1947 NHL All-Star Game

**The 1947 NHL All-Star Game** took placed on October 13, 1943 at Maple Leaf Gardens (home of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The game saw the Maple Leafs play a team of NHL all-stars. The All-Stars won the game 4–3.

## Founding

The NHL All-Star Game originated from the Players Committee and was approved on May 23, 1947. For the site of the All-Star Charity Game, it was applied for by Toronto and Chicago, with Chicago receiving the second game in 1948.

It was agreed that proceeds would be divided whereby one-third would go to Toronto charities, and two-thirds would go to the Players Emergency (Benevolent and Disability) Fund.

At a later meeting in September 1947, the players agreed to set up a pension fund, with $900 from every player going into the fund and 25 cents from the sale of every playoff ticket and the two-thirds of the All-Star Game proceeds to go into the fund.

## Pre-game festivities

The players selected for the game attended a Toronto Argonauts-Hamilton Tiger-Cats football game on the day of the Game; that was followed by a dinner at the Royal York Hotel. The players were given miniature engraved gold pucks. There were extra gifts for the Maple Leafs, (who had won the Stanley Cup the previous spring).

The Leafs received gold cufflinks from the Ontario government, a free lifetime pass from Conn Smythe. Sponsors gave each player a coat, a hat, a table lighter, golf balls, a tie, cigarette boxes, pocket knives, team photos, silver tea trays, engraved gold watches and silver watch chains.

## Uniforms

The All-Stars wore red sweaters with white stars across the chest above a white and red NHL shield, and white and blue stripes running down the shoulders and sleeves; this uniform would be used through the 1955 All-Star Game, and later adapted for the Campbell Conference All-Stars in the 1992 game. The referees wore dark blue sweaters. The Leafs wore their white sweaters.

## The Game

The game was well-contested and was physical. Ken Reardon was assessed a major penalty for cutting Bob Goldham on the head after a dirty cross-check. Reardon was involved in a stick-swinging incident between himself, Bill Ezinicki and Gus Mortson.

Maurice Richard was placed on a line with Ted Lindsay. The pair, (who would often fight it out in regular games did not share a word) according to Richard.

### Boxscore

 Scoring summary
* Ezinicki (Apps, Watson) 1:03 second
* Apps (Watson) 5:01 second
* Warwick (Laprade, Reardon) 9:25 second
* Richard (unassisted) 0:28 third
 Penalties
* Lynn (minor, major) second
* Mortson(2), Ezinicki third
* Reardon (minor, major) second

* **Referee**: King Clancy
* **Linesmen**: Jim Primeau & Ed Mepham
* **Attendance**: 14,169

## Rosters

 Lineup
* Template:Flagicon 1 - G Turk Broda
* Template:Flagicon 2 - D Bob Goldham
* Template:Flagicon 3 - D Wally Stanowski
* Template:Flagicon 4 - LW Harry Watson
* Template:Flagicon 5 - RW Don Metz
* Template:Flagicon 7 - C Bud Poile
* Template:Flagicon 9 - C Ted Kennedy
* Template:Flagicon 10 - C Syl Apps (C)
* Template:Flagicon 12 - RW Bill Ezinicki
* Template:Flagicon 14 - D Vic Lynn
* Template:Flagicon 15 - RW Howie Meeker
* Template:Flagicon 16 - LW Gaye Stewart
* Template:Flagicon 17 - LW Joe Klukay
* Template:Flagicon 19 - D Gus Mortson
* Template:Flagicon 20 - D Jimmy Thomson
* Template:Flagicon 21 - D Bill Barilko
* Template:Flagicon 22 - C Fleming Mackell
* Template:Flagicon 1 - G Frank Brimsek (Boston Bruins)
* Template:Flagicon 1 - G Bill Durnan (Montreal Canadiens)
* Template:Flagicon 2 - D Jack Stewart (Detroit Red Wings)
* Template:Flagicon 3 - D Butch Bouchard (Montreal Canadiens)
* Template:Flagicon 4 - D Bill Quackenbush (Detroit Red Wings)
* Template:Flagicon 5 - C Max Bentley (Chicago Black Hawks)
* Template:Flagicon 6 - RW Bill Mosienko (Chicago Black Hawks)
* Template:Flagicon 7 - LW Doug Bentley (Chicago Black Hawks)
* Template:Flagicon 8 - RW Grant Warwick (New York Rangers)
* Template:Flagicon 9 - RW Maurice Richard (Montreal Canadiens)
* Template:Flagicon 10 - C Edgar Laprade (New York Rangers)
* Template:Flagicon 11 - LW Ted Lindsay (Detroit Red Wings)
* Template:Flagicon 14 - LW Woody Dumart (Boston Bruins)
* Template:Flagicon 15 - C Milt Schmidt (Boston Bruins)
* Template:Flagicon 17 - LW Bobby Bauer (Boston Bruins)
* Template:Flagicon 17 - D Ken Reardon (Montreal Canadiens)
* Template:Flagicon 18 - LW Tony Leswick (New York Rangers)