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5th National Hockey League All-Star Game

Professional ice hockey exhibition game

Field	Value
game_name	5th NHL All-Star Game
visitor	Second team All-Stars
home	First team All-Stars
visitor_total	2
home_total	2
visitor_per1	0
visitor_per2	1
visitor_per3	1
home_per1	1
home_per2	1
home_per3	0
date	October 9, 1951
arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
city	Toronto
attendance	11,469
Coaches	Toronto: Joe Primeau
All-Stars: Dick Irvin
previous	[1950](4th-national-hockey-league-all-star-game)
next	[1952](6th-national-hockey-league-all-star-game)

All-Stars: Dick Irvin The 5th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at Maple Leaf Gardens, home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, on October 9, 1951. Two teams of all-star players played to a 2–2 tie.

Change in format

The format was different from the one before it, largely because due to the nomination of five Detroit Red Wings players to the First and Second Team All-Stars which led to a 7–1 loss the year before. The same critics of the previous format's 7–1 outcome equally lamented the two-all tie in this game, with many suggesting that overtime be implemented.

The new format had the First Team All-Stars and the Second Team All-Stars be the cores of the two teams playing in the all-star game, with the reserves for the First Team consisting of players on American-based teams and the Second Team reserves consisting of Habs and Leafs. Because of the new format, the First Team All-Stars wore the red jerseys worn in previous All-Star Games, while the Second Team wore a white version featuring red and blue stripes and a blue NHL shield.

The 1951 game was held in somewhat of a sombre mood, as Bill Barilko, who had scored the Cup-winning goal for the Leafs, had mysteriously disappeared in a plane accident two months before. Had he been around, he would have been made a member of the Second Team As the All-Star game was symbolic of the start of the season, many new rule changes also had their first looks in this game: the most notable being touch icing: that a defensive player (other than the goaltender) must touch the puck for icing calls (previously, only goaltenders were permitted to touch the puck on icing calls).

Other notable firsts include the first time that the Vezina Trophy winner (Al Rollins) would be absent from the game, as Second Team coach Dick Irvin chose his own player Gerry McNeil, who was in goal when Barilko scored the Cup-winning goal.

The game

Summary

First team All-Stars	Second team All-Stars	Final score		2		2	Scoring summary	Penalties	Win/loss		Harry Lumley		Gerry McNeil

Referee: Bill Chadwick
Linesmen: Sammy Babcock, Scotty Morrison
Attendance: 11,469

Source: Podnieks(2000), p. 43.

Rosters

First team All-Stars	Second team All-Stars	Head coach		Joe Primeau (Toronto Maple Leafs)		Dick Irvin (Montreal Canadiens)	Lineup
First team All-Stars:	Second team All-Stars:

References

Podnieks(2000), p. 41
Podnieks(2000), p. 42
Podnieks(2000), p. 40

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