NHL All Star Game Tickets

Once a year, the world's best hockey players come together on a single stage. NHL All-Star Game tickets are always in great demand during the winter.

NHL All-Star Game Tickets: Historical Overview

The first NHL All-Star Game was played during the 1947-48 season. For the first two decades of the event, the defending Stanley Cup champions would face off against a group of All-Stars comprised from the other teams in the league. The games proved to be quite competitive, as the All-Stars ended up with a narrow 9-7-5 edge over the defending NHL champions in this format.

In the 1968-69 campaign, the league decided to match a pair of All-Star squads from each conference. After three decades of conference matchups, the NHL changed the format of the game again. In 1997-98, the NHL All-Star Game featured a battle between All-Star players from North America against a club of All-Stars from the rest of the world. This lasted for five years until the conference matchups were restored.

In 2010-11, the game shifted course again. While the voting process remained basically intact for the players chosen to compete in the game, each roster was determined through selections made by a pair of team captains without any regards to conference affiliation.  

NHL All-Star Game Tickets: Memorable Highlights

Like the All-Star contests in the NBA and NFL, the NHL All-Star Game is usually a high-scoring affair. This concept really took off in the early nineties. In 1989-90, a team scored double-digit goals for the first time in an NHL All-Star Game, as the Wales Conference defeated the Campbell Conference by a final of 12-7. Three years later, the Wales team established a record that still stands by exploding for 16 goals in an easy victory over the Campbell squad.

In 2000-01, the North America and World teams combined to score a record 26 goals in the All-Star Game.

In terms of All-Star standouts, Wayne Gretzky has scored the most points (25) in the history of the event. Gretzky and Mario Lemieux are tied for the most MVP honors in the game, with three awards apiece.

NHL All-Star Game Tickets: 2011-12 Season

For the 2011-12 season, the NHL All-Star Game will be held on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at the Scotibank Place (capacity of 19,153) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. NHL All-Star Game tickets enable fans to experience the very best in professional hockey.