4th National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 4th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at the Detroit Olympia, home of the Detroit Red Wings, on October 8, 1950. The Red Wings defeated a team of NHL all stars, 7–1.

4th NHL All-Star Game

1 2 3 Total All-Stars 0 0 1 1 Detroit Red Wings 2 3 2 7
Date	October 8, 1950
Arena	Detroit Olympia
City	Detroit
Attendance	9,166
← 1949 1951 →

The game

Only 9,166 people attended the game, making it is the smallest attendance figure in All-Star Game history.^[1] Ted Lindsay of the Red Wings scored the first hat trick in an All-Star Game, as the Red Wings won 7–1.^[2]

Game summary

	NHL All-Stars	Detroit Red Wings
Final score	1	7
Scoring summary	Smith (Peirson), 18:27 3rd	Lindsay (Howe), 0:19 1st Lindsay (Abel), 17:12 1st (PPG) Howe (Lindsay, Kelly), 11:12 2nd Peters (Kelly, Prystai), 18:36 2nd Pavelich (Prystai, Peters), 19:44 2nd Prystai (Pavelich), 7:36 3rd Lindsay (unassisted), 14:28 3rd (SHG)
Penalties	Richard, 7:57 1st Lewsick, 9:09 1st Bentley, 15:13 1st Leswick, 16:54 1st	Abel, 9:15 1st Pronovost, 11:45 1st Couture, 4:30 2nd Team (too many men; served by Peters), 5:03, 3rd G. Stewart, 13:10, 3rd
Win/Loss	L - Turk Broda	W - Terry Sawchuk

• Referee: George Gravel
• Linesmen: George Young, Doug Young

Rosters

	NHL All-Stars	Detroit Red Wings
Head coach	Lynn Patrick (Boston Bruins)	Tommy Ivan (Detroit Red Wings)
Lineup	Starting lineup: 1 - G Turk Broda (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1 - G Charlie Rayner (New York Rangers)2 2 - D Jack Stewart (Chicago Black Hawks) 3 - D Gus Mortson (Toronto Maple Leafs)1 4 - D Jim Thomson (Toronto Maple Leafs) 5 - D Glen Harmon (Montreal Canadiens) 6 - D Butch Bouchard (Montreal Canadiens) 7 - LW Doug Bentley (Chicago Black Hawks) 8 - RW Bill Mosienko (Chicago Black Hawks) 9 - RW Maurice Richard (Montreal Canadiens) 10 - C Edgar Laprade (New York Rangers) 11 - D Bill Quackenbush (Boston Bruins) 12 - C Ted Kennedy (Toronto Maple Leafs)2 18 - LW Tony Leswick (New York Rangers)2 20 - C Paul Ronty (Boston Bruins) 23 - RW Johnny Peirson (Boston Bruins) 24 - LW Sid Smith (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Starting lineup: 1 - G Terry Sawchuk 2 - D Bob Goldham 4 - D Red Kelly2 5 - D Leo Reise2 7 - LW Ted Lindsay1 8 - C George Gee 9 - RW Gordie Howe2 10 - RW Jimmy Peters 11 - LW Gaye Stewart 12 - C Sid Abel1, C 14 - C Metro Prystai 15 - LW Marty Pavelich 16 - C Jim McFadden 17 - RW Joe Carveth 18 - C Gerry Couture 19 - LW Steve Black 21 - D Lee Fogolin Sr. 22 - D Marcel Pronovost

Notes

• ^1 Named to the first All-Star team in 1949–50.
• ^2 Named to the second All-Star team in 1949–50.

References

1. Podnieks 2000, p. 37
2. Podnieks 2000, p. 38

• Podnieks, Andrew (2000), The NHL All-Star Game: Fifty Years of the Great Tradition, Toronto: HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-200058-X