game is scheduled to be held on January 31, 2016 in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena, home of the Nashville Predators. This will be Nashville’s first time hosting the NHL All-Star Game.
This year’s NHL All-Star game will see significant changes to the All-Star Game format. Instead of one game pitted against conference team vs conference team, there will be three 20-minute games, with four All-Star teams based on the league’s four divisions. The Atlantic Division All-Stars will face the Metropolitan Division All-Stars, while the Central Division All-Stars will play against the Pacific Division All-Stars. The winners of these two games will then meet in the All-Star Game Final. The format for all three games will be 3-on-3. If a tie remains after 20 minutes, then it will go directly to a three-round shootout plus extra rounds as needed to determine the winner. There have been many formats to the NHL All-Star-Game which started in 1947 back when the Stanley Cup Champions would play a group of NHL All-Stars. There were some “tribute” games that could have been dubbed all-star games prior to 1947, but officially the first NHL All-Star Game was held in October 1947.
NHL All-Star Game: All-Time Results
Here is a look at the all-time results from the previous 60 NHL All-Star Games.
1ST NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, October 13, 1947
NHL All-Stars 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3
The first NHL All-Star team featured the likes of Maurice “The Rocket” Richard”, “Black Jack” Stewart, Bobby Bauer, Bill Mosienko and Woody Dumart to just name a few.
2ND NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Chicago Stadium, November 3, 1948
NHL All-Stars 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1
3RD NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, October 10, 1949
NHL All-Stars 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1
4TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, October 8, 1950
Detroit Red Wings 7, NHL All-Stars 1
5TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, October 9, 1951
First All-Star Team 2, Second All-Star Team 2
6TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, October 5, 1952
First All-Star Team 1, Second All-Star Team 1
7TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, October 3, 1953
NHL All-Stars 3, Montreal Canadiens 1
8TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, October 2, 1954
NHL All-Stars 2, Detroit Red Wings 2
9TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Olympia Stadium, October 2, 1955
Detroit Red Wings 3, NHL All-Stars 1
10TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, October 9, 1956
Montreal Canadiens 1, NHL All-Stars 1
11TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, October 5, 1957
NHL All-Stars 5, Montreal Canadiens 3
12TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, October 4, 1958
Montreal Canadiens 6, NHL All-Stars 3
13TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, October 3, 1959
Montreal Canadiens 6, NHL All-Stars 1
14TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, October 1, 1960
NHL All-Stars 2, Montreal Canadiens 1
15TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Chicago Stadium, October 7, 1961
NHL All-Stars 3, Chicago Blackhawks 1
16TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, October 6, 1962
Toronto Maple Leafs 4, NHL All-Stars 1
17TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, October 5, 1963
Toronto Maple Leafs 3, NHL All-Stars 3
18TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, October 10, 1964
NHL All-Stars 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2
19TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, October 20, 1965
NHL All-Stars 5, Montreal Canadiens 2
20TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, January 18, 1967
Montreal Canadiens 3, NHL All-Stars 0
21ST NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, January 16, 1968
Toronto Maple Leafs 4, NHL All-Stars 3
22ND NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, January 21, 1969
West Division All-Stars 3, East Division All-Stars 3
23RD NHL ALL-STAR GAME, St. Louis Arena, January 20, 1970
East Division All-Stars 4, West Division All-Stars 1
24TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Boston Garden, January 19, 1971
West Division All-Stars 2, East Division All-Stars 1
25TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Met Sports Center, Bloomington, MN, January 25, 1972
East Division All-Stars 3, West Division All-Stars 2
26TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Madison Square Garden, New York, January 30, 1973
East Division All-Stars 5, West Division All-Stars 4
27TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Chicago Stadium, January 29, 1974
West Division All-Stars 6, East Division All-Stars 4
28TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, January 21, 1975
Wales Conference 7, Campbell Conference 1
29TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, January 20, 1976
Wales Conference 7, Campbell Conference 5
30TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, January 25, 1977
Wales Conference 4, Campbell Conference 3
31ST NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, January 24, 1978
Wales Conference 3, Campbell Conference 2 (OT)
32ND NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, February 5, 1980
Wales Conference 6, Campbell Conference 3
The 1980 All-Star game feature a 50 year Gordie Howe competing in his 23rd All-Star game and a young 19 year old Wayne Gretzky competing in his very first NHL All-Start game.
