# 22nd National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 22nd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the Montreal Forum in Montreal, home of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, on January 21, 1969. The East Division All-Stars tied the West Division All-Stars 3–3. This was the first All-Star Game played under a divisional format, and the final All-Star Game to end in a tie. Frank Mahovlich was named the game's most valuable player.

## League business

After governor discussions at the concurrent semi-annual meeting, Clarence Campbell, president of the NHL, gave the Oakland Seals one month to come up with proper financing and improve its management to be allowed to continue play.

## Uniforms

The East Division All-Stars continued to wear the uniforms worn by the NHL All-Stars since 1964. The only change to the uniform was the addition of the player's name on the back. As the NHL continued to reuse the actual sweaters from previous All-Star Games, the addition of names necessitated a large nameplate to cover the stars on the back of the jersey. The names were displayed in black letters with orange outlines.
For the West Division, new uniforms were created, following the same basic design as the existing uniforms, but in navy blue with orange and white trim. The player numbers were rendered in orange with a triple outline of navy-white-orange, in contrast to the East uniforms which continued to use plain black numbers. The names were displayed in white letters with orange outlines.
The East Division uniforms would receive a slight update in 1971, while the West uniforms remained unchanged through 1972.

## The game
### Summary

| # | Score | Team | Goalscorer (assist(s)) | Time |
| First period |||||
| | | East | Goaltender in: Giacomin | 0:00 |
| | | West | Goaltender in: Hall | 0:00 |
| 1 | 0–1 | West | Goal: Berenson (Harvey, Picard) | 4:43 |
| | 0–1 | West | Penalty: Vadnais | 12:55 |
| 2 | 1–1 | East | Goal: Mahovlich (Rousseau, Stapleton) | 17:32 |
| Second period |||||
| | 1–1 | East | Goaltender out: Giacomin Goaltender in: Cheevers | 0:00 |
| | 1–1 | West | Goaltender out: Hall Goaltender in: Parent | 0:00 |
| 3 | 1–2 | West | Goal: Roberts (Berenson, Picard) | 1:53 |
| | 1–2 | East | Penalty: Horton | 11:41 |
| | 1–2 | West | Penalty: White | 17:50 |
| Third period |||||
| | 1–2 | East | Goaltender out: Cheevers Goaltender in: Giacomin | 0:00 |
| | 1–2 | West | Goaltender out: Parent Goaltender in: Plante | 0:00 |
| 4 | 2–2 | East | Goal: Mahovlich (Harris, Gilbert) | 3:11 |
| 5 | 3–2 | East | Goal: Nevin (Ullman) | 7:20 |
| | 3–2 | West | Penalty: White | 10:18 |
| | 3–2 | West | Penalty: Harvey | 11:55 |
| 6 | 3–3 | West | Goal: Larose (Grant, O'Shea) | 17:07 |
| | 3–3 | East | Penalty: Horton | 18:46 |
| Goaltenders |||||
| East: Giacomin (40:00 minutes), Cheevers (20:00 minutes). West: Hall (20:00 minutes), Parent (20:00 minutes), Plante (20:00 minutes). |||||
| Shots on goal |||||
| East (37) 12 – 10 – 15 West (27) 10 – 10 – 7 |||||
| Officials |||||
| Referee: John Ashley Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Matt Pavelich |||||
Source: Podnieks

## Team lineups

Al Arbour made his debut in the All-Star Game at age 36, the eldest to debut in the game to that date. Toe Blake, who had retired after the Canadiens' championship, came out of retirement to coach the East Division.
| East Division All-Stars Coach: Toe Blake (Montreal Canadiens) # Nat. Player Pos. Team Goaltenders 1Ed GiacominNew York Rangers 30Gerry CheeversBoston Bruins Defencemen 2Bobby OrrBoston Bruins 3J. C. TremblayMontreal Canadiens 5Ted HarrisMontreal Canadiens 6Ted GreenBoston Bruins 7Tim HortonToronto Maple Leafs 12Pat StapletonChicago Black Hawks Forwards 4Jean BeliveauCMontreal Canadiens 8Bob NevinRWNew York Rangers 9Gordie HoweRWDetroit Red Wings 10Dennis HullLWChicago Black Hawks 12Phil EspositoCBoston Bruins 14Norm UllmanCToronto Maple Leafs 15Bobby RousseauRWMontreal Canadiens 16Bobby HullLWChicago Black Hawks 17Rod GilbertRWNew York Rangers 21Stan MikitaCChicago Black Hawks 27Frank MahovlichLWDetroit Red Wings | West Division All-Stars Coach: Scotty Bowman (St. Louis Blues) # Nat. Player Pos. Team Goaltenders 1Glenn HallSt. Louis Blues 29Bernie ParentPhiladelphia Flyers 30Jacques PlanteSt. Louis Blues Defencemen 2Ed Van ImpePhiladelphia Flyers 3Al ArbourSt. Louis Blues 4Elmer VaskoMinnesota North Stars 5Doug HarveySt. Louis Blues 6Noel PicardSt. Louis Blues 15Carol VadnaisOakland Seals 21Bill WhiteLos Angeles Kings Forwards 7Red BerensonCSt. Louis Blues 8Danny O'SheaCMinnesota North Stars 9Bill HickeRWOakland Seals 10Ted HampsonCOakland Seals 11Ken SchinkelRWPittsburgh Penguins 14Jim RobertsRWSt. Louis Blues 16Claude LaroseRWMinnesota North Stars 20Ab McDonaldLWSt. Louis Blues 22Danny GrantLWMinnesota North Stars |
| C = centre; LW/RW = left wing/right wing Source: Podnieks ||