1st National Hockey League All-Star Game
The 1st National Hockey League All-Star Game was held on October 13, 1947, at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. The contest featured the Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs against a team of NHL all-stars. The All-Stars won the game by a score of 4–3.
Quick Facts
- Game name
- 1st NHL All-Star Game
- Visitor
- All-Stars
- Home
- Toronto Maple Leafs
- Visitor total
- 4
- Home total
- 3
- Date
- October 13, 1947
- Arena
- Maple Leaf Gardens
- City
- Toronto
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Founding
The NHL All-Star Game originated from the Players Committee and was approved on May 23, 1947. Toronto and Chicago applied to host the first All-Star Charity Game, with Chicago receiving the second game in 1948. At a meeting in September 1947, players agreed to establish a pension fund, with $900 from each player, 25 cents from every playoff ticket sale, and the two-thirds of All-Star Game proceeds going into it.
Pre-game festivities
On game day, selected players attended a Toronto Argonauts-Hamilton Tiger-Cats football game, followed by a dinner at the Royal York Hotel. Each player received a miniature engraved gold puck. The Maple Leafs, as Stanley Cup champions, were given additional gifts: gold cufflinks from the Ontario government, a free lifetime pass from Conn Smythe, and items including a coat, hat, table lighter, golf balls, tie, cigarette boxes, pocket knives, team photos, silver tea trays, engraved gold watches, and silver watch chains.
Game description
The All-Stars wore red sweaters with white stars across the chest above a white and red NHL shield, and white and blue stripes on the shoulders and sleeves. The referees wore dark blue sweaters; the Leafs wore white sweaters. The game was physical. Ken Reardon received a major penalty for cutting Bob Goldham with a dirty cross-check. Reardon was also involved in a stick-swinging incident with Bill Ezinicki and Gus Mortson. Maurice Richard was placed on a line with Ted Lindsay; the two did not speak during the game. King Clancy refereed, with linesmen Jim Primeau and Ed Mepham. Attendance was 14,169.
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