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| Date | January 20, 1976 | |||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Spectrum | |||||||||||||||
| City | Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||
| MVP | Peter Mahovlich (Montreal) | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 16,436 | |||||||||||||||
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The29th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at theSpectrum inPhiladelphia, home of thePhiladelphia Flyers, on January 20,1976. TheWales Conference All-Star team defeated theCampbell Conference 7–5 after opening up a 6–1 lead in the second period.Peter Mahovlich was voted most valuable player of the game after scoringa goal and three assists.
| # | Score | Team | Goalscorer (Assist(s)) | Time | |
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| First period | |||||
| 1 | 1-0 | Wales | Martin (Mahovlich - Lafleur) | 6:01 | |
| 2 | 1-1 | Campbell | Bennett (Dupont) | 16:59 | |
| 3 | 2-1 | Wales | Mahovlich (Lapointe - Lafleur) | 18:31 | |
| 4 | 3-1 | Wales | Park (Mahovlich - Martin) | 19:00 | |
| Penalties : None | |||||
| Second period | |||||
| 5 | 4-1 | Wales | MacAdam (Maloney) | 9:34 | |
| 6 | 5-1 | Wales | Lafleur (Mahovlich - Martin) | 11:54 | |
| 7 | 6-1 | Wales | Dionne | 13:51 | |
| 8 | 7-1 | Wales | Maloney (Larouche - MacAdam) | 16:59 | |
| Penalties : Barber (Cam.) 17:29 | |||||
| Third period | |||||
| 9 | 7-2 | Campbell | Ververgaert (Trottier - Harris) | 4:33 | |
| 10 | 7-3 | Campbell | Ververgaert (Trottier - Harris) | 4:43 | |
| 11 | 7-4 | Campbell | Potvin | 14:17 | |
| 12 | 7-5 | Campbell | Vickers (Unger - Potvin) | 14:46 | |
| Penalties : Marks (Cam.) 15:26 | |||||
Goaltenders :
Shots on goal :
Referee : Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen : Neil Armstrong, John D'Amico
Borje Salming made history by becoming the first European born and -bred player to participate in an NHL All-Star game (Stan Mikita,Ken Hodge andWalt Tkaczuk were also born in Europe but did not start to play hockey before moving to Canada at an early age). From 1976 onwards, every NHL All-Star game to date has featured at least one European player.
ReigningHart Trophy winnerBobby Clarke was selected but did not play. He was replaced by hisPhiladelphia Flyers' teammateRick MacLeish.
In addition to the NHL All-Star Game, theMajor League Baseball All-Star Game, theNBA All Star Game, and theMen's Final Four were all held inPhiladelphia in honor of the location of the signing of theDeclaration of Independence, as 1976 was theUnited States Bicentennial.
