26th National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 26th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the Madison Square Garden in New York City, home of the New York Rangers, on January 30, 1973. It was the first time that the All-Star Game was held in New York. The East Division All-Stars defeated the West Division All-Stars 5–4. Greg Polis was named the game's most valuable player.

League business

Clarence Campbell, president of the NHL announced that the NHL was expanding to Kansas City and Washington, D.C.^[1]

Uniforms

Since the introduction of the divisional format of the game in 1969, the East Division All-Stars had worn white jerseys, while the West Division All-Stars had worn navy blue jerseys. The uniforms were redesigned for 1973, and beginning with this game and continuing through the 1993 game, the home division or conference would wear the white jersey, while the visiting team would wear the dark jersey, which was orange until 1988.

Both the white and orange designs featured the same striping - a wide orange stripe with white stars bounded by two thin black stripes on both the sleeves and the waist. The NHL shield replaced the player number on the front of the jersey. The upper chest featured two large stars (orange on the white jersey, and vice versa), each containing a small NHL shield, and the shoulders also featured small NHL shields - elements carried over from the previous white East Division jersey. However, the shoulder striping from the previous design was removed. The numbers on the white jersey were orange with a black outline, while the orange jersey featured black numbers with a white outline. Both jerseys featured a black V-neck.

These uniforms continued to be used through the 33rd National Hockey League All-Star Game in 1981.

Team Lineups

East Division All-Stars Coach: Tom Johnson (Boston Bruins) # Nat. Player Pos. Team Goaltenders 1 Ed Giacomin New York Rangers 30 Gilles Villemure New York Rangers Defencemen 2 Brad Park New York Rangers 3 Gary Bergman Detroit Red Wings 4 Bobby Orr Boston Bruins 5 Guy Lapointe Montreal Canadiens 18 Serge Savard Montreal Canadiens 20 Dallas Smith Boston Bruins Forwards 6 Rick Martin LW Buffalo Sabres 7 Phil Esposito C Boston Bruins 8 Ken Hodge RW Boston Bruins 9 Bobby Schmautz RW Vancouver Canucks 12 Yvan Cournoyer RW Montreal Canadiens 14 Dave Keon C Toronto Maple Leafs 15 Rene Robert RW Buffalo Sabres 17 Ed Westfall RW New York Islanders 19 Jean Ratelle C New York Rangers 21 Paul Henderson LW Toronto Maple Leafs 25 Jacques Lemaire C Montreal Canadiens 27 Frank Mahovlich LW Montreal Canadiens

West Division All-Stars Coach: Billy Reay (Chicago Black Hawks) # Nat. Player Pos. Team Goaltenders 1 Tony Esposito Chicago Black Hawks 30 Rogie Vachon Los Angeles Kings Defencemen 2 Bill White Chicago Black Hawks 3 Terry Harper Los Angeles Kings 4 Gilles Marotte Los Angeles Kings 5 Barry Gibbs Minnesota North Stars 6 Barclay Plager St. Louis Blues 14 Randy Manery Atlanta Flames Forwards 7 Pit Martin C Chicago Black Hawks 8 Jim Pappin RW Chicago Black Hawks 9 Garry Unger C St. Louis Blues 10 Dennis Hull LW Chicago Black Hawks 11 J. P. Parise LW Minnesota North Stars 12 Gary Dornhoefer RW Philadelphia Flyers 16 Bobby Clarke C Philadelphia Flyers 17 Bob Berry LW Los Angeles Kings 21 Stan Mikita C Chicago Black Hawks 22 Greg Polis LW Pittsburgh Penguins 23 Joey Johnston LW California Golden Seals 26 Lowell MacDonald $W Pittsburgh Penguins

G = Goaltenders; D = Defenceman; C = Center; LW/RW = Left Wing/Right Wing Source: Podnieks[2]

Game summary

Goaltenders :

• East: Villemure (29:16 minutes), Giacomin (30:44 minutes).
• West: T. Esposito (29:16 minutes), Vachon (30:44 minutes).

Shots on goal :

• East (34) 18 - 9 - 9
• West (30) 8 - 10 - 12

Referee : Lloyd Gilmour

Linesmen : Neil Armstrong, John D'Amico

Source: Podnieks^[2]

See also

• 1972–73 NHL season

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-200058-X.