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 |
|---|---|
| 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)
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Original Six era (1942–43 to 1966–67)
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Doug Harvey was selected for the NHL All-Star Team 11 times.
Expansion era (1967–68 to 2004–05)
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Post-lockout era (2005–06 to present)
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Most 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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*[a]
|
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
editNotes
edit- ^ Stan Mikita was born in the Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany, in what is now modern-day Slovakia.
References
edit- "NHL All-Star Teams". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-05-19.