33RD NHL ALL-STAR GAME, The Forum, Los Angeles, February 10, 1981
Campbell Conference 4, Wales Conference 1
34TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, The Capital Centre, Landover, MD, February 9, 1982
Wales Conference 4, Campbell Conference 2
35TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, February 8, 1983
Campbell Conference 9, Wales Conference 3
This was one of my all-time favorite NHL All-Star games. John Garrett goalie from the Vancouver Canucks was a late replace for Richard Brodeur. Garrett had a stellar performance in net and was probably on his way to winning MVP honors until Wayne Gretzky took over and scored four goals in the third period with Oilers teammate Mark Messier assisting on three of the four goals. You have to feel for Garrett as Wayne Gretzky would go on to stardom and collect a number of individual awards in the NHL.
36TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, January 31, 1984
Wales Conference 7, Campbell Conference 6
37TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, February 12, 1985
Wales Conference 6, Campbell Conference 4
38TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Hartford Civic Center, February 4, 1986
Wales Conference 4, Campbell Conference 3 (OT)
39TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, St. Louis Arena, February 9, 1988
Wales Conference 6, Campbell Conference 5 (OT)
40TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, February 7, 1989
Campbell Conference 9, Wales Conference 5
Ahh the only time that the city of Edmonton has hosted an NHL All-Star game. Wayne Gretzky, now a member on the Los Angeles Kings, would reunite with his old Oilers teammate and linemate Jari Kurri in a return to Edmonton. Campbell conference and Edmonton Oilers headcoach Glen Sather reserved Gretzky’s old stall in the Oilers’ dressing room, and he played on the line with then-current linemate Luc Robitaille and former linemate Jari Kurri. Gretzky was warmly welcomed in Edmonton, and for his part, scored a goal and two assists and was named the games MVP to which he earned the ceremonial car as the game’s MVP. As the story goes Gretzky then gave the car he won to friend, former teammate and Gretzky protector in Edmonton, Dave Semenko. A sold-out crowd of 17,503 in Edmonton welcomed the Great One back where he belonged.
41ST NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Pittsburgh Civic Arena, January 21, 1990
Wales Conference 12, Campbell Conference 7
42ND NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Chicago Stadium, January 19, 1991
Campbell Conference 11, Wales Conference 5
43RD NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Philadelphia Spectrum, January 18, 1992
Campbell Conference 10, Wales Conference 6
44TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Montreal Forum, February 6, 1993
Wales Conference 16, Campbell Conference 6
45TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Madison Square Garden, New York, January 22, 1994
Easterm Conference 9, Western Conference 8
46TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, FleetCenter, Boston, January 20, 1996
Eastern Conference 5, Western Conference 4
47TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, San Jose Arena, January 18, 1997
Eastern Conference 11, Western Conference 7
This game features my favorite NHL All-Star Game moment. Owen Nolan scored two great goals in the second period 8 seconds apart and then in the 1997 NHL All-Star Game, the San Jose crowd went nuts as their very own Sharks’ Owen Nolan completed a hat trick in style, by calling his shot on a third period breakaway. I still cannot believe he didn’t win MVP for the game (Mark Recchi took the honor) but Nolan’s hattrick goal was one of our favorites of all-time. This is so good we have two video clips to show. This goal was number one on our list of top 10 NHL All-Star Game moments.
48TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, GM Place, Vancouver, January 18, 1998
North America All-Stars 8, World All-Stars 7
49TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Ice Palace, Tampa Bay, January 24, 1999
North America All-Stars 8, World All-Stars 6
50TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, February 6, 2000
World All-Stars 9, North America All-Stars 4
51ST NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Pepsi Center, Colorado, February 4, 2001
North America All-Stars 14, World All-Stars 12
52ND NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Staples Center, Los Angeles, February 2, 2002
World All-Stars 8, North America All-Stars 5
53RD NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Office Depot Center, Sunrise, Florida, February 2, 2003
Western Conference All-Stars 6, Eastern Conference All-Stars 5 (OT)
54TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, February 8, 2004
Eastern Conference All-Stars 6, Western Conference All-Stars 4
55TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX, January 24, 2007
Western Conference All-Stars 12, Eastern Conference All-Stars 9
56TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA, January 27, 2008
Eastern Conference All-Stars 8, Western Conference All-Stars 7
57TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Bell Centre, Montreal, January 25, 2009
Eastern Conference All-Stars 12, Western Conference All-Stars 11 (SO)
58TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, RBC Center, Raleigh, NC, January 30, 2011
Team Lidstrom 11, Team Staal 10
59TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, January 29, 2012
Team Chara 12, Team Alfredsson 9
60TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, January 25, 2015
Team Toews vs. Team Foligno