28th National Hockey League All-Star Game

28th NHL All-Star Game
Date	January 21, 1975
Arena	Montreal Forum
City	Montreal
MVP	Syl Apps Jr. (Pittsburgh)
Attendance	16,080
← 1974	1976 →

The 28th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the Montreal Forum in Montreal, home to the Montreal Canadiens, on January 21, 1975. The NHL expansion changed the format of the NHL All-Star game into a battle of conferences. The Wales Conference All-Star team easily won the initial contest, trouncing the Campbell Conference 7–1. Syl Apps Jr. was voted the game's most valuable player after scoring two goals. The game was also notable for the first female reporters allowed in a men's professional sports locker room, Robin Herman (The New York Times) and Marcelle St. Cyr (CKLM radio in Montreal).

Team lineups

Syl Apps Jr. was the first son of an NHL All-Star to appear in an All-Star game. The era of exclusively Canadian NHL All-Star lineups finally ended as Curt Bennett (born in Canada but raised in Rhode Island and an American citizen) became only the third American hockey player to participate in an NHL All-Star game. From this point on, there has always be at least one non-Canadian NHL All-Star as the number of American and European NHL players have increased dramatically since the early 1970s.

Wales Conference All-Stars

Coach: Bep Guidolin (Kansas City Scouts)

#	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Team
Goaltenders
1		Rogatien Vachon		Los Angeles Kings
29		Ken Dryden		Montreal Canadiens
Defencemen
2		Terry Harper		Los Angeles Kings
3		Bob Murdoch		Los Angeles Kings
4		Bobby Orr		Boston Bruins
5		Guy Lapointe		Montreal Canadiens
6		Jerry Korab		Buffalo Sabres
10		Carol Vadnais		Boston Bruins
Forwards
7		Phil Esposito	C	Boston Bruins
8		Rick Martin	LW	Buffalo Sabres
12		Marcel Dionne	C	Detroit Red Wings
14		Rene Robert	RW	Buffalo Sabres
15		Denis Dupere	LW	Washington Capitals
16		Guy Lafleur	RW	Montreal Canadiens
19		Jean Pronovost	RW	Pittsburgh Penguins
20		Don Luce	C	Buffalo Sabres
22		Joey Johnston	LW	California Golden Seals
24		Terry O'Reilly	RW	Boston Bruins
26		Syl Apps Jr.	C	Pittsburgh Penguins
27		Darryl Sittler	C	Toronto Maple Leafs

Campbell Conference All-Stars

Coach: Fred Shero (Philadelphia Flyers)

#	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Team
Goaltenders
1		Bernie Parent		Philadelphia Flyers
30		Gary Smith		Vancouver Canucks
Defencemen
2		Brad Park		New York Rangers
3		Ed Van Impe		Philadelphia Flyers
4		Doug Jarrett		Chicago Black Hawks
5		Denis Potvin		New York Islanders
19		Tracy Pratt		Vancouver Canucks
20		Jim Watson		Philadelphia Flyers
Forwards
6		Bill Barber	LW	Philadelphia Flyers
7		Garry Unger	C	St. Louis Blues
8		Jim Pappin	RW	Chicago Black Hawks
9		Steve Vickers	LW	New York Rangers
10		Rod Gilbert	RW	New York Rangers
11		Curt Bennett	C	Atlanta Flames
12		Tom Lysiak	C	Atlanta Flames
16		Bobby Clarke	C	Philadelphia Flyers
17		Simon Nolet	RW	Kansas City Scouts
18		Ed Westfall	RW	New York Islanders
21		Stan Mikita	C	Chicago Black Hawks
22		Dennis Hextall	C	Minnesota North Stars

G = Goaltenders; D = Defencemen; C = Centre; LW/RW = Left Wing/Right Wing

Game summary

#	Score	Team	Goalscorer (Assist(s))	Time
First period
1	1-0	Wales	Apps (Johnston - Vadnais)	9:38
2	2-0	Wales	Luce (O'Reilly - Dupere)	12:02
3	3-0	Wales	Sittler (Lafleur)	14:22
4	3-1	Campbell	Potvin (Unger)	19:41
Penalties : none
Second period
5	4-1	Wales	Esposito (Lafleur - Murdoch)	19:16
Penalties : Vickers (Cam.) 0:16 ; Luce (Wal.) 4:51 Harper (Wal.) 12:11 ; Korab (Wal.) 19:37
Third period
6	5-1	Wales	Apps (Robert - Martin)	3:25
7	6-1	Wales	O'Reilly	5:43
8	7-1	Wales	Orr (Lafleur - Sittler)	7:19
Penalties : watson (Cam.) 6:42 ; Clarke (Cam.) 13:32

Goaltenders :

Wales : Vachon (30:39 minutes), Dryden (29:21 minutes).
Campbell : Parent (29:17 minutes), Smith (30:43 minutes).

Shots on goal :

Wales (37) 14 - 09 - 14
Campbell (29) 10 - 09 - 10

Referee : Wally Harris

Linesmen : Leon Stickle, Claude Béchard

References

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