1994 National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 45th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in New York City, New York, on January 22, 1994. 
== Super Skills Competition ==
The Western Conference would win the Skills Competition for the second straight season. In the individual events Al Iafrate won the Hardest Shot event for the second straight season, while both John Vanbiesbrouck and Patrick Roy would share the Goaltenders Competition victory. In addition, the Puck Control Relay event would be introduced as part of the individual competition with its first winner being Russ Courtnall.
====Individual Event winners====
* Puck Control Relay - Russ Courtnall (Dallas Stars)
* Fastest Skater - Sergei Fedorov (Detroit Red Wings) - 13.525 seconds
* Accuracy Shooting - Brendan Shanahan (St. Louis Blues) - 4 hits, 5 shots
* Hardest Shot - Al Iafrate (Washington Capitals) - 102.7 mph
* Goaltenders Competition - John Vanbiesbrouck (Florida Panthers)/Patrick Roy (Montreal Canadiens) - 4 GA, 16 shots
== The game ==
A capacity crowd saw Ottawa Senators' rookie Alexei Yashin score with 3:42 left in the third period, to give the Eastern Conference a 9–8 victory. The Western Conference were leading 8–6 in the third period, until Quebec Nordiques' centre Joe Sakic scored his first All-Star Game goal to cut the lead to 8–7. Then Florida Panthers' centre Bob Kudelski scored with 6:01 left to tie the game at 8–8, before Yashin would score the eventual game-winner. New York Rangers' goaltender Mike Richter was named All-Star M.V.P. after he turned away 19 of 21 shots in the second period.
== Boxscore ==
 	Western Conference 	Eastern Conference
Final score 	8 	9
Head coach 	Barry Melrose (Los Angeles Kings)	Jacques Demers (Montreal Canadiens)
Honorary captain	Gordie Howe 	Rod Gilbert
Lineup 	Starting lineup:
* 7 - D Chris Chelios (Chicago Blackhawks,Alternate)
* 77 - D Paul Coffey (Detroit Red Wings,Alternate)
* 10 - RW Pavel Bure (Vancouver Canucks)
* 16 - RW Brett Hull (St. Louis Blues)
* 29 - G Felix Potvin (Toronto Maple Leafs)
* 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (Los Angeles Kings, Captain)
Commissioner's selection:
* 18 - RW Dave Taylor (Los Angeles Kings,Alternate)
Reserves:
* 2 - D Al MacInnis (Calgary Flames)
* 4 - D Rob Blake (Los Angeles Kings)
* 5 - D Alexei Kasatonov (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)
* 6 - D Sandis Ozolinsh (San Jose Sharks)
* 9 - LW Shayne Corson (Edmonton Oilers)
* 13 - RW Teemu Selanne (Winnipeg Jets)
* 14 - LW Dave Andreychuk (Toronto Maple Leafs)
* 19 - LW Brendan Shanahan (St. Louis Blues)
* 25 - C Joe Nieuwendyk (Calgary Flames)
* 26 - RW Russ Courtnall (Dallas Stars)
* 27 - C Jeremy Roenick (Chicago Blackhawks)
* 31 - G Curtis Joseph (St. Louis Blues)
* 32 - G Arturs Irbe (San Jose Sharks)
* 91 - C Sergei Fedorov (Detroit Red Wings)
* 93 - C Doug Gilmour (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Starting lineup:
* 2 - D Brian Leetch (New York Rangers)
* 11 - C Mark Messier (New York Rangers, Captain)Jaromir Jagr was voted as a starter, but was not able to play due to injury. Mark Messier was his replacement in the starting lineup.
* 33 - G Patrick Roy (Montreal Canadiens) 
* 77 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins,Alternate)
* 88 - C Eric Lindros (Philadelphia Flyers)
* 89 - RW Alexander Mogilny (Buffalo Sabres)
Commissioner's selection:
* 7 - RW Joe Mullen (Pittsburgh Penguins)Mark Howe was originally selected by the commissioner, but was not able to play due to injury. Joe Mullen was his replacement.
Reserves:
* 3 - D Garry Galley (Philadelphia Flyers)
* 4 - D Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils)
* 8 - RW Mark Recchi (Philadelphia Flyers)
* 9 - LW Adam Graves (New York Rangers)
* 10 - LW Geoff Sanderson (Hartford Whalers)
* 12 - C Adam Oates (Boston Bruins)
* 17 - C Pierre Turgeon (New York Islanders)
* 18 - C Joe Sakic (Quebec Nordiques)
* 19 - C Brian Bradley (Tampa Bay Lightning)
* 34 - D Al Iafrate (Washington Capitals)
* 20 - C Alexei Yashin (Ottawa Senators)
* 22 - C Bob Kudelski (Florida Panthers)
* 55 - D Larry Murphy (Pittsburgh Penguins,Alternate)
* 34 - G John Vanbiesbrouck (Florida Panthers)
* 35 - G Mike Richter (New York Rangers)
Scoring summary 	
*Roenick (Nieuwendyk, Blake), 7:31 1st
*Fedorov (Bure, Ozolinsh), 10:20 1st
*Shanahan (Gretzky, Hull), 13:21 1st
*Andreychuk (MacInnis, Fedorov), 15:10 1st
*Coffey (Andreychuk, Gilmour), 12:36 2nd
*Ozolinsh (Taylor, Roenick), 14:39 2nd
*Ozolinsh (Bure), 0:55 3rd
*Shanahan (Gretzky, Chelios), 7:40 3rd	
*Kudelski (Turgeon, Bourque), 9:46 1st
*Lindros (unassisted), 11:00 1st
*Yashin (Sakic, Turgeon), 14:29 1st
*Stevens (Oates, Sanderson), 10:37 2nd
*Messier (Mullen, Graves), 15:05 2nd
*Mullen (Graves, Messier), 1:28 3rd
*Sakic (Turgeon, Stevens), 10:41 3rd
*Kudelski (Messier), 13:59 3rd
*Yashin (Sakic, Turgeon), 16:18 3rd (GWG)
Penalties 	
none 	
none
Shots on goal 	17–21–8–46 	19–18–19–56
Win/Loss 	L - Curtis Joseph 	W - John Vanbiesbrouck
*Referee: Bill McCreary
*Linesmen: Gord Broseker, Pat Dapuzzo
*Television: NBC, CBC
== Notes ==
==See also==
*1993–94 NHL season
==Miscellaneous==
In 1994, the New York Rangers made history by becoming the first (and to this date, the only) NHL team ever to host an All-Star Game, have one of its own named MVP of the All-Star Game, win the President's Trophy, and the Stanley Cup in one season, as no one from the Colorado Avalanche was named MVP of the All-Star Game in 2001.
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