NHL 100: A look at highs and lows of the all-star game
The NHL all-star game has seen many formats over the decades. Ideas come and go to combat low intensity levels from players whose top priority is not to get injured, but interest seemed to pick up at last year’s game, so there’s hope.
In the latest edition of NHL 100, a weekly series from The Canadian Press, we take a look at all-star games over the years:
HOD STUART BENEFIT
The first hockey all-star game pre-dated the NHL. On Jan. 2, 1908, the Montreal Wanderers defeated the all-stars of the Eastern Canadian Amateur Hockey Association 10-7 in a game that drew about 3,500 spectators and raised $2,000 for Stuart’s family. The defenceman had drowned three months after helping the Wanderers win the 1907 Stanley Cup.