30th National Hockey League All-Star Game

30th NHL All-Star Game
Date	January 25, 1977
Arena	Pacific Coliseum
City	Vancouver
MVP	Rick Martin (Buffalo)
Attendance	15,607
← 1976	1978 →

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

References

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