With the NHL All-Star Game on January 30 just a few weeks away, I’ve started thinking a lot about the one and only All-Star Game I got to go to.
Twenty years ago, I attended the 42nd NHL All-Star Game, which was held at old Chicago Stadium on January 19, 1991.
My Aunt Gayle and Uncle Pat had seasons tickets to the Chicago Blackhawks, and I was lucky to go to a lot of games from 1989 to 1992.
During the first half of the season, you could always find All-Star Game ballots and ballot boxes in the Stadium hallways.
Like every other kid, I used to vote for my favorite players as much as humanly possible. Hey, it’s hard to stuff the ballot box when you are just 15 years old, and this was before online voting and writing programs to stuff the ballot box for you.
So, who would you have voted for in 1990?
Click on the ballot to read the names.
Gee Sal,wonder who you voted for???
Great question. My votes probably went something like this:
WALES
Guy Lafleur QUE
Rick Tocchet PHI
Denis Savard MON
Ron Hextall PHI
Ray Bourque BOS
Paul Coffey PIT
CAMPBELL
Brett Hull STL
Steve Larmer CHI
Jeremy Roenick CHI
Mike Vernon CAL
Chris Chelios CHI
Doug Wilson CHI
Craig Ludwig? Someone must explain this to a european.
The Habs sucked that year…