22nd National Hockey League All-Star Game

22nd NHL All-Star Game
Date	January 21, 1969
Arena	Montreal Forum
City	Montreal
MVP	Frank Mahovlich (Detroit)
Attendance	16,260
← 1968	1970 →

The 22nd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the Montreal Forum in Montreal, home of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, on January 21, 1969. The East Division All-Stars tied the West Division All-Stars 3–3. This was the first All-Star Game played under a divisional format, and the final All-Star Game to end in a tie. Frank Mahovlich was named the game's most valuable player.

League business

After governor discussions at the concurrent semi-annual meeting, Clarence Campbell, president of the NHL, gave the Oakland Seals one month to come up with proper financing and improve its management to be allowed to continue play.^[1]

Uniforms

The East Division All-Stars continued to wear the uniforms worn by the NHL All-Stars since 1964. The only change to the uniform was the addition of the player's name on the back. As the NHL continued to reuse the actual sweaters from previous All-Star Games, the addition of names necessitated a large nameplate to cover the stars on the back of the jersey. The names were displayed in black letters with orange outlines.

For the West Division, new uniforms were created, following the same basic design as the existing uniforms, but in navy blue with orange and white trim. The player numbers were rendered in orange with a triple outline of navy-white-orange, in contrast to the East uniforms which continued to use plain black numbers. The names were displayed in white letters with orange outlines.

The East Division uniforms would receive a slight update in 1971, while the West uniforms remained unchanged through 1972.

The game

Summary

#	Score	Team	Goalscorer (assist(s))	Time
First period
		East	Goaltender in: Giacomin	0:00
		West	Goaltender in: Hall	0:00
1	0–1	West	Goal: Berenson (Harvey, Picard)	4:43
	0–1	West	Penalty: Vadnais	12:55
2	1–1	East	Goal: Mahovlich (Rousseau, Stapleton)	17:32
Second period
	1–1	East	Goaltender out: Giacomin Goaltender in: Cheevers	0:00
	1–1	West	Goaltender out: Hall Goaltender in: Parent	0:00
3	1–2	West	Goal: Roberts (Berenson, Picard)	1:53
	1–2	East	Penalty: Horton	11:41
	1–2	West	Penalty: White	17:50
Third period
	1–2	East	Goaltender out: Cheevers Goaltender in: Giacomin	0:00
	1–2	West	Goaltender out: Parent Goaltender in: Plante	0:00
4	2–2	East	Goal: Mahovlich (Harris, Gilbert)	3:11
5	3–2	East	Goal: Nevin (Ullman)	7:20
	3–2	West	Penalty: White	10:18
	3–2	West	Penalty: Harvey	11:55
6	3–3	West	Goal: Larose (Grant, O'Shea)	17:07
	3–3	East	Penalty: Horton	18:46
Goaltenders
East: Giacomin (40:00 minutes), Cheevers (20:00 minutes). West: Hall (20:00 minutes), Parent (20:00 minutes), Plante (20:00 minutes).
Shots on goal
East (37) 12 – 10 – 15 West (27) 10 – 10 – 7
Officials
Referee: John Ashley Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Matt Pavelich

Source: Podnieks^[2]

Team lineups

Al Arbour made his debut in the All-Star Game at age 36, the eldest to debut in the game to that date. Toe Blake, who had retired after the Canadiens' championship, came out of retirement to coach the East Division.^[3]

East Division All-Stars

Coach: Toe Blake (Montreal Canadiens)

#	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Team
Goaltenders
1		Ed Giacomin		New York Rangers
30		Gerry Cheevers		Boston Bruins
Defencemen
2		Bobby Orr		Boston Bruins
3		J. C. Tremblay		Montreal Canadiens
5		Ted Harris		Montreal Canadiens
6		Ted Green		Boston Bruins
7		Tim Horton		Toronto Maple Leafs
12		Pat Stapleton		Chicago Black Hawks
Forwards
4		Jean Beliveau	C	Montreal Canadiens
8		Bob Nevin	RW	New York Rangers
9		Gordie Howe	RW	Detroit Red Wings
10		Dennis Hull	LW	Chicago Black Hawks
12		Phil Esposito	C	Boston Bruins
14		Norm Ullman	C	Toronto Maple Leafs
15		Bobby Rousseau	RW	Montreal Canadiens
16		Bobby Hull	LW	Chicago Black Hawks
17		Rod Gilbert	RW	New York Rangers
21		Stan Mikita	C	Chicago Black Hawks
27		Frank Mahovlich	LW	Detroit Red Wings

West Division All-Stars

Coach: Scotty Bowman (St. Louis Blues)

#	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Team
Goaltenders
1		Glenn Hall		St. Louis Blues
29		Bernie Parent		Philadelphia Flyers
30		Jacques Plante		St. Louis Blues
Defencemen
2		Ed Van Impe		Philadelphia Flyers
3		Al Arbour		St. Louis Blues
4		Elmer Vasko		Minnesota North Stars
5		Doug Harvey		St. Louis Blues
6		Noel Picard		St. Louis Blues
15		Carol Vadnais		Oakland Seals
21		Bill White		Los Angeles Kings
Forwards
7		Red Berenson	C	St. Louis Blues
8		Danny O'Shea	C	Minnesota North Stars
9		Bill Hicke	RW	Oakland Seals
10		Ted Hampson	C	Oakland Seals
11		Ken Schinkel	RW	Pittsburgh Penguins
14		Jim Roberts	RW	St. Louis Blues
16		Claude Larose	RW	Minnesota North Stars
20		Ab McDonald	LW	St. Louis Blues
22		Danny Grant	LW	Minnesota North Stars

C = centre; LW/RW = left wing/right wing