NHL All-Star team
The National Hockey League All-Star teams were first named at the end of the 1930–31 NHL season, to honor the best performers over the season at each position.
Sport | Ice hockey |
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League | National Hockey League |
Awarded for | Best players at each position as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association |
History | |
First award | 1930–31 |
Representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote for the all-star team at the end of the regular season.
The career leader in selections is Gordie Howe, who was named to a total of 21 all-star teams (12 first, 9 second), all with the Detroit Red Wings. Alexander Ovechkin is the only player in history to be named to both all-star teams in the same season (as a left and right winger respectively) because of a voting error.[1] The career leader for the most selections as a player without being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame is John LeClair, who was named to a total of 5 all-star teams (2 first, 3 second).
Selections
edit^ | Denotes players who are still active in the NHL |
* | Denotes players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame |
† | Denotes inactive players not yet eligible for Hockey Hall of Fame consideration |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times a player has been selected |
Player (in bold text) |
Denotes players who won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player in the same year |
Early years (1930–31 to 1941–42)
editOriginal Six era (1942–43 to 1966–67)
editExpansion era (1967–68 to 2004–05)
editPost-lockout era (2005–06 to present)
editMost selections
editThe following table only lists players with at least eight total selections.
^ | Denotes players who are still active in the NHL |
* | Denotes players inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame |
† | Denotes inactive players not yet eligible for Hockey Hall of Fame consideration |
Player | Position | Total | First team |
Second team |
MVP (Hart) |
Seasons |
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Gordie Howe* | RW | 21 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
Ray Bourque* | D | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
Wayne Gretzky* | C | 15 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
Maurice Richard* | RW | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
Bobby Hull* | LW | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Nicklas Lidstrom* | D | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
Alexander Ovechkin^ | LW/RW | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
Doug Harvey* | D | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
Glenn Hall* | G | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
Jean Beliveau* | C | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
Earl Seibert* | D | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
Bobby Orr* | D | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
Ted Lindsay* | LW | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Mario Lemieux* | C | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
Frank Mahovlich* | LW | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
Eddie Shore* | D | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
Jaromir Jagr† | RW | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
Phil Esposito* | C | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
Red Kelly* | D | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
Stan Mikita* | C | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
Mike Bossy* | RW | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Pierre Pilote* | D | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
Luc Robitaille* | LW | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
Sidney Crosby^ | C | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
Paul Coffey* | D | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
Frank Brimsek* | G | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
See also
editReferences
edit- "NHL All-Star Teams". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-05-19.