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| Date | January 25, 1977 | |||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Pacific Coliseum | |||||||||||||||
| City | Vancouver | |||||||||||||||
| MVP | Rick Martin (Buffalo) | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,607 | |||||||||||||||
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The 30th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, home of the Vancouver Canucks, on January 25, 1977. Wales Conference All-Star team defeated the Campbell Conference for the third consecutive year. Rick Martin scored two goals in the third period including the game-winning goal with under two minutes to play, and was voted most valuable player.
| # | Score | Team | Goalscorer (Assist(s)) | To,e | |
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| First period | |||||
| 1 | 0-1 | Campbell | Vail (Potvin) | 2:54 | |
| 2 | 1-1 | Wales | McDonald (Gainey - McNab) | 6:22 | |
| Penalties : Campbell bench 15:32 ;
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| Second period | |||||
| 3 | 1-2 | Campbell | MacLeish (Nystrom - Potvin) | 11:56 | |
| 4 | 2-2 | Wales | McDonald (Perreault - Robinson) | 19:27 | |
| Penalties : Potvin (Cam.) 4:11 ; Lapointe (Wal.) 5:08 ; Paiement (Cam.) 8:34 ; Joe Watson (Cam.) 14:02 | |||||
| Third period | |||||
| 5 | 3-2 | Wales | Martin (Dionne - Robinson) | 4:00 | |
| 6 | 3-3 | Campbell | Esposito (Gilbert - Dornhoefer) | 12:23 | |
| 7 | 4-3 | Wales | Martin (Dionne - Lafleur) | 18:04 | |
| Penalties : Russell (Cam.) 3:17 ; Salming (Wal.) 15:48 | |||||
Goaltenders :
Shots on goal :
Referee : Bruce Hood
Linesmen : Matt Pavelich, Ron Finn
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