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1979 WHA All-Star Games

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1979 WHA All-Star Games
Edmonton Coliseum, Alberta, Canada
January 2-5, 1979
Game oneWHA All-Stars 4 – Moscow Dynamo 2
Game twoWHA All-Stars 4 – Moscow Dynamo 2
Game threeWHA All-Stars 4 – Moscow Dynamo 3

MVPNone
Attendance8,038 (Game 1)
11,220 (Game 2)
15,590 (Game 3)
← 1978

The 1979 World Hockey Association All-Star Games were a three-game series that was held at Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Manitoba, the home of the Edmonton Oilers. In place of the usual one game played by the WHA with league all-stars, they elected to pit a set of their league All-Stars against Moscow Dynamo. The games were held from January 2-5, 1979. The WHA All-Stars consisted of players from the six surviving teams. Moscow did not elect to play their perceived best stars.[1][2][3][4] Likely, the highlight of the series was the line of Wayne Gretzky with Gordie Howe and his son Mark Howe playing together, which scored three goals in Game 1.[5]

Larry Hillman, coach of the defending Avco Cup champion Winnipeg Jets, coached the WHA, while Vladimir Kiselyov coached Moscow.

Team Lineups

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WHA All-Stars

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Nat. Player Pos. Team
Goaltenders
Canada Dave Dryden Edmonton Oilers
Finland Markus Mattsson Winnipeg Jets
Defencemen
Canada John Hughes Edmonton Oilers
Canada Paul Shmyr Edmonton Oilers
Canada Claire Alexander Edmonton Oilers
Canada Rob Ramage Birmingham Bulls
Canada Rick Ley New England Whalers
Canada Barry Long Winnipeg Jets
Forwards
United States Robbie Ftorek Cincinnati Stingers
Canada Mike Gartner Cincinnati Stingers
Canada Peter Marsh Cincinnati Stingers
Canada Rick Dudley Cincinnati Stingers
Canada Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers
Canada Blair MacDonald Edmonton Oilers
Canada Serge Bernier Quebec Nordiques
Canada Real Cloutier Quebec Nordiques
Canada Marc Tardif Quebec Nordiques
Canada Morris Lukowich Winnipeg Jets
Canada Peter Sullivan Winnipeg Jets
Canada Dave Keon New England Whalers
Canada Gordie Howe New England Whalers
United States Mark Howe New England Whalers

Moscow Dynamo

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Coach: Vladimir Kiselyov, Pavel Zhiburtovich (assistant).

Player
Goaltenders
Sergei Babariko
Vladimir Polupanov
Defencemen
Vasili Payusov
Vitali Filippov
Alexander Filippov
Sergei Gimayev
Alexei Volchenkov
Vladimir Orlov
Mikhail Slipchenko
Forwards
Viktor Shkurdyuk
Vladimir Vikulov
Alexander Lobanov
Alexander Volchkov
Pavel Yezovskikh
Vladimir Popov
Alexei Frolikov
Mikhail Shostak
Vladimir Golubovich
Vladimir Semyonov
Yevgeni Kotlov
Vladimir Devyatov
Sergei Tukmachyov
Vyacheslav Anisin

Game summary

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Game 1

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# Score Team Goalscorer (Assist(s)) Time
First period
1 1-0 WHA Wayne Gretzky (Mark Howe, Paul Shmyr) 1:35
2 1-1 Moscow Alexei Frolikov (Sergei Tukmachyov, Vitali Fillippov) 14:20
3 2-1 Moscow Vladimir Semyonov (Veygeni Kotlov) 18:08
Second period
4 2-2 WHA Wayne Gretzky (Gordie Howe, Mark Howe) 16:29
Penalties : Backstrom (WHA All-Stars) 14:58, Long (Moscow) 18:03
Third period
5 3-2 WHA Mark Howe (Gretzky, G. Howe) 7:02
6 4-2 WHA Peter Sullivan 19:51

Goaltenders :

Shots on goal :

  • Moscow (21) 8 - 6 - 7
  • WHA: (30) 12 - 8 - 10

Game 2

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# Score Team Goalscorer (Assist(s)) Time
First period
1 1-0 WHA Morris Lukowich (Ftorek, Mike Gartner) 2:26
2 1-1 Moscow Mikhail Shostak (Filippov, Shkurdyuk) 7:38
3 2-1 WHA Mark Howe (Goride Howe, Wayne Gretzky) 9:27
4 3-1 WHA Mike Gartner (Lukowich, Sullivan) 16:51
Second period
5 3-2 Moscow Shkurdyuk (Lobanov) 19:44
Third period
6 4-2 WHA Gretzky (Ley) 5:45

Goaltenders :

Shots on goal :

  • Moscow (22) 4 - 10 - 8
  • WHA: (37) 17 - 8 - 12

Game 3

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# Score Team Goalscorer (Assist(s)) Time
First period
1 1-0 WHA Morris Lukowich (Gartner) 1:46
2 2-0 WHA Ramage (MacDonald, Keon) 6:41
3 2-1 Moscow Shkurdyuk (Anisin, Volchenkov) 11:02
4 2-2 Moscow Mikhail Shostak (Slipchenko, Frolikov) 11:43
5 3-2 WHA Peter Sullivan 18:29
Second period
6 4-2 WHA Bernier (Ley, Gartner) 14:03.
Third period
7 4-3 Moscow Semyonov (Payusov, Lobanov) 13:12

Goaltenders :

Shots on goal :

  • Moscow (19) 8 - 2 - 9
  • WHA: (29) 13 - 11 - 5

References

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  1. ^ https://www.surgent.net/wha/allstar/1979allstargame.html
  2. ^ http://wha-hof.com/gamesummary.php?id=3647
  3. ^ http://wha-hof.com/gamesummary.php?id=3648
  4. ^ http://wha-hof.com/gamesummary.php?id=3649
  5. ^ Surgent, Scott (1990). The Complete World Hockey Association 11th Edition. Surgent. p. 512. ISBN 978-1727753424.