2000 National Hockey League All-Star Game

50th NHL All-Star Game

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1 2 3 Total World 3 2 4 9 North America 2 2 0 4
Date	February 6 2000
Arena	Air Canada Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario
MVP	Pavel Bure (Florida)
Attendance	19,300

The 50th National Hockey League All-Star Game was part of the 1999–2000 NHL season, and took place in Toronto's Air Canada Centre on February 6, 2000.

The all-star week festivities saw the Canadian Hockey League Top Prospects Game played on February 2, and an exhibition game between the Canadian and American women's national teams on February 3. The Heroes of Hockey game and the Skills Competition were held on February 5. It is to note that the opening face-off for the Heroes of Hockey game were Ted Lindsay and Fleming Mackell, two players who played in the 1st National Hockey League All-Star Game.

The week also was a good sendoff for Wayne Gretzky, who had retired the previous season. His #99 was raised to the rafters, despite him never playing for the hometown Toronto Maple Leafs, as a show of his number's league-wide retirement. Gretzky also made it clear that he would not partake in any oldtimer or Heroes of Hockey game unless it was held in Edmonton, a statement that was realized with the Heritage Classic three years later.

Super Skills Competition

In the Skills Competition, the World All-Stars would win their third-straight skills competition. In the individual events, Boston Bruins' Ray Bourque and Florida Panthers' Viktor Kozlov shared the Accuracy Shot event, which was Bourque's seventh victory in the event. In addition, St. Louis Blues' Al MacInnis won his fourth straight Hardest Shot event, which was also his sixth all-time victory in the event, and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim' Paul Kariya would win his second-straight Puck Control Relay event.

Individual event winners

• Puck Control Relay - Paul Kariya (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)
• Fastest Skater - Sami Kapanen (Carolina Hurricanes) - 13.649 seconds
• Accuracy Shooting - Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins)/Viktor Kozlov (Florida Panthers) - 4 hits, 5 shots
• Hardest Shot - Al MacInnis (St. Louis Blues) - 100.1 mph
• Goaltenders Competition - Mike Richter (New York Rangers) - 2 GA, 16 shots

The Game

Florida Panthers' Pavel Bure and his brother Calgary Flames' Valeri Bure combined for six points (Pavel 3–1–4, Valeri 0–2–2) to lead the World All-Stars to their first All-Star Game victory over the North American All-Stars. Valeri would assist on two of Pavel's three goals to become the first brother combination to set up a goal, since the 1956 All-Star Game when Maurice and Henri Richard hooked up for an All-Star goal. Pavel Bure would become the first Russian-born player to win All-Star M.V.P. honors.

Boxscore

	North America	World
Final score	4	9
Head coach	Pat Quinn (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Scotty Bowman (Detroit Red Wings)
Assistant coach	Roger Neilson (Philadelphia Flyers)	Joel Quenneville (St. Louis Blues)
Lineup	Starting lineup: 4 - D Rob Blake (Los Angeles Kings) 9 - LW Paul Kariya (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) 14 - LW Brendan Shanahan (Detroit Red Wings) 19 - C Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings) 31 - G Curtis Joseph (Toronto Maple Leafs) 44 - D Chris Pronger (St. Louis Blues) Commissioner's selection: 11 - C Mark Messier (Vancouver Canucks) Reserves: 2 - D Al MacInnis (St. Louis Blues) 3 - D Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils) 6 - D Phil Housley (Calgary Flames) 8 - RW Mark Recchi (Philadelphia Flyers) 10 - RW Tony Amonte (Chicago Blackhawks) 13 - LW Owen Nolan (San Jose Sharks) 15 - LW Ray Whitney (Florida Panthers) 16 - LW John LeClair (Philadelphia Flyers) 23 - C Scott Gomez (New Jersey Devils) 24 - D Chris Chelios (Detroit Red Wings) 27 - C Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) 30 - G Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils) 35 - G Mike Richter (New York Rangers) 37 - D Eric Desjardins (Philadelphia Flyers) 77 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins) - (C) 88 - C Eric Lindros (Philadelphia Flyers) 91 - C Joe Sakic (Colorado Avalanche) 97 - C Jeremy Roenick (Phoenix Coyotes)	Starting lineup: 1 - G Roman Turek (St. Louis Blues)1 5 - D Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit Red Wings) - (C) 8 - RW Teemu Selanne (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) 13 - C Mats Sundin (Toronto Maple Leafs) 18 - D Sandis Ozolinsh (Colorado Avalanche) 68 - RW Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh Penguins) Reserves: 2 - D Petr Buzek (Atlanta Thrashers) 10 - RW Pavel Bure (Florida Panthers) 14 - C Radek Bonk (Ottawa Senators) 20 - RW Valeri Bure (Calgary Flames) 22 - RW Milan Hejduk (Colorado Avalanche) 23 - D Petr Svoboda (Tampa Bay Lightning) 24 - RW Sami Kapanen (Carolina Hurricanes) 25 - C Viktor Kozlov (Florida Panthers) 26 - D Martin Rucinsky (Montreal Canadiens) 27 - D Teppo Numminen (Phoenix Coyotes) 28 - RW Mariusz Czerkawski (New York Islanders) 29 - LW Patrik Elias (New Jersey Devils) 35 - G Tommy Salo (Edmonton Oilers) 36 - D Dmitry Yushkevich (Toronto Maple Leafs) 37 - G Olaf Kolzig (Washington Capitals) 38 - RW Pavol Demitra (St. Louis Blues) 56 - D Sergei Zubov (Dallas Stars) 81 - LW Miroslav Satan (Buffalo Sabres)
Scoring summary	Sakic (Whitney, Recchi) 13:56 first Roenick (Modano) 19:30 first Amonte (Modano, Bourque) 12:14 second Whitney (Desjardins, Messier) 17:08 second	Demitra (Yushkevich, Elias) 3:12 first Jagr (Rucinsky) 10:50 first Yushkevich (Kozlov, P. Bure) 14:35 first P. Bure (V. Bure) 0:33 second P. Bure 2 (V. Bure, Kozlov) 8:38 second (GWG) Demitra (Hejduk, Elias) 8:52 third P. Bure 3 (Lidstrom, Kozlov) 9:31 third Satan (Czerkawski, Bonk) 10:51 third Bonk (Jagr, Rucinsky) 19:28 third
Penalties	none	Ozolinsh, hooking 5:51 third
Shots on goal	13–11–8–32	20–13–15–48
Win/Loss	L - Martin Brodeur	W - Tommy Salo

• Referees: Kerry Fraser, Don Koharski
• Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Ray Scapinello
• Television: ABC, CBC, SRC

Notes

Template:FnbDominik Hasek was voted as a starter, but was not able to play due to injury. Roman Turek was selected to replace Hasek as the starting goaltender.

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season