6th National Hockey League All-Star Game

The Sixth National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at the Detroit Olympia, home of the Detroit Red Wings, on October 5, 1952. For the second year in a row, the format had the First and Second All-Star Teams, with additional players on each team, play each other. After the game ended in a tie for the second year in a row, the NHL decided that they would continue with the previous format of the Stanley Cup winner playing an All-Star team.
==Boxscore==
 	First All-Star Team 	Second All-Star Team
Final Score 	1 	1
Head Coach 	Tommy Ivan (Detroit Red Wings)	Dick Irvin (Montreal Canadiens)
Lineup 	Starting Lineup:
* 1 - G Terry Sawchuk (Detroit Red Wings)1
* 1 - G Charlie Rayner (New York Rangers)13
* 2 - D Doug Harvey (Montreal Canadiens)1
* 3 - D Gus Mortson (Toronto Maple Leafs)
* 4 - D Red Kelly (Detroit Red Wings1
* 5 - C Dave Creighton (Boston Bruins)
* 6 - LW Ed Sandford (Boston Bruins)
* 7 - LW Ted Lindsay (Detroit Red Wings)1
* 8 - D Leo Reise (New York Rangers)
* 9 - RW Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings)1
* 10 - LW Marty Pavelich (Detroit Red Wings)
* 11 - D Bill Quackenbush (Boston Bruins)
* 12 - RW Bill Mosienko (Chicago Black Hawks)
* 14 - D Bob Goldham (Detroit Red Wings)
* 15 - LW Tony Leswick (Detroit Red Wings)
* 16 - C Elmer Lach (Montreal Canadiens)1
* 21 - RW Reg Sinclair (Detroit Red Wings)	Starting Lineup:
* 1 - G Jim Henry (Boston Bruins)2
* 1 - G Gerry McNeil (Montreal Canadiens)
* 2 - D Jim Thomson (Toronto Maple Leafs)2
* 3 - D Hy Buller (New York Rangers)2
* 4 - LW Harry Watson (Toronto Maple Leafs)
* 5 - RW Bernie Geoffrion (Montreal Canadiens)
* 6 - RW Floyd Curry (Montreal Canadiens)
* 9 - RW Maurice Richard (Montreal Canadiens)2
* 10 - D Tom Johnson (Montreal Canadiens)
* 11 - D Butch Bouchard (Montreal Canadiens)
* 12 - D Fern Flaman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
* 14 - C Ken Mosdell (Montreal Canadiens)
* 15 - C Milt Schmidt (Boston Bruins)2
* 16 - C Tod Sloan (Toronto Maple Leafs)
* 17 - C Billy Reay (Montreal Canadiens)
* 20 - LW Paul Meger (Montreal Canadiens)
* 24 - LW Sid Smith (Toronto Maple Leafs)2
Scoring Summary	
* Pavelich (Mosienko, Creighton), 9:57 2nd	
* Richard (Buller), 1:36 3rd
Penalties 	
* Sandford, 3:51 2nd
* Howe, 6:34 3rd
* Lach, 15:09 3rd	
* Buller, 0:23 1st
* Thomson, 12:46 1st
* Richard, 18:03 1st
* Bouchard, 4:53 2nd
* Thomson, 7:50 2nd
* Thomson, 16:39 2nd
Win/Loss 	T - Terry Sawchuk 	T - Jim Henry/Gerry McNeil
*Referee: Bill Chadwick
*Linesmen: George Young, Doug Young
==Notes==
:Named to the First All-Star Team in 1951–52.
:Named to the Second All-Star Team in 1951–52.
:Selected to play but injured prior to game.
==Gallery==
52NHL1ASteam.jpg|First All Star Team
52NHL2ASTeam.jpg|Second All Star Team
Category:1952 in hockey
Category:NHL All-Star Games