to change and get off goalies for a second. i saw on twitter the other day about the all star game in the meadowlands in 84. so i had to look it up 4 teams haven't hosted an all star game without looking it up what are those 4? maybe its easy but i was really surprised one of them on that list.
also why haven't the devils gotten one since going to newark? i get the initial reasons when the place first opened but if they were able to hold a draft since an all star game should be the same?
I remember my parents talking about attending that game when I was younger. My dad's company had season tickets for the Devils back in the 80's, which is how I got into the team (despite not having cable & thus not being able to watch them on TV). Not sure how he snagged those tickets vs. someone else in his company. Think I might have the program book from that game somewhere, though I'm not sure.
Seemed like a banger of a game - Gretzky, Yzerman, Anderson, Coffey, Fuhr, Lowe, Potvin, Stastny, Savard, Housley, Messier, etc.
7-6 win for the home team with Chico Resch picking up the "W" in relief. Noticed that he also took a 2 minute penalty for interference, which I don't recall ever seeing for a goalie...let alone in an All Star game, so I had to look it up.
If you go to 2:06:40, you can see that Chico more or less tackles Yzerman in front of the net and then you can hear him arguing the call with the ref, saying that Yzerman was holding him after they were on the ice.
Such a different game being played compared to today's All Star games - guys are hitting each other, playing real hockey...much more intensity.
Even Gretzky takes a hit in front of the net and gets knocked to the ice at 2:09:40.
LOL and a young Al Trautwig even hosts the post game show.