7th National Hockey League All-Star Game

The7th National Hockey League All-Star Gametook place at theMontreal Forum,home of theMontreal Canadiens,on October 3, 1953. The Canadiens, winner of the1953 Stanley Cup Finals,played a team of All-Stars, with the All-Stars winning the game, 3–1.

7th NHL All-Star Game

1 2 3 Total All-Star team 2 0 1 3 Montreal Canadiens 0 0 1 1
Date	October 3, 1953
Arena	Montreal Forum
City	Montreal
Attendance	14,153
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Game summary

	NHL All-Stars	Montreal Canadiens
Final score	3	1
Scoring summary	Hergesheimer (Ronty, Kelly), 4:06 1st (PPG) Hergesheimer (Kelly), 5:25 1st (PPG) Delvecchio (unassisted), 19:27 3rd (ENG)	Richard (Harvey, Beliveau), 4:30 3rd (PPG)
Penalties	Lindsay, 8:55 1st Mortson, 5:03 2nd Howe, 12:52 2nd Kelly (fighting major), 2:34 3rd Smith, 3:30 3rd	Meger, 4:00 1st MacPherson, 4:37 1st St. Laurent, 11:28 2nd Richard, 15:18 2nd Mosdell, 19:58 2nd Olmstead (fighting major), 2:34 3rd
Win/Loss	W-Terry Sawchuk	L-Gerry McNeil

• Referee:Red Storey
• Linesmen:Sammy Babcock,Doug Davies

Rosters

	NHL All-Stars	Montreal Canadiens
Head coach	Lynn Patrick(Boston Bruins)	Dick Irvin(Montreal Canadiens)
Lineup	Starting lineup: 1 - GTerry Sawchuk(Detroit Red Wings)[1] 2 - DJim Thomson(Toronto Maple Leafs) 3 - DBill Quackenbush(Boston Bruins)[2] 4 - DRed Kelly(Detroit Red Wings)[3] 6 - LWEd Sandford(Boston Bruins) 7 - LWTed Lindsay(Detroit Red Wings)[4] 8 - LWSid Smith(Toronto Maple Leafs) 9 - RWGordie Howe(Detroit Red Wings)[5] 10 - CMetro Prystai(Detroit Red Wings) 11 - RWWally Hergesheimer(New York Rangers) 12 - RWBill Mosienko(Chicago Black Hawks) 14 - DBill Gadsby(Chicago Black Hawks)[6] 15 - CAlex Delvecchio(Detroit Red Wings)[7] 16 - DGus Mortson(Chicago Black Hawks) 17 - DLeo Reise Jr.(New York Rangers) 18 - CPaul Ronty(New York Rangers) 24 - LWHarry Watson(Toronto Maple Leafs)	Starting lineup: 1 - GGerry McNeil[8] 2 - DDoug Harvey[9] 3 - DButch Bouchard,C 4 - CJean Beliveau 5 - RWBernie Geoffrion 6 - RWFloyd Curry 8 - LWDick Gamble 9 - RWMaurice Richard[10] 10 - DTom Johnson 12 - RWDickie Moore 14 - LWCalum MacKay 15 - LWBert Olmstead[11] 16 - CElmer Lach 17 - CJohn McCormack 18 - CKen Mosdell 19 - DDollard St. Laurent 20 - LWPaul Meger 21 - DBud MacPherson 22 - RWLorne Davis 24 - LWEddie Mazur

Notes

• ^1Named to thefirst All-Star teamin1952–53.
• ^2Named to thesecond All-Star teamin1952–53.

Further reading

• Podnieks, Andrew (2000),The NHL All-Star Game: Fifty Years of the Great Tradition,Toronto: HarperCollins,ISBN0-00-200058-X