30th National Hockey League All-Star Game

30th NHL All-Star Game

1 2 3 Total Wales 1 1 2 4 Campbell 1 1 1 3
Date	January 25, 1977
Arena	Pacific Coliseum
City	Vancouver
MVP	Rick Martin (Buffalo)
Attendance	15,607
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The 30th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, home of the Vancouver Canucks, on January 25, 1977. Wales Conference All-Star team defeated the Campbell Conference for the third consecutive year. Rick Martin scored two goals in the third period including the game-winning goal with under two minutes to play, and was voted most valuable player.

Team Lineups

Wales Conference All-Stars Coach: Scotty Bowman (Montreal Canadiens) # Nat. Player Pos. Team Goaltenders 29 Ken Dryden Montreal Canadiens 30 Gerry Desjardins Buffalo Sabres Defencemen 2 Ian Turnbull Toronto Maple Leafs 5 Guy Lapointe Montreal Canadiens 6 Jim Schoenfeld Buffalo Sabres 18 Serge Savard Montreal Canadiens 19 Larry Robinson Montreal Canadiens 21 Borje Salming Toronto Maple Leafs 22 Brad Park Boston Bruins Forwards 7 Rick Martin LW Buffalo Sabres 8 Peter McNab C Boston Bruins 9 Lanny McDonald RW Toronto Maple Leafs 10 Guy Lafleur RW Montreal Canadiens 12 Gilbert Perreault C Buffalo Sabres 14 Nick Libett LW Detroit Red Wings 15 Guy Charron C Washington Capitals 16 Marcel Dionne C Los Angeles Kings 20 Jean Pronovost RW Pittsburgh Penguins 23 Bob Gainey LW Montreal Canadiens 25 Al MacAdam RW Cleveland Barons

Campbell Conference All-Stars Coach: Fred Shero (Philadelphia Flyers) # Nat. Player Pos. Team Goaltenders 1 Bernie Parent Philadelphia Flyers 30 Glenn Resch New York Islanders Defencemen 2 Harold Snepsts Vancouver Canucks 3 Tom Bladon Philadelphia Flyers 4 Phil Russell Chicago Black Hawks 5 Denis Potvin New York Islanders 14 Joe Watson Philadelphia Flyers 20 Jim Watson Philadelphia Flyers Forwards 7 Rod Gilbert RW New York Rangers 8 Garry Unger C St. Louis Blues 10 Wilf Paiement RW Colorado Rockies 11 Tom Lysiak C Atlanta Flames 12 Gary Dornhoefer RW Philadelphia Flyers 15 Don Murdoch RW New York Rangers 16 Bobby Clarke C Philadelphia Flyers 17 Tim Young C Minnesota North Stars 19 Rick MacLeish C Philadelphia Flyers 23 Bob Nystrom RW New York Islanders 27 Eric Vail LW Atlanta Flames 77 Phil Esposito C New York Rangers G = Goaltenders; D = Defencemen; C = Centre; LW/RW = Left Wing/Right Wing

Game summary

#	Score	Team	Goalscorer (Assist(s))	To,e
First period
1	0-1	Campbell	Vail (Potvin)	2:54
2	1-1	Wales	McDonald (Gainey - McNab)	6:22
Penalties : Campbell bench 15:32 ; Dornhoefer (Cam.) 16:24 ; Lapointe (Wal.) 16:24
Second period
3	1-2	Campbell	MacLeish (Nystrom - Potvin)	11:56
4	2-2	Wales	McDonald (Perreault - Robinson)	19:27
Penalties : Potvin (Cam.) 4:11 ; Lapointe (Wal.) 5:08 ; Paiement (Cam.) 8:34 ; Joe Watson (Cam.) 14:02
Third period
5	3-2	Wales	Martin (Dionne - Robinson)	4:00
6	3-3	Campbell	Esposito (Gilbert - Dornhoefer)	12:23
7	4-3	Wales	Martin (Dionne - Lafleur)	18:04
Penalties : Russell (Cam.) 3:17 ; Salming (Wal.) 15:48

Goaltenders :

• Wales  : Dryden (31:27 minutes), Desjardins (28:33 minutes).
• Campbell : Parent (31:27 minutes), Resch (27:41 minutes).

Shots on goal :

• Wales (36) 14 - 10 - 12
• Campbell (25) 10 - 08 - 07

Referee : Bruce Hood

Linesmen : Matt Pavelich, Ron Finn

See also

• 1976–77 NHL season

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. pp. 167–171. ISBN 0-00-200058-X.