# 1997 National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 1997 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 18, 1997, at San Jose Arena in San Jose, home of the San Jose Sharks. The final score was Eastern Conference 11, Western Conference 7. This game was originally scheduled for the 1994–95 season, but was cancelled due to the 1994–95 NHL lockout.

## Super Skills Competition

The Eastern Conference won the skills competition for the first time since 1992. St. Louis Blues' Al MacInnis won the Hardest Shot event for the third time in his career by slapping the puck at 98.9 mph. Boston Bruins' defenceman Ray Bourque won the Shooting Accuracy event for the fourth time, hitting four targets in seven shots. Florida Panthers' goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck stopped all 10 shots by Mats Sundin and Derian Hatcher in Rapid-Fire Relay to outduel Colorado Avalanche netminder Patrick Roy who made nine saves. In the Power-Play Relay, Vanbiesbrouck allowed only two of six shots to elude him that were taken by Mighty Ducks of Anaheims' Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya to claim the Goaltenders Competition.

### Individual Event winners

* Puck Control Relay - Geoff Sanderson (Hartford Whalers)
* Fastest Skater - Peter Bondra, (Washington Capitals) - 13.610 seconds
* Accuracy Shooting - Ray Bourque, (Boston Bruins) - 4 hits, 7 shots
* Hardest Shot - Al MacInnis, (St. Louis Blues) - 98.9 mph
* Goaltenders Competition - John Vanbiesbrouck, (Florida Panthers) - 2 GA, 16 shots

## The Game

Montreal Canadiens' right-winger Mark Recchi had a hat-trick to lead the Eastern Conference to an 11–7 victory and to be named All-Star M.V.P. Mark Recchi would become the fourth Montreal Canadien to receive the award. A record 10 goals was scored in the second period, including two from hometown favorite San Jose Sharks' right-winger Owen Nolan in a record eight seconds. Nolan would complete his hat-trick in the third period as he closed in on a breakaway towards Buffalo Sabres' goaltender Dominik Hasek. Nolan pointed to the top left corner and then fired a shot right off the bar top corner. Mike Emrick called it saying, "here come the chapeaus!". The crowd erupted, throwing hats everywhere.

## Boxscore

| | Western Conference | Eastern Conference |
| Final score | 7 | 11 |
| Head Coach | Ken Hitchcock (Dallas Stars) | Doug MacLean (Florida Panthers) |
| Honorary Captain | Doug Wilson | Andy Bathgate |
| Assistant Coach | | |
| Lineup | Starting Lineup: 7 - D Chris Chelios (Chicago Blackhawks), Captain 8 - D Sandis Ozolinsh (Colorado Avalanche) 9 - LW Paul Kariya (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) 16 - RW Brett Hull (St. Louis Blues) 21 - LW Tony Granato (San Jose Sharks) 33 - G Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) Commissioner's Selection: 21 - LW Tony Granato (San Jose Sharks) 22 - D Viacheslav Fetisov (Detroit Red Wings) Reserves: 2 - D Al MacInnis (St. Louis Blues) 3 - D Derian Hatcher (Dallas Stars) 10 - RW Tony Amonte (Chicago Blackhawks) 11 - RW Owen Nolan (San Jose Sharks) 13 - C Mats Sundin (Toronto Maple Leafs) 14 - RW Theoren Fleury (Calgary Flames) 17 - RW Teemu Selanne (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) 18 - LW Brendan Shanahan (Detroit Red Wings) 19 - C Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings) 20 - D Oleg Tverdovsky (Phoenix Coyotes) 31 - G Guy Hebert (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) 35 - G Andy Moog (Dallas Stars) 70 - C Jason Arnott (Edmonton Oilers) 77 - LW Keith Tkachuk (Phoenix Coyotes) 80 - LW Dmitri Khristich (Los Angeles Kings) 96 - RW Pavel Bure (Vancouver Canucks) | Starting Lineup: 2 - D Brian Leetch (New York Rangers) 10 - LW John LeClair (Philadelphia Flyers) 22 - RW Dino Ciccarelli (Tampa Bay Lightning) 34 - G John Vanbiesbrouck (Florida Panthers) 77 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins) 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers), Captain Commissioner's Selection: 15 - C Dale Hawerchuk (Philadelphia Flyers) 32 - C Dale Hunter (Washington Capitals) Reserves: 4 - D Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils) 7 - D Paul Coffey (Philadelphia Flyers) 8 - RW Mark Recchi (Montreal Canadiens) 9 - RW Daniel Alfredsson (Ottawa Senators) 11 - C Mark Messier (New York Rangers) 12 - LW Peter Bondra (Washington Capitals) 16 - D Scott Lachance (New York Islanders) 18 - LW Geoff Sanderson (Hartford Whalers) 21 - C Adam Oates (Boston Bruins) 24 - D Robert Svehla (Florida Panthers) 30 - G Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils) 39 - G Dominik Hasek (Buffalo Sabres) 44 - D Kevin Hatcher (Pittsburgh Penguins) 66 - C Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) 88 - C Eric Lindros (Philadelphia Flyers) |
| Scoring Summary | Bure (Sundin, Amonte) 17:36 1st Kariya (Bure, Ozolinsh) 18:36 1st Bure (2) (Selanne, Fetisov) 4:40 2nd Shanahan (Hull, Ozolinsh) 16:38 2nd (PPG) Nolan (Fleury, Ozolinsh) 18:54 2nd Nolan (2) (Amonte) 19:02 2nd Nolan (3) (unassisted) 17:57 3rd | LeClair (Bondra, Stevens) 8:52 1st Lemieux (Gretzky) 9:49 1st Recchi (Messier, Alfredsson) 15:32 1st Hawerchuk (Lindros, Coffey) 16:19 1st Recchi (2) (Svehla, Messier) 1:56 2nd Sanderson (Lindros) 3:21 2nd Lemieux (2) (Svehla, Ciccarelli) 6:09 2nd Messier (K. Hatcher, Alfredsson) 8:45 2nd (GWG) Recchi (3) (Oates, Lemieux) 10:57 2nd Hawerchuk (2) (LeClair, Stevens) 17:28 2nd LeClair (2) (Bondra, Oates) 8:50 3rd |
| Penalties | none | Coffey, hooking 15:37 2nd Hatcher, hooking 14:56 3rd |
| Shots on Goal | 12–13–21–46 | 15–15–11–41 |
| Win/Loss | L - Andy Moog | W - Martin Brodeur |
* Referee: Rob Shick
* Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Bob Hodges, Leon Stickle
* Television: FOX, CBC, SRC