1979 WHA All-Star Games

1979 WHA All-Star Games

Edmonton Coliseum, Alberta, Canada
January 2-5, 1979
Game one	WHA All-Stars 4 – Moscow Dynamo 2
Game two	WHA All-Stars 4 – Moscow Dynamo 2
Game three	WHA All-Stars 4 – Moscow Dynamo 3
MVP	None
Attendance	8,038 (Game 1) 11,220 (Game 2) 15,590 (Game 3)
←  1978

The 1979 World Hockey Association All-Star Games were a three-game series that was held at Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Manitoba, the home of the Edmonton Oilers. In place of the usual one game played by the WHA with league all-stars, they elected to pit a set of their league All-Stars against Moscow Dynamo. The games were held from January 2-5, 1979. The WHA All-Stars consisted of players from the six surviving teams. Moscow did not elect to play their perceived best stars. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Likely, the highlight of the series was the line of Wayne Gretzky with Gordie Howe and his son Mark Howe playing together, which scored three goals in Game 1. ^[5]

Larry Hillman, coach of the defending Avco Cup champion Winnipeg Jets, coached the WHA, while Vladimir Kiselyov coached Moscow.

Team Lineups

WHA All-Stars Coach: Larry Hillman (Winnipeg Jets) Nat. Player Pos. Team Goaltenders Dave Dryden Edmonton Oilers Markus Mattsson Winnipeg Jets Defencemen John Hughes Edmonton Oilers Paul Shmyr Edmonton Oilers Claire Alexander Edmonton Oilers Rob Ramage Birmingham Bulls Rick Ley New England Whalers Barry Long Winnipeg Jets Forwards Robbie Ftorek Cincinnati Stingers Mike Gartner Cincinnati Stingers Peter Marsh Cincinnati Stingers Rick Dudley Cincinnati Stingers Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers Blair MacDonald Edmonton Oilers Serge Bernier Quebec Nordiques Real Cloutier Quebec Nordiques Marc Tardif Quebec Nordiques Morris Lukowich Winnipeg Jets Peter Sullivan Winnipeg Jets Dave Keon New England Whalers Gordie Howe New England Whalers Mark Howe New England Whalers Moscow Dynamo Coach: Vladimir Kiselyov, Pavel Zhiburtovich (assistant). Player Goaltenders Sergei Babariko Vladimir Polupanov Defencemen Vasili Payusov Vitali Filippov Alexander Filippov Sergei Gimayev Alexei Volchenkov Vladimir Orlov Mikhail Slipchenko Forwards Viktor Shkurdyuk Vladimir Vikulov Alexander Lobanov Alexander Volchkov Pavel Yezovskikh Vladimir Popov Alexei Frolikov Mikhail Shostak Vladimir Golubovich Vladimir Semyonov Yevgeni Kotlov Vladimir Devyatov Sergei Tukmachyov Vyacheslav Anisin Game summary Game 1 # Score Team Goalscorer (Assist(s)) Time First period 1 1-0 WHA Wayne Gretzky (Mark Howe, Paul Shmyr) 1:35 2 1-1 Moscow Alexei Frolikov (Sergei Tukmachyov, Vitali Fillippov) 14:20 3 2-1 Moscow Vladimir Semyonov (Veygeni Kotlov) 18:08 Second period 4 2-2 WHA Wayne Gretzky (Gordie Howe, Mark Howe) 16:29 Penalties : Backstrom (WHA All-Stars) 14:58, Long (Moscow) 18:03 Third period 5 3-2 WHA Mark Howe (Gretzky, G. Howe) 7:02 6 4-2 WHA Peter Sullivan 19:51 Goaltenders : Moscow: Sergei Babariko WHA: Dave Dryden Shots on goal : Moscow (21) 8 - 6 - 7 WHA: (30) 12 - 8 - 10 Game 2 # Score Team Goalscorer (Assist(s)) Time First period 1 1-0 WHA Morris Lukowich (Ftorek, Mike Gartner) 2:26 2 1-1 Moscow Mikhail Shostak (Filippov, Shkurdyuk) 7:38 3 2-1 WHA Mark Howe (Goride Howe, Wayne Gretzky) 9:27 4 3-1 WHA Mike Gartner (Lukowich, Sullivan) 16:51 Second period 5 3-2 Moscow Shkurdyuk (Lobanov) 19:44 Third period 6 4-2 WHA Gretzky (Ley) 5:45 Goaltenders : Moscow: Sergei Babariko WHA: Markus Mattsson Shots on goal : Moscow (22) 4 - 10 - 8 WHA: (37) 17 - 8 - 12 Game 3 # Score Team Goalscorer (Assist(s)) Time First period 1 1-0 WHA Morris Lukowich (Gartner) 1:46 2 2-0 WHA Ramage (MacDonald, Keon) 6:41 3 2-1 Moscow Shkurdyuk (Anisin, Volchenkov) 11:02 4 2-2 Moscow Mikhail Shostak (Slipchenko, Frolikov) 11:43 5 3-2 WHA Peter Sullivan 18:29 Second period 6 4-2 WHA Bernier (Ley, Gartner) 14:03. Third period 7 4-3 Moscow Semyonov (Payusov, Lobanov) 13:12 Goaltenders : Moscow: Sergei Babariko WHA: Markus Mattsson Shots on goal : Moscow (19) 8 - 2 - 9 WHA: (29) 13 - 11 - 5 References https://www.surgent.net/wha/allstar/1979allstargame.html http://wha-hof.com/gamesummary.php?id=3647 http://wha-hof.com/gamesummary.php?id=3648 http://wha-hof.com/gamesummary.php?id=3649 Surgent, Scott (1990). The Complete World Hockey Association 11th Edition. Surgent. p. 512. ISBN   978-1727753424.