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| Date | February 4, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Hartford Civic Center | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Hartford | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Grant Fuhr (Edmonton) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,100 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The38th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in theHartford Civic Center inHartford, home to theHartford Whalers, on February 4, 1986.
TheProfessional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) had annually chosen participants of the NHL All-Star Game prior to the league's fans voting for the starting players as of the 1986 All-Star Game.[1] When the league's fans votedPelle Lindbergh as a startinggoaltender in the 1986 game despite his death a few months earlier, PHWA presidentRod Beaton doubted that the PHWA would have been chosen Lindbergh since its members were not sentimental and took the choice seriously.[1] Beaton felt that the fans "had voted with reasonable intelligence", and choosing Lindbergh "was a quality gesture", but was disappointed when a deserving player did not play because fans voted for a long-term star instead.[2]
;Ross, Sherry (January 31, 1986)."Pelle a favorite with hockey fans (continued)".The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 85.
