48th National Hockey League All-Star Game

48th National Hockey League All-Star Game

Infobox ice hockey game
game_name = 48th NHL All-Star Game


visitor = World
home = North America
visitor_total = 7
home_total = 8
visitor_per1 = 3
visitor_per2 = 2
visitor_per3 = 2
home_per1 = 3
home_per2 = 3
home_per3 = 2
date = January 18 1998
arena = General Motors Place
city = Vancouver, British Columbia
MVP = flagicon|FIN Teemu Selanne (Anaheim)
attendance = 18,422
The 48th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, home to the Vancouver Canucks, on January 18, 1998.

The International Showdown

The 48th game was held in the very same year as the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, providing the NHL to show its players from all over the world. To this extent, the NHL had the all-star teams consist of a team of North Americans playing against a team of stars from the rest of the world. The format change also helped to intensify the game, as national pride would also become a factor. These provisions only applied to the players - coaches would still be selected based on which teams were the best from each conference at the time of the break. Furthermore, this was the last All-Star Game to feature the "Honorary Captains" and "Commissioner's Selections" system that began in the 1990 and 1991 All-Star Games.

The Canadian Hockey Association took the all-star weekend as a way of assembling their team as a tuneup for the Olympics by inviting all 23 of its players and immersing them in what they would see at the Olympics. As the 1998 Olympics would also feature the first-ever Olympic women's hockey tournament, an exhibition game between the Canadian national women's hockey team and the American national women's hockey team was also scheduled as part of the all-star festivities.

The weekend also saw its usual share of radical ideas and for various hockey persons to vent out their frustrations: most notably, Bob Clarke used it as a way of trying to convince others not to use the neutral zone trap, a dreaded defensive play that epitomized boring hockey at the time. As the NHL was being outclassed in terms of revenue by other major sports, some such as Bob Gainey also proposed to change the rules so that a game consisted of four 15-minute quarters rather than three 20-minute periods, an idea that was unpopular among hockey's elite. Others vented their frustrations about the poor ice quality found in certain arenas, especially in the South, where the ice could melt easily.

Super Skills Competition

The World All-Stars won the first Super Skills Competition in the new International All-Star format. In the individual events Ray Bourque, Peter Forsberg and Brendan Shanahan would share the victory in the Accuracy Shooting event. Al MacInnis won his second-straight and fourth all-time Hardest Shot event, while Dominik Hasek won his second Goaltenders Competition.

Individual Event winners

* Puck Control Relay - flagicon|FINTeemu Selanne (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)
* Fastest Skater - flagicon|CANScott Niedermayer (New Jersey Devils) - 13.560 seconds
* Accuracy Shooting - flagicon|CANRay Bourque (Boston Bruins)/flagicon|SWEPeter Forsberg (Colorado Avalanche)/flagicon|CANBrendan Shanahan (Detroit Red Wings) - 4 hits, 6 shots
* Hardest Shot - flagicon|CANAl MacInnis (St. Louis Blues) - 100.4 mph
* Goaltenders Competition - flagicon|CZEDominik Hasek (Buffalo Sabres) - 3 GA, 16 shots

The Game

The North America All-Stars overcame a 3–0 deficit to the World All-Stars, setting the stage for the largest comeback victory in All-Star Game history in the first International showdown. Prior to the 1998 Game, no team had come back from a three-goal deficit to win. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim' rightwinger Teemu Selanne recorded a hat trick to become the first European player to be named All-Star M.V.P. Selanne also became the first player from a losing squad to receive the honor since Grant Fuhr accomplished that feat at the 1986 All-Star Game.

Boxscore

*Referee: Paul Stewart
*Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Shane Heyer
*Television: FOX, CBC, SRC

ee also

*1997–98 NHL season


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