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willus3
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 Posted - 01/25/2008 : 14:46:59
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Anyone else catch this game the other day? It was fun to watch actually. Here are the rosters.
Campbell Conference
* 3 - D Willie Huber (Detroit Red Wings)
* 4 - D Craig Hartsburg (Minnesota North Stars)
* 6 - D Bob Murray (Chicago Black Hawks)
* 7 - D Paul Coffey (Edmonton Oilers) *
* 8 - C Neal Broten (Minnesota North Stars)
* 9 - RW Lanny McDonald (Calgary Flames) *
* 10 - LW Brian Sutter (St. Louis Blues)
* 11 - LW Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers) *
* 12 - LW Tom McCarthy (Minnesota North Stars)
* 16 - C Marcel Dionne (Los Angeles Kings)
* 17 - RW Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers)
* 18 - C Denis Savard (Chicago Black Hawks)
* 19 - RW Dino Ciccarelli (Minnesota North Stars)
* 20 - LW Al Secord (Chicago Black Hawks)
* 22 - RW Rick Vaive (Toronto Maple Leafs)
* 24 - D Doug Wilson (Chicago Black Hawks) *
* 30 - G Murray Bannerman (Chicago Black Hawks) *
* 31 - G John Garrett (Vancouver Canucks)
* 44 - D Dave Babych (Winnipeg Jets)
* 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) *
Wales Conference
* 1 - G Pete Peeters (Boston Bruins) *
* 2 - D Mark Howe (Philadelphia Flyers)
* 4 - D Mike Ramsey (Buffalo Sabres)
* 5 - D Denis Potvin (New York Islanders) *
* 6 - D Rod Langway (Washington Capitals) *
* 7 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins)
* 8 - C Ron Francis (Hartford Whalers)
* 10 - C Barry Pederson (Boston Bruins)
* 11 - LW Ryan Walter (Montreal Canadiens)
* 12 - LW Don Maloney (New York Rangers)
* 16 - LW Michel Goulet (Quebec Nordiques) *
* 17 - RW Rick Kehoe (Pittsburgh Penguins)
* 18 - RW Marian Stastny (Quebec Nordiques)
* 19 - LW Bryan Trottier (New York Islanders)
* 20 - RW Hector Marini (New Jersey Devils)
* 22 - RW Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) *
* 26 - C Peter Stastny (Quebec Nordiques) *
* 27 - C Darryl Sittler (Philadelphia Flyers)
* 28 - D Dave Langevin (New York Islanders)
* 31 - G Pelle Lindbergh (Philadelphia Flyers)
Notables:
Gretzky scored 4 goals in the game, all in the third period. An All Star Game record.
Observations on the game:
It was actually a decent game. They were playing pretty hard.
It was fantastic to see Pelle Lindbergh play again. He has to be one of the calmest looking goaltenders.
It was nice to see my memories confirmed about how good Mark Howe was. Of all the great players on the ice for this game, he was the best player. Not Coffey, not Bourque, not Gretzky or Messier. Howe was everywhere. Breaking up plays, setting up plays, rushing the puck up ice, taking shots.
Gretzky scored 4 goals but in all honesty two were quite fluky. Though I'm sure Gretzky fans would tell you he did it on purpose. One shot he flubbed three feet from the goalie and it trickled in. The other was a shot from the point that deflected off Bourque's skate.
My three stars of the game would have been:
Mark Howe
Michel Goulet
Denis Savard
I PVR'd this game and three others they showed this week. The 92, 96 and 97 games. I'll watch the 92 game next and post my thoughts.
"Curiosity killed the cat but for awhile, I was the suspect."
-- Steven Wright
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1983 NHL All Star Game on NHL Network 
